Kalispell Lakers AA tune up for state play by sweeping Butte Miners AA

by The Daily Inter Lake
| July 21, 2018 11:21 PM

The Kalispell Lakers AA put the finishing touches on a very successful American Legion baseball season on Saturday afternoon by beating the Butte Miners AA 10-1 and 4-2 in doubleheader action at Griffin Field.

Kalispell has won 10 of its last 11 games to finish the regular season with a 37-14 mark overall.

In league play, the Lakers wound up 15-7. That will either give the team the second best mark, or tie it for second.

Up next is AA state tournament action in Kalispell, starting Saturday.

The Lakers put Butte away early in the blowout, scoring six runs in the first inning and following with a run in the second and fourth and two in the third.

Johan Freudenburg, 2 for 3, doubled and drove in two runs.

Taylor Morton tripled for the home team.

Eric Seaman and Brandon Jordan also had two RBIs each.

Sam Elliott earned the victory. He pitched the first five innings, allowing two hits, striking out seven and walking one batter.

Freudenburg went the distance in the other victory, tossing a 4-hitter. He struck out eight and walked two batters over seven innings.

Kalispell was limited to two hits — Ryan Symmes doubled and Jordan singled.

Symmes and Dawson Smith had one RBI each.

Butte Miners AA 100 000 0 — 1 2 2

Kalispell Lakers AA 612 100 x — 10 6 6

WP—Sam Elliott; LP— Branden Kobucar.

BUTTE MINERS AA — Austin Gerry 1-4, Rylan Richards 0-3, Liam Summry 0-3, Justin Summers 0-3, Klobucar 0-3, Connor Mirranda 0-2, Hunter Bungi 0-3, Scout Allen 0-3, Ryan Wahl 1-3.

KALISPELL LAKERS AA — Randy Stultz 1-3, Taylor Morton 1-3, Eric Seaman 2-2, Dawson Smith 0-2, AJ Jones 0-2, Wes Palmer 0-1, Ryan Symmes 0-3, Logan Siblerud 0-1, Johan Freudenburg 2-3, Brandon Jordan 0-3.

2B—Freudenburg; 3B—Morton; RBIs—Seaman (2), Smith, Symmes, Siblerud, Freudenburg (2), Jordan (2).

Butte Miners AA 100 100 0 — 2 4 1

Kalispell Lakers AA 010 021 x — 4 2 1

WP—Freudenburg; LP—Ryan Burt.

BUTTE MINERS AA — Gerry 1-3, Sommer 0-3, Summers 0-3, Klobucar 1-3, Wahl 0-2, Allen 1-2, Bungi 0-2, Burt 0-3, Richards 1-3.

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

2B—Gerry; Symmes; RBIs—Bungi; Smith, Symmes.