Mission Valley Mariners play first home games of the season
<p>Tyson Petticrew and Julian Jones show off their swing dancing moves in between innings during the Mariners' game against the Kalispell Lakers Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>Anthony Jones celebrates with teammates after scoring a run during the Mariners' game Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>Anthony Jones slides into home base safe during the Mariners' game Sunday against Kalispell.</p>
<p>Kade Schutzmann pitches during the Mariners' game against Kalispell Sunday afternoon in Polson.</p>
<p>Julian Jones catches a pop fly during the game Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>Mo Hoyt gives his mom flowers before the start of the Mariners second game on Sunday. All the players from both teams gave all the mothers in attendance flowers for Mother's Day.</p>
<p>Mission Valley's Karsen Krebs eyes a pitch during the Mariners' game against Kalispell on Sunday afternoon in Polson.</p>
The Mission Valley Mariners had their first home games on Sunday against the Kalispell Lakers. After the B squad game, players from both teams came out on to the field to give all the mothers in the crowd flowers in honor of Mother’s Day.
Afterward, the Mariners put on a good show for their home crowd, but unfortunately were not able to pull off the win. The Mariners took a 3-1 lead in the third inning, but the Lakers came back in the fifth and put up four runs. Mission Valley had a few chances to make up the difference but were unable to do so.
The Mariners rotated three pitchers in during the game, and had three errors. Anthony Jones went 2-3, scored a run, and had an RBI. Julian Jones and Tyson Petticrew also had RBIs.
The Mariners had two other games against the AA Lakers earlier in the week.
MV 2, Kalispell 12
Mariners- 100 10 - 2 7 4
Kalispell AA- 231 42 - 12 10 1
Julian Jones, Tyson Petticrew (4) and Warren Wood (MV). Logan DeCock and Andrew Schleusner (K). W — DeCock. L — Jones.
MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schutzmann 1-3, Jacob Harrod 1-3, Walter Wood 0-2, Warren Wood 2-2, Jones 1-2, Petticrew 0-1, Tyler Kelsch 1-2, Brendon Blood 0-2, Karsen Krebs 1-2.
KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 1-4, Micah Benson 1-3, Clay Prosser 0-1, Joe Broughton 1-2, Patrick O’Connell 1-3, Leif Ericksen 1-3, Schleusner 1-1, Eric Seaman 1-3, Dawson Smith 1-1, Jonas Nyman 2-3.
2B — Smith, Benson (K). RBIs — War. Wood, Kelsch (MV); Broughton 2, Ericksen 2, Seaman 2, O’Connell, Smith, Nyman (K).
MV 0, Kalispell 10
Mariners- 000 00 - 0 3 9
Kalispell AA - 710 2x - 10 9 1
Jacob Harrod, Marquise Askan (2) and Warren Wood (MV). Leif Ericksen and Andrew Schleusner, Haydn Schlepp (3) (K). W — Ericksen. L — Harrod.
MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schultzman 0-3, Harrod 2-2, Walter Wood 0-1, War. Wood 1-1, Connor Donohue 0-1, Julian Jones 0-1, Bryant Hales 0-1, Tyson Petticrew 0-2, Tyler Kelsch 0-2, Brendon Blood 0-1, Askan 0-1, Karsen Krebs 0-1, Ryan Burland 0-1.
KALISPELL — Schlepp 0-3, Micah Benson 1-4, Joe Broughton 1-2, Eric Seaman 0-1, Patrick O’Connell 1-2, Ericksen 2-3, Schleusner 1-3, Dawson Smith 1-2, Jonas Nyman 1-2, Clay Prosser 1-2.
3B — Harrod (MV). RBIs — Benson, Prosser (K).
Sunday
Polson
MV 3, Kalispell 7
Kalispell- 010 040 2 - 7 10 1
M. Valley- 003 000 0 - 3 6 3
Drew Scherrer and Clayton Jaques. Kade Schutzmann, Walter Wood (5), Brendan Blood (6) and Corbin Davis. W - Scherrer. L - Schutzmann.
Kade Schultzman 0-3, Jacob Harrod 0-3, Walter Wood 1-4, Anthony Jones 2-3, Julian Jones 1-1, Tyson Petticrew 0-2, Corbin Davis 1-3, Brendon Blood 0-3, Karsen Krebs 1-3.
2B--Sam Elliott, Randy Schultz, Karsen Krebs, Julian Jones, Walter Wood. RBIs - (MV) A. Jones, J. Jones, Petticrew