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Senators sweep Kalispell, improve win streak to 15

By Daniel Shepard Independent Record daniel.shepard@406mtsports.com, 07/11/22, 7:45AM MDT

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HELENA — The Helena Senators bested a season-high win streak and now stand all alone in third place in the Class AA American Legion baseball standings.

Helena swept Sunday’s doubleheader against Kalispell and improved its string of consecutive victories to 15 with an 11-1 conference victory and 11-6 non-conference win.

Mike Hurlbert was on base four times in the league tilt and the Senators walked 10 times as a team.

Of Helena’s 11 runs, six scored on wild pitches or walks, including the one that secured the run-ruling in the sixth.

Luke Dowdy was lights out after allowing a first-inning run.

“We’re just looking to stay even,” Senators head coach Jon Burnett said. “We don’t wanna be too high, we don’t wanna be too low. When we make mistakes, we wanna try to bounce back from them quickly, and I think we’re doing a good job of that…

“Dowdy with another great outing for us. Battled through some stuff early and then really sharpened up as the game went on.”

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Luke Dowdy. Gary Marshall, BMGphotos.com

Luke Dowdy. Gary Marshall, BMGphotos.com