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Twins win six games in a row

by Hungry Horse News
| June 4, 2014 8:39 AM

The Glacier Twins American Legion Class A baseball team is on a roll, winning six games in a row.

On May 31, they swept the Butte Miners in a doubleheader 3-2 in the opener and 4-0 in the nightcap at home.

The next day, the Twins dropped the Rocky Mountain Bandits of Cranbrook, B.C., 10-0 in the opener and 11-3 in the nightcap at home.

Vincent Smith, went 2 for 3, and hammered a triple in the opener of the Bandits game. Smith had four RBIs.

Chris Joy and Jayce Fagerland each had two RBIs for the Twins. Fagerland had the team’s other extra-base hit, a double. Tristan Steinwand also had two hits for the Twins.

The Twins tallied six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away for an 11-3 victory in the second game against the Bandits. The Twins scored in every inning but the first and fifth.

Austin Robins went 2 for 4 and drove in three runs, and AJ Wetsch went 2 for 3 and had two RBIs. Steinwand and Colten Parker each went 2 for 3. Steinwand and Wetsch posted doubles.

The Twins hosted the Kalispell Lakers A team on Tuesday after presstime.

The Twins play Libby on June 4 and then travel to Havre for a tournament this weekend.

 

Rocky Mountain 000 00 — 0 3 3

Glacier 320 32 — 10 9 2

Devon Marra and NA; AJ Wetsch and NA. W — Wetsch. L — Marra.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Kei Chilopan 1-3, Brandon Bird 0-1, Brandon Quillette 0-3, Marra 0-2, Cedar Kemp 0-2, Jake Bromily 0-2, Tyler Thorn 0-2, Ryotoro Yukawa 0-2, Rylan Detchevarry 2-2.

GLACIER — Jayce Fagerland 1-1, Tristin Steinwand 2-2, Kyler Howke 0-2, Jesse Walburn 1-2, Wetsch 1-2, Austin Robins 0-2, Chris Joy 1-1, Tyler Murphy 0-2, Colten Parker 1-2, Vincent Smith 2-3.

2B—Detchevarry; Fagerland; 3B—Smith; RBIs—Fagerland (2), Howke, Joy (2), Parker, Smith (4).

 

Rocky Mountain 002 001 0 — 3 6 4

Glacier 011 306 x — 11 13 3

Tyler Thorn and NA; Jonny Sapa, Vincent Smith and NA. W ?— Sapa. L — Thorn.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Kei Chilopan 0-4, Brandon Bird 2-3, Brandon Quillette 0-3, Devon Marra 0-3, Cedar Kemp 2-4, Jake Bromily 1-3, Thorn 0-2, Ryotoro Yukawa 0-3, Noah Renette 1-3.

GLACIER — Colton Gove 1-3, Jayce Fagerland 1-4, Tristin Steinwand 2-3, Kyler Howke 1-4, AJ Wetsch 2-3, Dakota Bridwell 1-3, Austin Robins 2-4, Sapa 0-2, Colten parker 2-3, Trevor Turgeon 1-1, Smith 0-1.

2B—Steinwand, Wetsch; 3B—Bird; RBIs—Bird (2); Gove, Steinwand, Wetsch (2), Robins (3).