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Jul. 30—MEDICINE HAT, Alberta — The pitching was sharp and the seventh-inning rally almost happened, but the Kalispell Lakers dropped their opening game at the Montana/Alberta AA Legion tournament Wednesday, 2-1 to the Billings Scarlets.
The Scarlets (32-13) moved on to Friday's 4 p.m. game, against the winner between the Great Falls Chargers and Missoula Mavericks. The Mavericks-Chargers loser is who the Lakers (37-20) will face at 10 a.m. Thursday.
The Scarlets turned two walks and RBI singles from Tyrelle Johnson and Cody Callis into a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and that was enough support for pitchers Zach McDonald and Luke Stryker.
McDonald went six innings, allowing three hits and striking out two. The Lakers got their run off him in the fifth: Andre Cephers hit a double — though Hunter Fann was tagged out going first to third on the play — and Kaeden Kahler followed with a one-out RBI single.
McDonald retired the next two hitters to end that rally and withstood a sixth-inning threat when both Carter Schlegel and Luke Nikunen lined out with a runner in scoring position.
With one out in the seventh, Cephers singled and Kahler drew a walk. But Slyker retired the next two hitters to nail down the save.
Cephers started on the hill for Kalispell and went three innings, with three hits and three walks allowed. Kyler Croft threw three innings of two-hit relief; he walked one and fanned one.
Lakers 000 010 0 — 1 4 3
Scarlets 020 000 x — 2 5 2
Andre Cephers, Kyler Croft (3) and Ostyn Brennan. Zach McDonald, Luke Slyker (7) and Michael Brew.
KALISPELL LAKERS — Brennan 0-3, Cale Brink 0-2, Carter Schlegel 1-3, Luke Nikunen 0-3, Hunter Fann 0-3, Cephers 2-3, Croft 0-0, Kaeden Kahler 1-2, Wyatt Asher 0-0, Oscar Kallis 0-3, Teagan Dixon 0-3.
BILLINGS SCARLETS — Cody Callis 2-3, Brady Randall 0-3, B Leland 1-3, Jakob Wilcox 0-3, K Ballard 0-1, Oliver Prill 0-1, Kade Vatnsdal 0-1, Howie Martih 0-2, Brew 1-3, Tyrelle Johnson 1-3.
2B — Cephers. RBIs — Kahler. Collis, Johnson.
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The Scarlets (32-13) moved on to Friday's 4 p.m. game, against the winner between the Great Falls Chargers and Missoula Mavericks. The Mavericks-Chargers loser is who the Lakers (37-20) will face at 10 a.m. Thursday.
The Scarlets turned two walks and RBI singles from Tyrelle Johnson and Cody Callis into a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and that was enough support for pitchers Zach McDonald and Luke Stryker.
McDonald went six innings, allowing three hits and striking out two. The Lakers got their run off him in the fifth: Andre Cephers hit a double — though Hunter Fann was tagged out going first to third on the play — and Kaeden Kahler followed with a one-out RBI single.
McDonald retired the next two hitters to end that rally and withstood a sixth-inning threat when both Carter Schlegel and Luke Nikunen lined out with a runner in scoring position.
With one out in the seventh, Cephers singled and Kahler drew a walk. But Slyker retired the next two hitters to nail down the save.
Cephers started on the hill for Kalispell and went three innings, with three hits and three walks allowed. Kyler Croft threw three innings of two-hit relief; he walked one and fanned one.
Lakers 000 010 0 — 1 4 3
Scarlets 020 000 x — 2 5 2
Andre Cephers, Kyler Croft (3) and Ostyn Brennan. Zach McDonald, Luke Slyker (7) and Michael Brew.
KALISPELL LAKERS — Brennan 0-3, Cale Brink 0-2, Carter Schlegel 1-3, Luke Nikunen 0-3, Hunter Fann 0-3, Cephers 2-3, Croft 0-0, Kaeden Kahler 1-2, Wyatt Asher 0-0, Oscar Kallis 0-3, Teagan Dixon 0-3.
BILLINGS SCARLETS — Cody Callis 2-3, Brady Randall 0-3, B Leland 1-3, Jakob Wilcox 0-3, K Ballard 0-1, Oliver Prill 0-1, Kade Vatnsdal 0-1, Howie Martih 0-2, Brew 1-3, Tyrelle Johnson 1-3.
2B — Cephers. RBIs — Kahler. Collis, Johnson.
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