KALISPELL — The Billings Scarlets took down host Kalispell twice in an American Legion baseball doubleheader Wednesday, defeating the Lakers by margins of 6-0 and 4-2.
Billings opened its strong day with by throwing a combined two-hitter through starter Paxton Prill (six innings, two hits allowed, five strikeouts) and reliever Colter Wilson (one inning, two strikeouts), which kept Kalispell at bay while the Scarlets’ bats got to work.
It took a bit for Billings’ bats to wake up as it only held a 1-0 lead going into the sixth inning, but a two-run sixth and three-run seventh sealed the deal for the Scarlets’ comfortable shutout victory.
Kyler Northrop had two RBIs off of three hits (two doubles) while Brady Randall added two RBIs of his own to help pace the Billings offense.
In Game 2, however, it was the Lakers who got out to a lead first as they led 1-0 after two innings and 2-1 after three, but Billings’ offense got consistent as it scored exactly one run in the third, fourth, fifth and seventh innings to get the job done and pull off the daily sweep.
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Zach Stewart got the start on the mound for the Scarlets and went four innings, giving up two runs off of five hits while punching out five. Jaxon Meyer then pitched two innings of shutout ball to help give Billings’ bats some leeway, and Wilson came on for the second straight game in the seventh and struck out the side to pick up the save.
Northrop once again had a two-RBI game in the latter matchup of the twin bill (hitting a home run to boot) while Cody Collis and Chase Wise picked up the Scarlets’ other RBIs.
Billings will close its series with Kalispell on Thursday.
