Libby takes two games from Lakers A
LIBBY - Alex Cislo hit a 3-run home run and both Justin Wicka and Jared Winslow improved their pitching records to 6-1 as the Libby Loggers defeated the visiting Kalispell Lakers on Tuesday night, 11-2 and 6-4.
Libby improved to 9-0 in conference with the wins.
"Any time you can get two conference wins you have to be happy," said Libby coach Kelly Morford.
"That big homer by Cislo in the first game kind of opened things up for us," Morford said.
The coach also complimented Wicka and Winslow. "They're a big reason for our success this year," he said.
Hitting-wise, Justyn Mack and Andrew Haggerty were both 2-for-3 in the first game. Haggerty had two RBI. In the second game, Winslow was 2-for-4, Chris Herbig was 2-for-3 and Mack hit a triple.
For the Lakers, Robert Simmons had a triple and two RBI in the first game.
Libby takes on Moscow, Idaho at 7:45 p.m. Thursday in the Big Bucks Tournament in Libby.
Libby 11, Kalispell 2
Kalispell 002 000 0 - 263
Libby 030 152 x - 11101
Hank McLeod, Luke LaFontaine (5), Dylan Torgison (6) and Robert Simmons. Justin Wicka, Justyn Mack (7) and Micah Germany. W - Wicka (6-1). L - McLeod.
Kalispell - Mike Bare 0-4, Charlie Obermiller 0-3, McLeod 3-4, Simmons 1-3, Robbie Krueger 1-2, Zach Personett 1-3, Evan Eickert 0-2, Skylar Brown 0-3, LaFontaine 0-3.
2B - Personett. 3B - Simmons. RBI - Simmons 2.
Libby - Alex Bluhm 0-3, Chris Herbig 2-3, Tate Wilson 1-1, Alex Cislo 1-4, Micha Germany 0-2, Wicka 1-2, Mack 2-3, Andrew Haggerty 2-3, Gunnar Bradeen 0-1, Jared Winslow 0-0, Will Reichel 1-4.
2B - Wilson. HR - Cislo. RBI - Herbig 2, Cislo 3, Mack 1, Haggerty 2, Bradeen 1, Reichel 1.
Libby 6, Kalispell 4
Kalispell 000 100 3 - 454
Libby 140 001 x - 664
Dawson Day, LaFontaine (3) and Simmons. Jared Winslow, Chris Herbig (7) and Alex Bluhm. W - Winslow (6-1), L - Day.
Kalispell - Obermiller 0-3, Krueger 0-3, McLeod 1-3, Simmons 0-4, Jake Johnson 0-3, Nathan Calles 1-4, LaFontaine 0-2, Day 1-3, Andrew Wheeler 2-3.
RBI - McLeod, Wheeler.
Libby - Bluhm 1-3, Winslow 2-4, Herbig 2-3, Cislo 0-4, Wilson 0-1, Germany 0-2, Wicka 0-3, Mack 1-2, Reichel 0-2.
3B - Mack. RBI - Bloom, Cislo, Wilson, Mack.