Twins have mixed results at Ed Gallo tourney
Nolan Amerman slides in safe to third base during the Glacier Twins 5-1 win over the West Plains Cannons. (Seth Anderson photo)
By BRANDON HANSEN
For the Hungry Horse News
The Glacier Twins had a pretty good week of baseball.
The Twins swept Bitterroot Bucs in an American Legion doubleheader action by scores of 5-3 and 4-3 on Tuesday, July 9. Kellen Kroger struck out eight in the first game, holding Bitterroot to just three hits.
Glacier hosted the Ed Gallo Wood Bat Memorial Tournament, starting the tournament with a 10-2 loss to the Couer d’Alene Lumberman on Thursday, July 11.
The Twins were held to three hits, with Reed Boyer hitting a double and Noah Amerman hitting a triple. Amerman finished with an RBI as did Maddox Muller.
The Twins bounced back with a 4-0 victory over the Missoula Impact on the same day. Both teams had four hits, with Glacier pitcher Trenton Derosa going the distance and striking out three.
Derosa helped his cause with a double while West Amerman drove in a run.
Glacier scored all of its four runs in the top of the fifth.
Glacier Stymies West Plains
The Twins had a good showing on Friday, July 12, of the Ed Gallo Memorial Baseball Tournament with a 5-1 victory over West Plains. Glacier scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back. Matthew Mitts started the game on the mound and struck out three while allowing just two hits and one run.
Dawson Juntunen pitched the final four and one-third innings, allowing just one hit and striking out one.
Kellen Kroger had a triple, while Noah Amerman, Michael Miller, and Trenton Derosa each drove in runs.
Twins Cage Spokane Tigers
The Twins opened Saturday with a 7-3 victory over the Spokane Rawlings Tigers on Saturday, July 13, in the Ed Gallo Wood Bat Memorial Tournament in Whitefish.
Noah Amerman had a triple and drove in two runs, while leadoff hitter Kellen Kroger was 2-for-3, and Trenton Derosa was 2-for-2.
Twins Fall To Lumbermen Again
Glacier ran into the Couer d’Alene Lumbermen again in the Ed Gallo Wood Bat Memorial Tournament on Sunday, July 14, falling 11-3.
The game was close through three innings, with Couer d’Alene leading 4-3 before going on a seven-run rally in the bottom of the fourth.
Noah Amerman drove in two runs and had a triple, while Kellen Kroger had a double. Kroger finished the game 2-for-3.
After their home tournament, Glacier is now 22-7 on the season.