Davis’ walk-off powers Missoula sweep of AA Lakers

MISSOULA — Rylan Davis singled in the bottom of the eighth of game one to help the Missoula AA Mavericks sweep the Kalispell AA Lakers 6-5 and 9-1 Friday evening. 

Davis’s walk-off winner came after the Lakers pulled back a 5-0 deficit in the fifth inning. 

Ostyn Brennan got the Lakers (23-13) on the board in the fifth with an RBI single to right that scored Bryce Buckmaster. Later in the inning, Luke Nikunen made it a 5-3 game with a single to center, scoring Hunter Fann and Brennan. 

The Lakers then tied it on an Oscar Kallis single that brough home Nikunen and Carter Schlegel. 

On the mound, Andre Cephers went 6 2-3 innings in the start for Kalispell. He allowed nine hits and five runs while striking out five. 

Schuyler Fairchild went five innings for the Mavericks (31-17-1), scattering six hits and allowing five runs. He fanned five. 

In game two, Davis singled in the second inning to put the Mavericks up 2-0, bringing in Fairchild. 

Easton Reimers busted the game open with a fourth inning triple that drove home three. Reimers finished with four RBIs in the game. 

Nikunen scored the lone run for the Lakers, coming home on an error. He started on the mound and threw four innings. Striking out six batters. Kyler Croft threw two innings in relief. 

Andrew Richardson threw six innings for the Mavericks, allowing four hits and striking out six.  

AA Lakers    000    050    00    -    5    7    3 

AA Mavericks    300    200    01    -    6    10    1 

Andre Cephers, Jackson Heino (7) and Ostyn Brennan. Schuyler Fairchild, Colter Nicolarsen (6) and Rylan Davis. 

KALISPELL AA LAKERS — Ostyn Brennan 1-4, Hunter Fann 0-4, Carter Schlegel 2-3, Luke Nikunen 2-4, Kaedan Kahler 0-2, Oscar Kallis 2-4, Cale Brink 0-3, Bryce Buckmaster 0-3, Jackson Heino 0-4. 

MISSOULA AA MAVERICKS — Carter Taylor 2-5, Rylan Davis 4-5, Colter Nicolarsen 1-4, Easton Reimers 0-3, Owen Felton 1-4, Gabe Gibbs 1-4, Stellan Ridley 1-2, Bryce Ostrom 0-1, Kaden Thennis 0-0, Remington Howard 0-3, Rowan Miculka 0-3. 

2B — Gibbs. RBIs — Nikunen 2, Kallis 2, Brennan. Davis, Reimers. 

AA Lakers    000    001    0    -    1    4    0 

AA Mavericks    020    403    x    -    9    11    1 

Nikunen, Kyler Croft (5), and Buckmaster. Andrew Richardson, Miculka (7) and Davis. 

AA LAKERS — Brennan 1-3, Fann 0-4, Schlegel 2-3, Nikunen 0-2, Kahler 0-3, Kallis 0-2, Cephers 0-3, Buckmaster 1-2, Heino 0-2, Croft 0-1. 

AA MAVERICKS — Taylor 0-3, Davis 2-3, Nicolarsen 2-3, Reimers 3-4, Gibbs 1-3, Felton 0-5, Fairchild 1-3, Thennis 2-3, Ostrom 0-2. 

3B — Davis, Reimers. RBIs — Reimers 4, Davis 2, Nicolarsen 2, Thennis.