Glacier Twins 11, Mission Valley B Team 3

The Glacier Twins started early, and never let up as the Mission Valley Mariners B team fell 11-3 on Saturday in their third game of the home Firecracker Tournament in Polson.

In the first inning, the Twins jumped on the board with a five run rally off of three hits and three errors. They would continue to add to the lead before the M's scored a run thanks to a throwing error that allowed Zeke Webster-Yaqui come home from third base.

Webster-Yaqui finished the game three-for-three, which accounted for all the B team's hits.

Glacier extended their lead to 11-1 in the bottom of the fourth but Mission Valley wasn't ready to go early.

In the top of fifth with the eight-run rule looming, the Mariners offense got moving. After a ground out, Webster-Yaqui got on base with a single to right field, then Bradley Pichler was hit by a pitch. With Thomas Wallace up, a pass ball allowed the runners to advance, then Wallace made contact with the ball to bring home Webster-Yaqui.

Then a passed ball allowed Pichler to score and the Mariners pulled to within a run of extending the game. However the rally would be cut short with a fly out.

Alex Killian pitched for four and two-third innings, striking out three.

The B team will play the Deer Lodge Wranglers at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.

GLACIER - 511 - 13 - 11
MISSION VALLEY - 001 - 02 - 3

Glacier - 12 hits, 4 errors. Mission Valley - 3 hits, 3 errors.

Mariners Bating - Mike Bournstein 0-2, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 3-3, Bradley Pichler 0-1, Thomas Wallace 0-2, Davin Sorrell 0-3, Chris Drebes 0-1, Brad Cannon 0-2, Alex Killian 0-2.

RBIs - Wallace.

M Pitching - David Cleveland (1/3 IP), Alex Killian (4 2/3 IP, 3K)

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