Glacier baseball outslugs Big Sky

MISSOULA — The Glacier Wolfpack brought out the lumber Thursday, hitting four home runs and holding off Missoula Big Sky 10-7 in Western AA baseball action.

Kyler Croft backed his own pitching with a solo homer in the second inning — the first of five runs in the frame. The Wolfpack worked five walks in the inning, along with a double by Neil Pepe, an RBI single from Brady Buckmaster and a sacrifice fly from Max Weber to take the lead for good, 5-2. 

Teagan Dixon homered in the third for Glacier (8-3), and the Pack got a leadoff home run from Buckmaster in the fourth inning and another solo shot from Kaeden Kahler in the seventh. 

Big Sky hit five home runs, including back-to-back shots from Colter Nicolarsen and Rowan Miculka in the first inning. Remington Howard hit a solo homer in the fourth as the Eagles fought back from an 8-2 deficit. 

Nicolarson added a two-run homer in the fifth inning. 

Croft pitched into the sixth inning before Kahler came on with two out. Kahler retired all four batters he faced; Croft struck out five. 

Glacier    051    300    1    -    10    11    2 

Big Sky    200    131    0    -    7    9    2

Kyler Croft, Kaiden Kahler (6) and Brady Buckmaster. Madden Hensel, Caiden Caselton (3), Rowan Miculka (6) and Kieran Cooney.  

GLACIER — Teagan Dixon 1-3, Ryne Gillette 1-4, Kahler 1-4, Buckmaster 3-3, Max Weber 0-2, Croft 2-3, Brady Lewellen 1-4, Tate Kahler 0-2, Ethan Kim 0-0, Neil Pepe 2-3.  

MISSOULA BIG SKY — Simon Wilson 0-3, Colter Nicolarsen 3-4, Miculka 1-3, Remington Howard 1-4, Ethan Paugh 0-3, Isaac Thorne 0-3, Kade Williams 1-3, Tait Ramsey 2-3, Cooney 1-3. 

2B — Croft, Cooney. HR — Buckmaster, Croft, Kahler, Dixon, Nicolarsen 2, Howard, Mickulcka, Willilams. RBIs — K.Kahler 2, Buckmaster 2, Dixon, Weber, Croft, T.Kahler, Nicolarsen 3, Wilson, Miculka, Howard, Williams.