LIBBY - Chris Herbig ripped a 3-run homer in a 4-run third inning to power Libby to a 5-4 Class A American Legion baseball victory over Missoula's Mavs in the opener of a doubleheader on Tuesday.

It was Herbig's only hit in the game.

Libby added another run in the fifth.

Missoula rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the nightcap to claim a 7-5 victory.

Missoula outhit Libby (18-13 overall) in both games, 9-5 and 12-9. The Loggers, however, played a much cleaner game in the field with just three errors compared to Missoula's seven for two games.

Game 1

Missoula Mavs 010 000 3 - 4 9 6

Libby Loggers 004 010 x - 5 5 2

Curtis Trott, Ryan Anderson (6) and Slade Heggen; Justyn Mack, Micah Germany (7) and Alex Bluhm. W - Mack. L - Trott.

MISSOULA - Nick Evans 1-4, Jesson Preston 1-3, Shane Olson 2-3, Josh Ratts 3-4, Anthony Contonio 1-3, Heggen 0-3, Josh Meader 0-3, William Keffler 0-3, Jacob Jewett 1-3.

RBI-Olson (2),Contonio.

LIBBY - Bluhm 0-3, Jared Winslow 1-3, Chris Herbig 1-3, Tate Wilson 0-3, Justin Wicka 1-3, Alex Cislo 0-0, Gunnar Bradeen 0-3, Andrew Haggerty 1-3, Matt Willis 0-2, Will Reichel 1-3.

RBI-Winslow, Herbig (3), Wicka, Haggerty, Reichel.

Game 2

Missoula Mavs 100 213 0 - 7 12 1

Libby Loggers 300 001 1 - 5 9 0

Keffler, Heggen (6) and Ratts; Wilson, A. Haggerty (6) and Germany. W - Keffler. L - Wilson.

MISSOULA - Tanner Maier 1-3, Trott 2-3, Matt Mchugh 0-3, Contonio 2-3, Ratts 2-4, Taylor Beirly 3-4, Ryan Anderson 0-4, Tony Madson 1-4, Kip Vetos 1-2.

RBI-Maier, Vetos.

LIBBY - Wicka 1-2, Winslow 1-3, Herbig 2-4, Wilson 2-4, Germany 2-4, Luke Haggerty 0-4, Matt Willis 0-2, Mack 0-2, Dylan Berget 0-1, A. Haggerty 0-1, Reichel 0-1, Bluhm 1-1.

RBI-Wilson, Germany (2), Bluhm.

Kalispell 13, Eureka 0

EUREKA - Mike Bare belted a grand slam home run to dead center field in the seventh inning and Robert Simmons drilled a 2-run home run to left in the fourth inning as Kalispell rolled to a conference win over Kootenai Valley in Class A play.

Hank McLeod threw a 2-hitter, fanning 12 and issuing just one walk.

Kalispell (11-11 and 3-2) plays in the Ed Gallo Tournament today in Whitefish.

Kalispell A 300 411 4 - 13 7 0

Kootenai Valley 000 000 0 - 0 2 NA

Kalispell battery - Hank Mcleod and Robert Simmons.

KALISPELL - Mike Bare 1-2, Charlie Obermiller 1-4, McLeod 0-3, Simmons 1-5, Louis Feudenburg 2-5, Zack Personett 0-3, Robbie Krueger 1-3, Evan Eickert 1-2, Luke LaFontaine 0-2.

2B-Freudenburg (2), Krueger; HR-Simmons, Bare; RBI-Bare (4), McLeod (2), Simmons (2).

11-11 overall 3-2 in league

McLeod fanned 12 , 1 walk