Libby beats Kootenai Valley

by The Daily Inter Lake
| May 27, 2011 2:00 AM

LIBBY - Micah Germany tripled during a 4-for-4 day at the plate as Libby rolled to a 19-4 Class A American Legion baseball victory over the Kootenai Valley Rangers on Thursday.

Libby (9-7 overall, 3-0 league) scored in every inning but the fifth. The Loggers' big inning was the sixth with eight runners crossing the plate.

Tate Wilson continues to swing a hot bat for the Loggers, going 3-for-5. He had the team's other extra base hit with a double.

Wilson has 10 hits in his last 14 trips to the plate.

Libby plays the Mission Valley A Mariners on Saturday in Polson. The doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.

Kootenai Valley 000 000 4 - 4 4 4

Libby 342 208 x - 19 13 1

Kade Davis, Delton Smith (4) and Garrett McNeil; Justin Wicka, Will Reichel (7) and Micah Germany. W - Wicka 3-1 (4 hits, 7 strikeouts, 5 walks). L - Davis.

KOOTENAI VALLEY - Stephen Eash 0-4, Tanner Blankers 1-4, Bryton Guckenberg 1-2, Davis 0-3, McNeil 1-2, Nick Rachley 0-2, Smith 1-3, Mark Good 0-1, Tyler Cummings 0-0, CJ Henrie 0-1, Gallen Sullivan 0-1.

RBI-Rachley, Smith, Cummings, Sullivan.

LIBBY - Jared Winslow 0-5, Chris Herbig 1-3, Tate Wilson 3-5, Germany 4-4, Justyn Mack 1-5, Wicka 0-1, Luke Haggerty 1-1, Gunnar Bradeen 0-3, Andrew Haggerty 2-4, Reichel 1-3.

2B-Wilson; 3B-Germany; RBI-Herbig, Wilson (3), Germany (5), Mack (4), Wicka, Bradeen, A. Haggerty (2), Reichel.