Loggers, Mavs A split Tuesday twinbill

MISSOULA — Caden Williams hit a 3-run inside-the-park homer and threw five innings of shutout ball for the Libby Loggers, who held on for a 9-8 win over the Missoula A Mavericks in Legion baseball Tuesday.

It was the first game of a doubleheader split, with the Mavs taking the nightcap 12-6.

Williams had the big blow in the first game as Libby (8-15) took an 8-0 lead, and the Loggers also had an RBI double from Landon Haddock in the third inning.

But the biggest play may have been a wild pitch on strike three to Tripp Zhang in the sixth: Zhang reached and Williams, who’d walked to lead off the inning, scored to make it 9-0.

Missoula then closed the gap to 9-8 in their half against two relievers, thanks to six walks, one hit batter, a single and an error. Libby’s Tucker Masters came in to get the third out via strikeout and finished up for the save.

Williams allowed three hits and four walks in his five innings of work.

In the second game deficits of 6-0 and 11-3 were too much for Libby to overcome.

Sam Matosich got things going for Missoula with a 3-run double in a 4-run first inning, and added an RBI during a 5-run fifth with a bases-loaded walk. It was one of four walks issued by Libby pitchers in the inning, along with two hit batters.

Williamson had a 2-run triple during the Loggers’ 3-run fourth inning; Caden Williams and Williiamson had RBI singles to cut the gap to 12-6 in the seventh.

First game

Loggers 211 401 0 - 9 4 2

Mavs A 000 008 0 - 8 6 2

Caden Williams, Tripp Zhang (6), Hunter Hoover (6), Tucker Masters (6) and Rusty Gillespie. Rory Hunt, Nate Dill (5) and Kiefer Hudson.

LIBBY LOGGERS — Zhang 0-2, Ca. Williams 1-4, Masters 1-2, Aydan Williamson 1-4, Landon Haddock 1-3, Aiden Rose 0-1, Gillespie 0-4, Hoover 0-2, Cy Williams 0-2, Dylan Buckner 0-3.

MISSOULA MAVERICKS A — Hudson 0-4, Joey Leary 2-5, Hunt 1-3, Ethan Parker 0-0, Dill 0-2, Sam Matosich 0-1, Owen McGuinn 1-3, Mason Anderson 1-2, Luke Thorne 1-4, Weston McCollough 0-4.

2B — Haddock, Hunt. HR — Ca. Williams. RBI — Ca. Williams 3, Zhang 2, Masters, Haddock, Matosich, Thorne, McCollough.

Second game

Loggers 000 301 2 - 6 6 3

Mavs A 402 051 x - 12 8 3

Caleb Moeller, Cy Williams (5), Williams (5) and Gillespie. McCollough, Matosich (7) and Isaac Mercado Laundrie, Andrew Hall (7).

LIBBY LOGGERS — Zhang 2-4, CaWilliams 2-4, Masters 0-4, Williamson 2-4, Brett Osborne 0-0, Haddock 0-4, Gillespie 0-1, Hoover 0-3, Rose 0-2, Dylan Buckner 0-3.

MAVS A — Hudson 0-4, Noah Gibbs 0-0, Leary 1-2, Hunt 0-2, Parker 3-4, McGuinn 1-3, Matosich 2-4, Anderson 1-2, Thorn 0-3, Finn Davis 0-1, Mercado Laundrie 0-0, Hall 0-0.

2B — CaWilliams, Matosich. 3B — Williamson, Leary. RBI — Williamson 2, CaWilliams, Haddock, Matosich 4, Anderson, Mercado Laundrie, Hudson.

KV Rangers 9, Twins B 7

EUREKA — Jake Hall’s 2-run double capped a fourth-inning rally that put Kootenai Valley up 8-3, and the Rangers held off the Glacier B Twins in Legion action Tuesday.

The Twins scored four times in the sixth to close to 8-7, taking advantage of two walks, a hit batter and two errors by the Rangers, and loaded the bases with two out in the ninth but couldn’t push closer.

Jake McIntyre drove in three runs for the Twins.

Joshua Butts had three hits, including a triple, and scored three times for the Rangers. Sammy Hall doubled and drove in two runs, and Tristan Butts scored twice.

Late Tuesday

Twins B 030 004 000 - 7 8 1

Rangers 203 301 00x - 9 12 7

Jake McIntyre, Ethan Austin (3), Orion Barta (5) and Connor Venezio. Joshua Butts, Cole Hurst (3), Sammy Hall (5), AJ Truman (8), Kyle Durden (9) and Cole Hurst, Tristan Butts (3).

GLACIER TWINS B — Austin 2-6, McIntyre 1-4, Josiah Ruther 2-6, Blaise Wunderlich 1-4, Barta 0-2, Michael Miller 0-2, Matthew Mitts 0-1, Ayden Council 0-2, Hunter Magness 0-1, Venezio 1-4, Mack McLaughlin 0-2, Blake Remington 1-2.

KOOTENAI VALLEY RANGERS — J.Butts 3-6, Cor.Hurst 0-2, Durden 1-3, Jake Hall 1-5, Tristan Butts 2-3, Cole Hurst 0-4, S. Hall 3-5, Jake Buckingham 0-1, Truman 1-2, Dominic Peltier 1-5.

2B — Ruther, Wunderlich, J.Hall, S.Hall. 3B — J.Butts. RBI — McIntyre 3, Wunderlich, McLaughlin, J.Hall 2, S.Hall 2, T.Butts, Durden.