Libby rallies by Moscow in Big Bucks opener

LIBBY — A nine-run fifth inning rallied the Libby Loggers to a 15-7 American Legion baseball victory over the Moscow Blue Devils on Thursday evening at the Big Bucks Tournament.

It was the opening game of the four-day event.

Jeff Offenbecher, 2 for 4, had Libby’s lone extra base hit, a double.

Quade Anderson, S. Walker and Landon Haddock had two RBIs each for Libby.

Moscow tallied six runs in the second inning for a 6-0 advantage and added another in the third before Libby tallied 15 straight runs.

Play starts today with Mission Valley Mariners vs. Moscow at 11:30 a.m.

Libby plays the Northern Lakes at 6:30 p.m.

Moscow 061 00 — 7 9 5

Libby 003 39 — 15 5 3

WP—S. Walker; LP—R. Delusa.

MOSCOW — Redinger 2-4, Abendrot 0-3, Thompson 0-2, Adams 1-4, Lynus 1-2, Waters 1-1, Hagenba 0-3, Anderson 2-2, Stazkow 0-1, Delusa 2-3.

LIBBY — Jeff Offenbecher 2-4, Quade Anderson 1-2, Tripp Zhang 1-2, S. Walker 0-2, Donovan Fornall 0-2, Trey Thompson 0-4, Z. Brown 0-1, Landon Haddock 1-2, Ethan Borden 0-3, Aydan Williams 0-0, Alex Svendsbye 0-1.

2B—Lynus; Offenbecher; RBIs—Redinger (2), Adams, Lynus, Delusa; Offenbecher, Anderson (2),Zhang, Walker (2), Haddock (2).