Mavs drill Twins

| July 9, 2007 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH - Two big innings helped the Missoula Mavericks take care of the Glacier Twins 14-4 Sunday afternoon, giving the Mavericks a 3-1 edge in the American Legion baseball season series.

Missoula tallied five runs in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead and finished with a sixth run ninth inning.

Conor Dwyer, 2-for-5, homered for the Mavericks and finished with six RBIs.

Glacier out-hit Missoula 10-8. Scott Palmer, Brad Bell and Zane Ridings all had two hits for the Twins.

Bell doubled twice and finished with two RBIs.

Brad Nielsen had Glacier's other extra base hit, a triple.

Missoula, 9-3 in Western AA play, won Saturday's game, 18-2. The Twins fall to 6-7.

The Twins host the Sapa Johnsrud Memorial Tournament, which begins Tuesday and runs through Saturday.

Missoula 020 501 006 - 14 8 3

Glacier 010 030 000 - 4 10 6

Max Smith, Drew Lytle (6), Mike Spritzer (7) and Sean Dwyer. Weston Chambers, Michael Hader (6) and Brad Nielsen. W - Smith (5-3). L - Chambers. Sv - Spritzer (1).

MISSOULA - Dan Belet 1-5, Mac Cuffe 2-4, Conor Dwyer 2-5, Chris Bartenhagen 0-3, Spritzer 0-2, Taylor Nordby 1-4, S. Dwyer 1-4, Travis Johnsen 1-5, Taylor King 0-3, Brendan Brown 0-1.

GLACIER - Scott Palmer 2-3, Scott Yogodzinski 1-3, Roo Grubb 0-1, Brad Bell 2-4, Hader 0-1, Justin Collom 1-4, R.J. Beasley 0-1, Rusty Hill 0-4, Josh Peterson 0-4, Ryan Caron 0-3, Zane Ridings 2-4, Nielsen 2-4.

2B - Bell 2. 3B - Nielsen. HR - C. Dwyer. RBIs - Cuffe, C. Dwyer 6, S. Dwyer, King, Bell 2, Hill, Nielsen.