Four hits for Seymour, Bistodeau as Twins A upend Lakers A 10-6

by The Daily Inter Lake
| July 20, 2018 10:31 PM

Dan Seymour, 4 for 4, and Terek Bistodeau, 4 for 5, powered a potent Glacier Twins A offensive showing in a 10-6 ™victory over the Kalispell Lakers A on Friday evening in American Legion baseball action at Griffin Field.

Glacier pounded out 15 hits by six different players. Ryan Veneman, Coby Clark-Dickenson and Tom Hellwig had two hits each.

Hellwig and Dan Seymour had doubles.

Glacier tallied two runs in the first, second and fourth innings. The Twins added three in the sixth and one in the seventh.

The Lakers were scoreless until a two-run fourth. A run followed in the fifth and the Lakers closed the gap with three runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Kalispell stranded 14 base runners to eight for Glacier.

Ben Corriveau, 2 for 5, and Grant Marsh, 2 for 3, were the top hitters for the Lakers.

The two teams play a single game again today at 3 p.m. in Whitefish at Memorial Field.

Glacier Twins A 220 203 1 — 10 15 1

Kalispell Lakers A 000 210 3 — 6 5 3

WP—Terek Bistodeau; LP— Nate Kelly.

GLACIER TWINS A — Caleb Meehan 1-4, Ryan Veneman 2-5, Coby Clark-Dickenson 2-4, Terek Bistodeau 4-5, Jack Schwaiger 0-3, Tom Hellwig 2-4, Forrest Kobelt 0-4, Matt Morrison 0-3, Donnie Sims 0-1, Nathan Hader 0-0, Dan Seymour 4-4.

KALISPELL LAKERS A — Ben Corriveau 2-5, Luke Halland 0-3, Connor Drish 1-3, Ryan McDonald 0-1, Payton Davisson 0-4, Thomas O’Connell 0-2, Chad Queen 0-2, Jayden Dillon 0-1, Grant Marsh 2-3.

2B—Hellwig, Seymour; RBIs—Meehan, Veneman, Clark-Dickenson (2), Bistodeau (2), Hellwig (2), Seymour; Corriveau, Halland, Drish, Dillon, Marsh.

Royals AA 3, Lakers AA 2

Lakers AA 3, Royals AA 2

BILLINGS — Two of the top AA teams in the state needed extra innings twice to settle a doubleheader at Dehler Park on Thursday.

The Lakers (34-14 overall, 13-7 league) scored twice in the top of the seventh to force extra innings in the opener. The Royals (40-12, 13-6) pulled out the victory in the bottom of the ninth when Connor Polkowske scored from second on an infield hit by Sam Evenson with two outs.

The Lakers claimed a victory in Game 2 with a run in the top of the eighth.

The Lakers led 2-0 after three innings, but the Royals tied it up with a run in the fifth and sixth.

The Lakers had eight hits in both outings.

AJ Jones was 2 for 3 in the first game while Randy Stultz and Logan Siblerud were both 2 for 4.

Stultz and Smith both doubled in the second game.

Smith picked up the win on the mound in the finale. He went the distance, allowing seven hits, walking one batter and striking out four.

Siblerud was the starting pitcher in the opener. He went seven innings, allowing four hits, five walks and striking out seven.

Drew Scherrer went the final 1 2/3 innings and took the loss.

The Lakers conclude regular-season play today with a home doubleheader at Griffin Field versus the Butte Miners AA at 2 p.m.

Kalispell hosts the AA state tournament, which begins July 28th.

Kalispell Lakers AA 000 000 200 — 2 8 4

Billings Royals AA 000 200 001 — 3 6 0

WP—Dann Blanchard; LP—Drew Scherrer.

KALISPELL LAKERS AA — Randy Stultz 1-5, Taylor Morton 1-3, Eric Seaman 1-4, Dawson Smith 0-4, AJ Jones 2-3, Ryan Symmes 1-3, Jonathan Craver 0-2, Sam Elliott 1-4, Brandon Jordan 1-3.

BILLINGS ROYALS AA — Carson Klompien 1-4, Cade Torgerson 2-4, Jarret Leinwand 0-3, Dawson Smith 1-4, Jayden Kay 0-4, Sam Evenson 1-4, Connor Polkowske 0-4, Atticus Bryan 1-3, Michael Morehead 0-4.

RBIs—Elliott, Jordan; Evenson, Bryan.

Kalispell Lakers AA 002 000 01 — 3 8 2

Billings Royals AA 000 011 00 — 2 7 2

WP—Smith; LP—Tucker Smith.

KALISPELL LAKERS AA — Stultz 2-4, Morton 1-4, Seaman 0-4, Smith 1-3, Jones 0-4, Symmes 0-4, Logan Siblerud 2-4, Elliott 1-4, Jordan 1-3.

BILLINGS ROYALS AA —Klompien 0-3, Torgerson 0-3, Leinwand 2-4, Smith 1-4, Kay 1-4, Evenson 0-3, Brooks Zimmer 1-3, Dan Blanchard 1-3, Cole Miller 1-3.

2B—Stultz, Smith; RBIs—Smith (2), Siblerud.