A Lakers drop 2 to Bitterroot Bucs

An 11-run inning and a pair of 7-run outbursts carried the Bitterroot Bucs to a doubleheader sweep or the Kalispell Lakers Sunday, in A Legion baseball at Griffin Field.

The Lakers managed just one hit against Connor Root in the first game — Brysen Herion’s single — and gave up 11 runs in the second inning and four more in the third.

The second game was a tougher loss in that the Lakers (24-6) built a 7-0 lead, thanks to three hits from Trever Cockerill and Bitterroot errors that led to three unearned runs.

The Bucs, held to one hit through five innings by Luke Nikunen, were able to knock Nikunen, Braden Casper and Cockerill from the hill with nine hits over the final two innings.