Loggers roll over Red Sox in District opener
MISSOULA — Will Reichel was stellar on the mound and at the plate in helping Libby blast the Bitterroot Red Sox 16-3 on Thursday during first-round action at the Western A District American Legion baseball tournament.
Reichel went the distance on the mound, allowing six hits, walking two batters and striking out three.
“We made a last- mintue decision to throw Reichel,” Libby coach Kelly Morford said.
“We were able to throw him for seven innings and save everybody else. It’s nice to go into the second day with our ace still there, but we still gotta win the game.”
The Loggers play the Missoula Mavericks at 7 p.m.
“It was a total team effort,” Morford said.
“The offense had good at-bats up-and- down the lineup.”
Libby outhit the Red Sox 15-6.
Reichel was 3 for 4 and shared the team high for RBIs at three with Micah Germany.
Germany also finished 3 for 4, which included a double.
Jared Winslow, 2 for 4, doubled twice for the Loggers.
Libby came into the tournament as the No. 3 seed. The Red Sox were seeded sixth. The Loggers (25-20) have won seven of their last nine games.
Libby 320 159 5 — 16 15 0
Bitterroot 000 002 1 — 3 6 4
Will Reichel and Oliver Gruphenhoff; Tuff Price, David Mccoy and Nick Swietzer. W — Reichel. L — Price.
LIBBY — Luke Haggerty 2-3, Reichel 3-4, Jared Winslow 2-4, Micah Germany 3-4, Gruphenhoff 1-4, Nic Robertson 1-3, Andrew Haggerty 1-5, Josh Foote 0-4, Cameron Burkes 2-4.
BITTERROOT RED SOX — Chris Combs 1-4, Steven Troutwien 0-3, Jake Capko 1-2, Jackson Olson 0-3, Cody Lane 0-3, Nate Loranger 0-3, Price 0-0, Mccoy 1-2, Swietzer 2-3, Dylan Burnham 1-2.
2B—Winslow (2), Germany; Capko; RBIs—L. Haggerty, Reichel (3), Winslow (2), Germany (3), Gruphenhoff (2), Robertson (2), A. Haggerty, Burkes; Capko (2), Swietzer.
Mission Valley 14,
Glacier 0
Top-seed Mission Valley blew the game open with back-to-back five-run innings for an easy first-round victory.
Chris Clary, 3 for 4, hit an inside-the-park grand slam home run to spur the Mariners offense.
He had six RBIs for the game.
Other top hitters for Mission Valley were Zeke Webster-Yaqui, 3 for 4, and Jacob Young, 2 for 4. Both also drove in a run.
Webster-Yaqui picked up the victory on the mound, limiting Glacier to four hits.
Glacier 000 000 0 — 0 4 2
Mission Valley 005 540 x — 14 13 0
Brandon Maasen, Nakia Alexander (4), Brett Almos (5) and Zac Darling. Zeke Webster-Yaqui and Jack Humphreys. W – Webster-Yaqui. L – Maasen.
Kootenai Valley 8, Kalispell 5
Kalispell tried to battle back from a 6-0 deficit, but fell three runs short.
Ryan Holder and Dalton Smith shared mound duties for Kootenai Valley and held the Lakers to three hits.
Kootenai Valley (31-21)plays Mission Valley today at 4 p.m. Mission Valley has won all three meetings this season with Kootenai Valley.
Kalispell 000 030 002` — 5 3 0
K. Valley 240 001 010 — 8 9 1
Luke LaFontaine, Jonathon Centner (6), Colton Wiley (7) and Nathan Brown; Ryan Holder, Dalton Smith (7) and Kade Davis. W – Holder (11-1). L – LaFontaine.
KALISPELL — Tucker Rauthe 0-3, Skylar Brown 0-2, Dalton Meredith 1-4, Centner 2-5, Jake Barstow 0-4, Colton Wiley 0-1, Brendan Windauer 1-1, Chris Sibley 0-1, Nathan Brown 0-2, Dylan Torgerson 0-1, Daniel Satterfield 1-2, LaFontaine 0-1.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — CJ Henrie 2-4, Bryton Guckenberg 1-3, Holder 0-2, Davis 2-4, Dalton Smith 2-5, Nick Rackley 0-4, RJ Glover 1-4, Mark Good 0-2, Gallen Sullivan 1-4.
2B—Guckenberg; 3B—Windauer; RBIs—Meredith, Centner (2), Satterfield; Henrie, Guckenberg, Davis, Smith (3).
Bitterroot 2, Missoula 1
The second-seeded Bitterroot Bucs lost to the No. 7 seed Missoula Mavericks.
Ryan Anderson led the Mavs, going 2 for 4 and driving in two runs.
Riley Phillips, 1 for 3, had one RBI for the Bucs.
Missoula 101 000 000 — 2 5 0
Bitt. Bucs 001 000 000 — 1 7 3
WP — Anthony Hilliard; LP— Riley Phillips.