Twins break open close game with Libby

LIBBY — Hayden Meehan threw some sterling relief, then added an RBI single in the eighth inning as the Glacier Twins pulled away to beat Libby 9-2 in Class A Legion baseball Thursday.

Glacier (6-1) scored two runs on wild pitches in the first, and those runs might have held up — but the Twins broke the game open after Libby starter Caden Williams exited the game after six innings. Williams allowed three hits and two walks, and struck out nine.

Up 2-1, Jake McIntyre sparked the Twins’ three-run eighth with an RBI double. Five walks — one intentional — and two Libby errors led to four ninth-inning runs.

Libby (1-6) got on the board when Rusty Gillespie drew a bases loaded walk from Glacier starter Talon Murphy. Meehan came in and retired the next three batters in order; in 5 2-3 innings allowed four hits and three walks, with five strikeouts.

Meehan gave up Tripp Zhang’s home run in the ninth, and Mason Peters came in to record the final out.

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Talon Murphy, Hayden Meehan (4), Mason Peters (9) and AC Chilton. Caden Wiliams, Aydan Williamson (7) and Rusty Gillespie.

GLACIER TWINS — Mason Peters 1-3, Mikey Glass 1-5, Jake McNtyre 2-5, Meehan 1-4, Dayne Tu 1-5, Kellen Kroger 2-4, Josiah Ruther 0-4, Chilton 1-3, Ethan Austin 0-1, Maddox Muller 0-2.

LIBBY LOGGERS — Dylan Buckner 1-4, Tripp Zhang 2-5, Ca.Williams 0-2, Williamson 1-4, Landon Haddock 1-4, Gillespie 0-3, Brett Osborne 1-4, Caleb Moeller 0-2, Cy Williams 0-1, Aiden Rose 0-4.

2B — Chilton, McIntyre, Zhang. HR — Zhang. RBIs — McINtyre 2, Meehan 2, Glass, Zhang, Gillespie.