Bravettes down Libby 13-3 in softball

LIBBY — Kaidyn Lake had four hits, including a home run, and Lacie Franklin also homered Tuesday as the Flathead Bravettes beat the Libby Loggers 13-3 in non-conference softball.

The Class AA Bravettes (1-0) ended the game early under the mercy rule thanks to a five-run fourth inning and six more runs in the sixth. That made a winner of Franklin, who allowed four hits and five walks in five innings, fanning five. She helped her own cause with a solo homer in the second inning.

Lake’s three-run homer in the fourth put Flathead up 6-1; Mackenzie Brandt, Olivia Nyman and Danika Hennell all doubled in the fifth, with Hennell’s shot driving in two and putting the Bravettes up 13-3.