Mariners drop a pair to start season

POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners played ball for the first time in 2014, and Saturday was a day the M’s may want to forget as they fell to the AA Kalispell Lakers twice.

The gloves were asleep and the bats still in the racks, it seemed, as the valley’s legion club committed 15 errors and managed just six hits in 14 innings of play.

Alex Killian managed the Mariners only extra-base hit of the day with a double in Game 2.

Game 1

Kalispell Lakers 11, Mariners 0

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Justin Wallace, Sam Crompton (7) and N/A; Alex Killian, Jared Young (3) and Derek Peel (7) and Snyder. W — Wallace. L — Killian.

KALISPELL — Malmin 1-4, Wallace 0-0, Rich 1-4, Frandsen 1-5, Sibley 0-3, Thomas 0-1, Barstow 1-3, Brenneman 0-5, Crompton 1-3, Wiley 1-3.

MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 1-2, Micah McClure 0-1, Cole Snyder 0-3, Killian 0-3, T.J. Olson 0-3, Bransen Krebs 0-1, Trevor Paro 0-3, Jacob Harrod 0-2, Jared Young 1-2, Derek Peel 0-1, Brennan Andrews 1-2.

Game 2

Kalispell Lakers 6, Mariners 3

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Brandon Maassen and N/A; Aaron Rasmussen, Bransen Krebs (5), Trevor Paro (7) and N/A. W — Maassen. L — Rasmussen.

KALISPELL — Malmin 0-4,Wallace 0-3, Rich 2-4, Frandsen 0-1, Sibley 1-3, Crompton 0-1, Barstow 0-3, Brenneman 1-4, Whiteaker 0-3, Thomas 0-1, Wiley 0-4.

MISSION VALLEY — Raymond Matt 1-3, T.J. Olson 0-4, Alex Killian 1-2, Nyqolas Gillingham 0-3, Derek Peel 0-1, Jacob Harrod 0-1, Brenen Abromeit 0-3, Micah McClure 0-3, Rasmussen 0-1, Krebs 1-1, Paro 0-1.

2B—Killian. RBIs—Brenneman, Wiley