Loggers split against Bitterroot
Phil Johnson | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 8 months AGO
The Libby Logger Legion baseball team ended a Sunday doubleheader in dramatic fashion, rallying from three runs down to earn an 11-10 walkoff victory.
Austin Marshall struck a game-winning single for Libby in the bottom of the seventh. Teammate Cameron Burkes went 5-for-5 in the nightcap.
The Loggers dropped the first game, 5-1. Bitterroot pitchers Dylan Gavlak and Patrick Pape limited the Logger bats to five hits.
The Loggers travel Wednesday to Kalispell for a nine-inning affair against the Lakers AA. First pitch is 6 p.m.
First game
Bitterroot Bucs 5, Libby 1
Bucs 000 310 1 – 5 10 1
Libby 001 000 0 – 1 5 0
Dylan Gavlak and Patrick Pape. Will Reichel, Luke Haggerty (6) and Oliver Grupenhoff. W – Gavlak. L – Reichel.
Second game
Libby 11, Bitterroot Bucs 10
Bucs 420 022 0 – 10 11 6
Libby 304 000 4 – 11 14 5
Chance Sage, Drue McCawley (3), Liam LeCoure (6), Rees LeSoine (7) and Kevin McGee. Dylan Lane, Collin Johnson (3) and Grupenhoff. W – Johnson. L – LeSoine.
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