Muus has hot bat for Glacier Twins

The Glacier Twins beat crosstown rival Kalispell Lakers 3-1 at the Canadian Days tournament May 16.

Twins starter Austin Robbins allowed two hits and struck out five in 5 1/3 innings. Nic Muus had a hot bat with a double and an RBI

The Twins opened with a 10-5 victory over Edmonton. Glacier then took down Sherwood Park 2-1. Tyler Murphy scored the winning run on a throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning. Jonny Sapa mowed down four batters in the win.

On May 18, the Twins lost to the Spokane ‘49ers 4-0 in seven innings. Colten Parker was on the mound, gave up one hit, but didn’t get any run support.

The Twins won a doubleheader against Kootenai Valley on May 14. They won the first game 7-6 and the second 14-7. Muus went two for three in the first game and had four RBIs. In the second game, he was two for two with three RBIs. Vincent Smith went three for three as well, with three RBIs.

The Twins rallied with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning in the first game to get the team’s first victory of the season. Smith got a hit with two outs in the bottom of the inning to bring home the winning run.

The Twins have a week off then play Butte in a doubleheader May 31.

Glacier 100 000 2 — 3 3 2

Kalispell 000 010 0 — 1 3 1

Austin Robbins, Nic Muus (6) and NA; Justin Wallace and NA. W — Robbins. L — Wallace.

GLACIER — Colton Gove 0-2, Jayce Fagerland 1-3, Tristin Steinwand 0-2, Muus 1-3, Vincent Smith 0-3, Kyler Howke 1-3, Colten Parker 0-3, AJ Wetch 0-1, Dakota Bridwell 0-3.

KALISPELL — Walker Malmin 0-4, Brandon Maassen 1-3, Levi Brenneman 1-4, Adam Frandsen 0-3, Andy Bemis 1-2, Justin Rich 0-3, Chasen Eaves 0-1, Jake Barstow 0-2, Colten Wiley 0-2, Tiler Whiteaker 0-0.

2B—Muus; RBIs—Muus, Bridwell; Maassen.

Game 1

Kootenai Valley 220 000 2 — 6 10 1

Glacier 010 020 4 — 7 5 2

Dalton Smith and Garret McNeil. Austin Robins, Colten Parker (6) and Dakota Bridwell. W- Parker. L- Smith.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Colton Henrie 3-us 4, V. Smith 1.

Game 2

Kootenai Valley 000 320 2 — 7 4 3

Glacier 222 602 x — 14 12 3

Colton Henrie, Nick Rackley (4) and Gallen Sullivan. Nic Muus, AJ Wetsch (4), Dakota Bridwell (6), Tyler Murphy (7) and Murphy, Bridwell (7). W- Muus. L- Henrie.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Henrie 1-3, Rackley 0-3, Dalton Smith 0-1, RJ Glover 0-3, Austin Perez 1-3, Sullivan 1-3, Garrett McNeil 0-2, Joe Schlarman 0-2, Dawson Henrie 1-2.

GLACIER — Colton Gove 3-4, Tristin Steinwand 0-1, Jayce Fagerland 0-3, Muus 2-2, Kyler Howke 0-2, Jesse Walburn 1-2, Vincent Smith 3-3, Trevor Turgeon 1-1, Wetsch 0-3, Bridwell 0-1, Murphy 2-3.

2B — Murphy. 3B — C. Henrie, Muus. HR — Sullivan. RBIs — C. Henrie 3, Sullivan 2. Fagerland 1, Muus 3, Walburn, Murphy, V. Smith 3.