KALISPELL – The Missoula Mavericks downed the Kalispell Lakers 11-6 Tuesday in a Class AA American Legion baseball clash.
Matt McHugh picked up the win for the Mavs, giving up six runs on 10 hits in eight innings on the mound.
William Keffeler came in relief in the ninth to close the game out for Missoula.
Nathan Jewett went 2 for 5 for the Mavs, driving in four runs.
Dillon Matteson went 1 for 3 for the Lakers, driving in three runs.
The Mavs open a three-game series at the Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs on Thursday. The Lakers have a doubleheader on Wednesday in Kalispell against Lethbridge.
Missoula 321 021 012 – 11 10 3
Kalispell 002 200 002 – 6 10 7
Matt McHugh, William Keffeler (9) and Slade Heggen. Hank McLeod, Adam Frandsen (5) and Kendrick Lee. W – McHugh. L – McLeod
Missoula – Tanner Rheinschmidt 0-3, Alex Bouchee 1-5, Riley King 2-4, Shane Olson 1-5, Heggen 1-5, Nathan Jewett 2-5, Tres Cunningham 1-4, Nick Evans 2-4, Tanner Maier 0-3
Kalispell – Kendrick Lee 2-5, Dillon Matteson 1-5, Sean O’Connell 0-4, Dillon Eaves 1-4, Frandsen 1-4, Cody Dopps 1-3, Charlie Obermiller 1-4, Nate Bengston 1-3, Jake Johnson 2-4
2B – King, Olson, Jewett, Lee. 3B – Bouchee, Obermiller. RBIs – Jewett 4, Heggen 2, Bouchee 2, Olson, Matteson 3, O’Connell, Obermiller, Johnson.
Great Falls sweeps Glacier
At Kalispell, the Great Falls Chargers swept a pair of seven-inning, Class AA American Legion baseball games against the Glacier Twins, winning the first 7-0 and the second 8-3.
In the opener, Tyler Pfennigs tossed a complete-game shutout for the Chargers, giving up four hits.
Cayden Napierala and Tanner Watson both homered for Great Falls.
Watson went 2 for 4 at the plate and Napierala was 1 for 3.
Peter Seymour went 2 for 3 for the Twins.
In the nightcap, Erick Bailey recorded the win for the Chargers, giving up three runs and five hits in a complete-game effort.
Watson went 3 for 3 and Napierala went 1 for 3, each driving in two runs for Great Falls.
Garrett Houston was 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Twins.
First game
Great Falls 110 012 2 – 7 10 0
Glacier 000 000 0 – 0 4 2
Tyler Pfennigs and Destin Wassmann. Nick LaGrandeur, Carl Talsma (7) and Jeremy Nielsen. W – Pfennigs. L – LaGrandeur
Great Falls – Anthony Bonilla 0-3, Cayden Napierala 1-3, Scott Held 0-3, Tanner Watson 2-4, Wassmann 2-3, Dalton Cook 0-4, Jayse McLean 2-3, Sam Wingerter 1-2, Justin Pfennigs 1-1, Derick Powell 1-1
Glacier – Nielsen 1-3, Talsma 0-3, Cory Davis 0-2, Peter Seymour 2-3, LaGrandeur 1-2, Isaac Venezio 0-3, Garrett Houston 0-2, Bryce Wehrli 0-2, Conner Donahue 0-2, Shane Marcial 0-1
2B – J. Pfennigs, Powell, Nielsen. HR – Napierala, Watson. RBIs – Napierala 2, Watson 2, McLean, Pfennigs.
Second game
Great Falls 130 013 0 – 8 9 4
Glacier 030 000 0 – 3 5 4
Erick Bailey and Tanner Watson. Donahue, Seymour (6) and Nielsen. W – Bailey. L – Donahue
Great Falls – Bonilla 2-2, Napierala 1-3, Held 1-3, Watson 3-3, Cook 0-3, McLean 0-3, Wingerter 0-4, Powell 2-4, J. Pfennigs 0-4
Glacier – Nielsen 0-4, Talsma 1-3, Davis 0-4, Seymour 1-2, Venezio 0-3, Donahue 1-3, Nathan Carr 0-1, Houston 2-3, Wehrli 0-3, Marcial 0-1, LaGrandeur 0-0
2B – Watson, Powell. RBIs – Napierala 2, Watson 2, Held, McLean, Houston.
