Mariners split in Florence
FLORENCE — Alex Muzquiz had seven hits on the day to help the Mission Valley Mariners to a Sunday split of American Legion baseball games.
Mission Valley rolled past the Belgrade Bandits, 15-3 on Sunday morning, but fell 6-5 to the host Bitterroot Bucs later in the day.
Muzquiz batted 3-4 with two triples and four RBI in the morning contest, then was 3-for-4 with two triples and two RBI against Bitterroot.
Dylan DuMont and Wyatt Wadsworth each contributed two doubles.
Mission Valley Mariners 15, Belgrade Bandits 3
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Mission Valley — Xavier Fisher 1-2,Alex Muzquiz 3-4, Dawson DuMont 4-5, Espn Fisher 1-4, Dylan Davis 0-3, Wyatt Wadsworth 1-3, Keyen Nash 0-4, Cymian Kauley 0-3, Brock Henricksen 0-2.2B — Dumont (2). 3B — Muzquiz (2). RBI — Muzquiz 4, DuMont 4, Wadsworth 1, Nash 1.
Belgrade — Cash Fike 1-4, Brody Jacksha 1-3, Jayden Jacksha 0-3, Wyatt Lambert 1-3, Drew Dunning 0-3, Collin Delph 2-3, Dyson Kinnaman 0-3, Wyatt Russell 1-3, Diego Casas 2-3. 2B — Fike. 3B — B. Jacksha. RBI — Fike 1, B. Jacksha 1, Casas 1.
Bitterroot Bucs 6, Mission Valley Mariners 6
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Mission Valley — X. Fisher 1-3, Muzquiz 3-4, DuMont 1-4, E. Fisher 1-4, Davis 1-4, Wadsworth 2-3, Kauley 1-4, Aiden Gfroerer 0-4, Henriksen 1-3. 2B — Wadsworth (2); 3B — Muzquiz (2). RBI — Muzquiz 2, E. Fisher 1, Kauley 1, Henriksen 1.
Bucs — Troy Larson 1-4, Roy Combs 1-3, Brodie Hinsdale 1-3, Andrew Scully 0-3, Patrick Duchein 2-2, Jake Roth 0-2, Gabe Philbrick 0-2, Trapper Oster 1-2, Camden Blair 1-3. 2B — Duchein. RBI — Larson 1, Combs 1, Hinsdale 1.
Lakers A 11, Mavericks A 3
Mavericks A 7, Lakers A 2
TJ Hyack had a triple and Oscar Kallis and Kaden Drish each had doubles in the first game of the Kalispell Lakers A doubleheader with the Missoula Mavericks A on Sunday.
The Lakers pummeled Missoula 11-3 in the first game, but fell 7-2 in the second.
Michael Owens had six RBI on the day — four in the first game.
Lakers A 11, Missoula Mavericks A 3
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Missoula — Carter Taylor 0-5, Weston McCollogh 1-4, Sam Matosich 0-2, Owen McQuinn 1-4, Finn Davis 1-3, Luke Thorne 1-4, Donovan Headswift 0-2, Easton Reimers 1-2, Andrew Hall 1-4. RBI —McQuinn 2, Thorne 1.
Kalispell — Adam Nikunen 1-2, Braden Casper 1-1, Joey Thatcher 3-4, Oscar Kallis 1-2, Michael Owens 1-3, Easton Capser 1-2, Bryson Herion 0-4, TJ Hyack 1-3, Tyler Williams 0-4, Kaden Drish 1-4. 2B — Kallis, Drish. 3B — Hyack. RBI — Nikunen 1, Thatcher 1, Kallis 1, Owens 4, Capser 1, Williams 1, Drish 1.
Mavericks A 7, Lakers A 2
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Missoula — Taylor 1-4, Nate Dill 0-2, Matosich 1-3, McQuinn 0-3, Davis 1-4, Thorne 1-3, Chris Compton 1-3, Jace Bykari 1-4, Davin Nau 0-2. 2B — Davis, Compton. RBI — McQuinn 1, Davis 2, Compton 2, Bykari 1.
Kalispell — Nikunen 1-3, Thatcher 0-3, Kallis 0-3, Owens 2-3, Capser 2-3, Nate Skonard 1-2, Kent Fahnfander 0-3, Drish 0-2, Josh Close 0-1. RBI — Owens 2.