Twins sweep Cloninger Classic in Helena

The Glacier Twins are hot after a 4-0 sweep of the Cloninger Classic in Helena this weekend.

The Twins took down the Helena Reps on Friday, Vauxhall and Anaconda on Saturday and the Bozeman Bucks A club on Sunday for the tournament title.

The opening game against Helena ended up the closest, as Glacier scored two runs in the seventh inning to boost a 5-3 lead to a 7-3 victory. Ryan Veneman was the winning pitcher, and Greyson Bistodeau, Tom Hellwig, Coby Clark-Dickinson and Matt Morrison all went 2-4 at the plate with RBIs.

On Saturday, the Twins dominated their two opponents by a 28-3 margin. Clark-Dickinson picked up the win in the 13-2 beatdown of Vauxhall and Skyler Warner got the win in the 15-1 thrashing of Anaconda.

The Twins blanked the Bucks A 8-0 to put the finishing touches on a solid weekend on Sunday.

Hellwig went 3-3 for two RBIs on a day that saw the Twins outhitting the Bucks 14-2. Clark-Dickinson picked up his second win of the tournament.

“The bats were working really well,” head coach Scott Murray said of the weekend. “And we’re down to less than two errors a game, which is good.”

Murray pointed to the good work by his pitching staff, especially by coach Treyson Hopkins, to put his team in the best position no matter which ace is on the mound.

Continuing to have consistent pitching will be key moving forward, he said.

“We need solid pitching again, and that’s going to be the theme for the season,” he said. “We have a lot of games coming up, one right after another, so we really rely heavily on our pitching staff. Not just one or two guys, we rely on the whole staff.”

Glacier heads to Eureka this afternoon for two games against the Kootenai Valley Rangers. On Saturday they’ll host Cranbrook before taking on the Mission Valley Mariners back at Memorial Field the following day.

If his team can keep the bats going, Murray said everything else will work itself out.

“We just need to continue hitting the ball. If we do that we’re going to be just fine this season,” he said.

Glacier 111 101 2 — 7 12 3

Helena 002 010 0 — 3 7 2

WP—Ryan Veneman. LP—Ryan Barrett.

TWINS A — Greyson Bistodeau 2-4, Tom Hellwig 2-4, James Sampson-Keck 1-4, Coby Clark-Dickenson 2-4, Veneman 0-2, Gunner Marsh 0-3, Terek Bistodeau 0-1, Tyler Murphy 1-2, Matt Morrison 2-4, Jack Schwaiger 2-3.

HELENA REPS — Ty McGurran 0-1, Riley Chisholm 1-3, Kaydn Craigle 2-4, Brady Anderson 1-4, Grady Koenig 0-3, Grady Kriger 0-3, Jacob Howell 1-3, Brady Grigsby 0-3, Keanan Horne 0-1, Zach Spiroff 1-2, Ryan Barrett 0-0.

RBIs—G. Bistodeau, Clark-Dickenson, Hellwig, Morrison, Veneman. Craigle, Howell, Koenig.

Vauxhall 000 02 — 2 5 2

Glacier 580 0x — 13 11 2

WP—Coby Clark-Dickenson. LP—Carson Troidl.

VAUXHALL — Kaden Fujita 1-3, Dax Wandler 0-3, Reed Odland 1-2, Brett Gray 0-2, Bryden Sillito 1-1, Hunter Johnson 1-2, Jayden Bexte 0-2, Darrian Simmons 1-2, Troidl 0-2.

TWINS A — Greyson Bistodeau 1-3, Tom Hellwig 1-2, Ryan Veneman 0-1, Clark-Dickenson 1-2, James Sampson-Keck 2-3, Terek Bistodeau 0-1, Tyler Murphy 2-3, Matt Morrison 1-2, Quintin Schriver 1-1, Gunner Marsh 2-2, Jack Schwaiger 0-1.

2B—Johnson. Hellwig, Sampson-Keck. 3B—G. Bistodeau, Sampson-Keck. RBIs—Fujita, Simmons. T. Bistodeau, Clark-Dickenson 2, Hellwig, Marsh, Morrison, Murphy 2, Sampson-Keck 4.

Anaconda 000 10 — 1 1 9

Glacier 0(10)0 5x — 15 11 1

WP —Skyler Warner. LP—Michael Hessler.

ANACONDA — Logan Danforth 0-2, Mason Work 0-0, Brandon Bisch (1-1, Conner Strum 0-1, Luke Jenson 0-3, Bubba Morris 0-2, Evan Starr 0-1, Garrett Shelton 0-2, Mitchell Momo 0-2, Brannon Cook 0-2, Sawyer 0-0, Hessler 0-0.

TWINS A — Greyson Bistodeau 1-4, Tom Hellwig 1-3, Nathan Hader 1-1, Ryan Veneman 0-3, Coby Clark-Dickenson 1-4, James Sampson-Keck 0-3, Terek Bistodeau 2-2, Murphy 2-3, Dan Seymour 1-2, Forrest Kobelt 1-1, Matt Morrison 0-1, Quintin Schriver 1-1.

2B—T. Bistodeau, Clark-Dickenson. RBIs—T. Bistodeau 2, Clark-Dickenson 3, Hellwig, Morrison, Murphy 3, Schriver, Seymour.

Bozeman 000 00 — 0 2 4

Glacier Twins A 210 23 — 8 14 0

WP—Coby Clark-Dickenson; LP—Finn Snyder.

BOZEMAN — Holtmeyer 1-2, Coleman 0-2, Hubley 0-2, Snyder 1-2, Jhett Johnson 0-2, Wade 0-2, Simcox 0-2, Gyselman 0-2, Cole Simcox 0-1.

GLACIER — Greyson Bistodeau 0-3, Tom Hellwig 3-3, Ryan Veneman 2-3, Clark-Dickenson 2-3, Nathan Hader 0-0, James Sampson-Keck 1-2, Dan Seymour 2-3, Tyler Murphy 2-3, Jack Schwaiger 1-1, Gunner Marsh 1-2.

2B —Marsh; 3B—Veneman; RBIs—Bistodeau, Hellwig (2), Veneman, Clark-Dickenson (2), Seymour, Murphy.