Twins win Wood Bat Tournament
Michael Hader rounds third base on his way to home to score the game-winning run. Chris Tucker / Whitefish Pilot
By CHRIS TUCKER
Whitefish Pilot
A gleaming gold-colored trophy was the Glacier Twin's prize for winning the seventh annual Wood Bat Tournament at Memorial Field.
The players raised the trophy overhead for fans to see after they defeated the Kalispell Lakers 4-3 in the hard-fought American Legion AA game Monday.
But victory wasn't apparent at first. The Lakers led 1-0 for the first six innings of the championship game, but the Twins tied the game in the seventh.
The Lakers scored two more runs in the top of the eighth, and the Twins scored two runs of their own in the bottom to tie the game again.
Michael Hader then hit a single and stole second. Roo Grubb stepped up to the plate, singled and drove Hader home for the winning run.
"What a baseball game," coach Jarod Grubb said of Monday's thriller. "Roo was clutch for us, and Michael Hader had a big hit, Rusty Hill had some big hits."
Scott Yogodzinski, Wes Beougher, Scott Palmer and Justin Collom manned the pitching mount this week.
"They all pitched well," Grubb said.
The Twins went 3-1 in the tournament overall. They defeated the Lakers on Friday by forfeit, 5-5, after two Kalispell players were ejected. Glacier defeated Trail, B.C., 3-2 on Saturday and the Twins lost to Cranbrook, B.C., 6-9, on Sunday.
Last Wednesday, the Twins lost their first conference game to the Lakers, 4-6. Only six innings were completed before rain ended the game.
The Twins are now 15-8 (0-1). They played their second conference game against the Lakers on Wednesday, but results were not available at presstime.
Wednesday - Conference game
Kalispell 100 500 — 6 6 1
Glacier 001 120 — 4 7 0
John White, Tyler Reichoff (6) and Pat Hergesheimer. Scott Yogodzinski, Weston Chambers (4) and Ryan Caron. W — White (4-0). L — Yogodzinski (NA).
KALISPELL (14-4, 1-0) — Jacob Scott 1-3, Austin Zapata 1-4, Reichoff 0-2, Adam Olson 0-3, Zac Ford 1-2, White 0-2, Derek Keller 2-3, Hergesheimer 0-2, Zach Davis 1-3.
GLACIER (12-7, 0-1) — Roo Grubb 1-3, Rusty Hill 1-3, Josh Peterson 0-3, Justin Collom 1-3, Chambers 0-3, Caron 0-3, Brad Bell 2-2, Zane Ridings 2-3, Michael Hader 0-2.
RBIs — Kal. 5 (Davis 2, Reichoff, Keller, Zapata), Gla. 4 (Collom, Hader, Grubb, Hill). HR — Kal. 0, Gla. 1 (Collom). 2B — Kal. 0, Gla. 1 (Grubb). SB — Kal. 2 (Scott), Gla. 1 (Bell). SAC — Kal. 0, Gla. 1 (Hader).
Saturday - Wood Bat
Trail, B.C. 001 000 1 — 2 1 2
Glacier 020 001 x — 3 4 3
Connor Jones and Kellen Jones; Justin Collom, Michael Hader (7) and Brad Nielsen. W — Collom. L — C. Jones.
Trail, B.C. — C. Jones 0-1, K. Jones 1-4, Derek Curlew 0-1, Luke Stone 0-2, Matt Lamar 0-2, Brad McLeod 0-2, Cal King 0-2, Dane Riemann 0-2, Nick Ferraro 0-2.
Glacier — Roo Grubb 0-3, Hader 1-3, Josh Peterson 1-3, Collom 0-3, Rusty Hill 0-0, Scott Yogodzinski 1-3, Zane Ridings 0-3, RJ Beasley 0-0, Wes Beougher 0-2 Nielsen 0
Sunday - Wood Bat
Glacier 211 200 — 6 11 2
Rocky Mountain 202 500 — 9 9 5
Weston Chambers, Ryan Caron (4) and Brad Nielsen; Scott Reinarz and Seb Zackowski. W — Reinarz. L — Chambers.
Glacier — Roo Grubb 3-4, Rusty Hill 1-3, Josh Peterson 2-4, Justin Collom 1-2, Zane Ridings 2-2, Caron 0-4, Scott Palmer 1-4, Scott Yogodzinski 1-3, Nielsen 0-2.
Rocky Mountain — Josh Lowden 1-2, Zack Johnson 3-4, Tyler Durand 1-3, Derek Hunter 0-2, Groeme Pepper 2-4, Leland McCallum 1-3, Aaron Reid 0-4, Seb Zackowski 1-3, Adam Milawicz 0-3.
2B—Grubb (2); Johnson (2), Durand; 3B—Grubb, Collom; RBIs—Hill, Palmer, Nielsen; Johnson, Durand, Pepper (3).
Monday - Wood Bat
Championship Game
Kalispell 100 000 02 — 3 4 0
Glacier 000 000 13 — 4 7 1
John White, Greg Niels (8) and Pat Hergesheimer; Scott Yogodzinski, Wes Beougher (4), Scott Palmer (7) and Ryan Caron. W — Palmer. L — Niels.
Kalispell — Austin Zapata 2-4, Derek Keller 0-3, Tyler Reichhoff 0-3, Adam Olson 0-3, White 0-3, Zak Ford 0-3, Hergesheimer 0-3, Zach Davis 2-3, Niels 0-3.
Glacier — Roo Grubb 2-4, Palmer 1-3, Josh Peterson 0-2, Justin Collom 0-3, Brad Bell 0-2, Justin Goode 1-1, Rusty Hill 1-3, Zane Riding 0-3, Ryan Caron 1-3, Michael Hader 1-3.
2B—Davis; 3B—Grubb; RBIs—Zapata, Olson; Grubb, Peterson, Hader.