Loggers, Red Sox split doubleheader

HAMILTON - Justin Wicka's first home run of the season ignited a 7-run, second-inning rally as Libby whipped the Bitterroot Red Sox 11-1 in Class A American Legion nonconference baseball play on Saturday.

Wicka's blast was to straightaway center field.

Wicka also turned in a solid outing on the mound, holding the Red Sox to just two hits in going the distance for his fifth victory of the season.

"Justin threw well in the first game," Libby coach Kelly Morford said.

"He threw a lot of strikes. The guys in the bottom of the order sprung us offensively."

The Loggers, however, could not pull off a doubleheader sweep as the Red Sox bounced back with a 7-2 win in Game 2.

Libby (15-12 overall) hosts the Mission Valley Mariners on Monday, 4:05 p.m.

Game1

Libby 071 03 - 11 7 1

Bitterroot 100 00 - 1 2 3

Justin Wicka and Jared Winslow; Nolan Gronfell, Tucker Lehr (2) and Trevor Zeilier. W - Wicka, 5-1 (2 hits, 3 strikeouts, 1 walk). L - Gronfell.

LIBBY - Andrew Haggerty 2-3, Winslow 0-2, Chris Herbig 0-3, Micah Germany 0-4, Wicka 1-2, Alex Bluhm 1-2, Justyn Mack 1-2, Luke Haggerty 1-2, Will Reichel 1-2.

HR-Wicka; RBI- A. Haggerty, Winslow, Herbig (2), Wicka (2), Bluhm, Reichel (2).

BITTERROOT - Rodee Anderson 1-2, Trevor Brown 0-1, Chris Combs 0-2, Jake Capko 0-2, Drew Zeilier 1-2, Jake Lindquist 0-2, Mike Dienusa 0-1, T. Zeilier 0-2, Clint Crossman 0-1.

RBI-Brown.

Game 2

Libby 000 011 0 - 2 3 2

Bitterroot 130 300 x - 7 10 0

Herbig, Bluhm (6) and Germany; Audie Anderson, Tuff Price (7) and Lehr. W - Anderson. L - Herbig, 1-2.

LIBBY - A. Haggerty 0-2, Winslow 0-3, Herbig 1-4, Germany 0-2, Wicka 0-2, Bluhm 2-3, Mack 0-2, Gunnar Bradeen 0-1, Matt Willis 0-1, L. Haggerty 0-1, Reichel 0-2.

RBI-A. Haggerty, Mach.

BITTERROOT - R. Anderson 2-3, Brown 3-3, Combs 0-2, Capko 2-3, D. Zeiler 2-3, Lehr 0-3, Lindquist 0-2, Dylan Burnham 0-3, Crossman 1-2.

2B-Capko; 3B-Capko; RBI-R. Anderson, Brown (2), Combs, Capko (2).

Great Falls 11-3,

Glacier 8-0

GREAT FALLS - A pair of 5-run innings in the opener and strong pitching by Trevor Johnson carried Great Falls to a sweep of the Glacier Twins in Class AA Western division play.

Great Falls (20-11 overall) scored five times in the second and and fourth innings to win the opener 11-8.

Johnson held Glacier two singles in the second game, a 3-0 Great Falls victory.

Devy Rocker, Jack Cronin and Chris King had two hits each for Glacier in the opener.

Glacier is back in action Wednesday at the Spokane Bandits, 6 p.m.

Great Falls 11, Glacier 8

Glacier 101 051 0 - 8 9 1

Great Falls 051 500 x - 11 9 1

Cody Hill, Chase Anderson (4), Geoff Streeter (6) and Jim Jumper. Tyson Patterson, Kristian Allison (6) and Taylor Davis. W - Patterson (3-2). L - Hill. S - Allison (1).

Glacier - Devyn Rocker 2-5, Jack Cronin 2-3, Kyler Blades 1-2, Cody Elek 1-3, Geoff Streeter 0-2, Chris King 2-3, Carl Talmsa 0-4, Zach Maassen 1-4, Jim Jumper 0-2.

Great Falls - Robbie Schwenck 2-3, Taylor Davis 1-3, Tanner Watson 1-2, Hunter Carlyon 0-2, Cayden Napierala 1-3, Trevor Johnson 1-4, Dustin Popham 0-2, Spenser Hortick 1-3, Tyler Stanich 2-3.

2B - Johnson; 3B - King, Napierala; RBIs - King 2, Blades 3, Johnson, Schwenck 2, Davis 2, Watson 2, Carlyon 2.

Great Falls 3, Glacier 0

Glacier 000 000 0 - 0 2 2

Great Falls 001 110 x - 3 4 0

Zach Maassen and Jim Jumper. Trevor Johnson and Taylor Davis. W - Johnson (4-1). L - Maassen.

Glacier - Rocker 0-3, Cronin 1-3, Blades 1-2, Elek 0-2, Streeter 0-3, King 0-3, Cody Hill 0-2, Talsma 0-2, Jumper 0-2.

Great Falls - Schwenck 1-3, Davis 0-2, Watson 1-2, Carlyon 1-2, Napierala 1-3, Hortick 0-2, Stanich 0-3, Hart 0-3, Chad Barrett 0-1.

2B - Watson; RBIs - Watson.