John Rausch, Locke HR for Mariners

| June 13, 2008 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

DILLON - Eric Locke and John Rausch both homered in the second inning as Mission Valley's Mariners scored seven runs en route to a 17-7 American Legion baseball victory Thursday over the Bitterroot Bucs at the Dillon Tournament.

Locke, 1-for-2, led off the inning with a solo shot to right field. It was his third HR of the season.

Rausch, 2-for-4, homered to left center, a grand slam. It was his second HR of the season. He also doubled and finished with four RBIs.

Beau Nordberg, 4-for-4, doubled twice for the Mariners. He finished with three RBIs.

Brandon Roy, 1-for-3, had the other Mariners' double, and Tim Rausch, 2-for-4, tripled.

Mission Valley had 10 hits in the contest to seven for Bitterroot.

Matt Perez belted a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning for Bitterroot.

Mission Valley (14-7) has two tournament games today - 10 a.m. versus Livingston Rangers and 12:30 p.m. versus Salmon River Savages.

Bitterroot Bucs 140 200 - 7 7 1

Mission Valley 570 401 - 17 10 3

Luke Topp, S. Taylor (3) and Billy Hanna; Kyle Bagnell, Spencer Trawick (4) and John Rausch; W - Trawick; L - Topp.

Bitterroot Bucs - Matt Burn 1-3, Topp 0-2, Tyler Lind 2-4, Matt Perez 1-3, Dominic Goble 1-2, Hanna 2-4, J. Ziegler 0-2, T. Stoos 0-2, A. Erler 0-2.

Mission Valley (14-7) - J. Rausch 2-4, Eric Locke 1-2, Tim Rausch 2-4, Tyler Linse 0-4, Craig Bagnell 1-3, Nick Fell 0-1, Beau Nordberg 3-3, Brandon Roy 1-3, Kyle Brown 0-1.

2B-J. Rausch; Nordberg (2), Roy; 3B-Hanna; T. Rausch; HR-Perez; J. Rausch, Locke; RBIs-Topp, Lind (2), Perez (2), Goble; J. Rausch (4), Locke (2), T. Rausch (3), Fell, Nordberg (3), Roy, Brown.