Hamilton homer lifts Bigfork over Libby

LIBBY — Bigfork’s Ryder Hamilton hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the fourth inning, and the Vikings downed Libby in a back-and-forth baseball game Saturday at Gehring Field.

Hayden Mayer and Mason Lewis combined to allow four hits to the Loggers. Mayer gave up three hits, six walks and three runs (one earned) in 4 2-3 innings; He fanned eight. Lewis allowed one hit and one walk, striking out two. 

Hamilton’s two-out homer to right field scored Grady Campbell, who’d hit a leadoff single for the Vikings (10-3). It came one inning after Libby (5-9) went ahead 3-2 on an RBI single by Dalton Cannon and a wild pitch that scored Ian Thom, who reached on an error. 

Thom hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning for Libby, scoring Bransen Holzer. Bigfork went up 2-1 in the top of the third thanks to three walks and Lewis’ two-run single. 

The Vikings got an insurance run in the sixth after loading the bases with two walks and a single; Hamilton’s RBI fielder’s choice made it 5-3. 

Blake Michalkiewics and Cannon handled the pitching for the Loggers. Gannon threw three innings of relief, allowing two hits, two walks and one earned run. 

Bigfork 13, Noxon 1 

BIGFORK — Mason Lewis and Max Schara combined to hold Noxon to one hit, and Lewis hit a triple and scored twice for the Vikings.  

Ryder Hamilton and Wyatt Hickey, the 8-9 hitters for Bigfork (9-3), combined for three hits, two doubles, two RBIs and four runs scored. The Vikings put up crooked numbers in all four innings they hit. The game ended early under the run rule. 

Lewis went three innings on the hill, allowing a first-inning single to Michael Koskela, a walk and one unearned run while striking out four. Schara walked one and fanned four in his two innings. Noxon fell to 1-10.