The Richland County legion team put together a strong showing against perennial powerhouse Glendive Wednesday, but the Pats came up just short in both contests in a conference doubleheader.
The Blue Devils used a seven-run second inning in the first game to win 12-8, while pulling out a 9-6 win in the second game.
Glendive struck first in the as the Blue Devils scored one in the bottom of the first off of a pair of singles.
|
|
The Blue Devils blew the game wide open in the bottom of the inning. Glendive scored seven runs off of two hits, four errors and a pair of walks to take an 8-1 lead.
Once again, the Patriots responded with runs of their own. Tyler Schilling and Rick Haraldson got on after being hit by pitches. Both runners scored when Cole Steinbeisser blasted a homer to cut Glendive’s lead to four in the third.
The bats of Glendive stayed hot in the third. The Blue Devils scored two runs off a single, a walk and a run-scoring double off the bat of Sebastian Lamplier to make the score 10-4 in favor of Glendive.
Richland couldn’t get anything going in the fourth, fifth or sixth. The Blue Devils scored two runs in the fifth off of a walk, a hit batter and a Lamplier run-scoring single to make the score 12-4.
Down four in the seventh, the Pats tried to put together a late-inning rally. Lee led things off with a single. Brett Zadow, who kept the rally going with a walk, scored on a Rick Haraldson single.
John Brisben then added a run-scoring single to get Haraldson across the plate. Brisben scored when Mitch Kallevig ripped a single to cut the lead of Glendive to 12-8. Pake Hagen walked to keep the game alive, but the Pats were unable to score. Glendive earned the 12-8 victory.
Lee was tagged with the loss while reliever Jordan Nesper added six strikeouts in three innings. Kallevig led the Pats at the plate with two hits, a run scored and a RBI.
The Patriots jumped out to a lead early in the second game. Ethan Hoffman used good base running to score from first on a Chris Lee single. Lee later scored on a passed ball to help give Richland a 2-0 lead.
Glendive scored one in the first thanks to a lead-off triple and a sacrifice fly. Leading 2-1, Richland built on its lead in the second. Hagen walked and scored on when Kallevig reached on an error. A Nesper single scored Kallevig to give the Pats a 4-1 lead.
Patriot pitcher Steinbeisser held Glendive scoreless in the second to give Richland a chance to build its lead in the third.
The Pats did just that. Lee led off the inning with a double and scored on a Brisben ground-out to the shortstop to make the score 5-1 in favor of Richland.
The tide quickly changed as Glendive took control in the bottom of the third. The Blue Devils scored four in the third off two hits, an error, a walk and a hit batter.
Glendive scored a pair of runs in the fourth with two hits and three walks to take a 7-5 lead. Richland closed the gap in the fifth. Haraldson gave the Patriots a base runner after walking. A single off the bat of Steinbeisser scored Haraldson to get the Pats within one.
Leading 7-6, Glendive was able to get production at the plate in the fifth. A run-scoring single from Darien Samien helped the Blue Devils score two runs and take a 9-6 lead going into the sixth.
The Patriots were unable to get much going in the sixth or seventh innings. Hoffman added a single in the seventh, but Richland was unable to get any runners across home. Glendive earned the 9-6 victory.
Steinbeisser took the loss on the mound. Steinbeisser and reliever Nesper combined for seven strikeouts. Lee led the Pats at the plate with two hits, two runs and a RBI.
“There were some good things to take away. I thought we played some very good baseball in the second game, but we came up just short,” Patriot coach Jesse Nesper said.
The Pats host Glasgow today at 2 p.m. and will host Glendive and Plentywood in conference doubleheaders Monday and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Comments