Vikings baseball wins play-in games Friday
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Right fielder, Mason Lewis, makes a great catch against Hamilton in the divisional play-in game.
Steve Mitchell
BIGFORK — Grady Campbell delivered a walk-off double to left field in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday, scoring Hayden Mayer and lifting Bigfork past Hamilton 4-3 in a Class A baseball play-in game thriller.
Mayer reached earlier in the inning on an error before Campbell lined the game-winning hit into left field to send the Vikings (14-5) home winners.
Hamilton (17-4) grabbed the early lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Bridger Huddleston, but the Vikings answered immediately with two runs in the bottom half. Mason Lewis drew a bases-loaded walk to give Bigfork a 2-1 edge.
The game settled into a pitching duel from there. Hamilton starter Adrian Cardullo struck out 10 over five innings, while Bigfork ace Max Schara worked all 10 innings for the Vikings.
Hamilton tied the game at 3-3 in the seventh inning on a sacrifice bunt from Landon Ekin before both teams traded scoreless frames late.
Schara finished with seven strikeouts while allowing four hits and two earned runs across 10 innings. Ryder Hamilton added two hits for the Vikings, while Rye Rodriguez stole two bases.
Hamilton received hits from Huddleston, Jackson Lubke, Trevyn Bakken and Jude Widmer. The Broncs also turned a double play defensively.
Bigfork now turns its attention to the Eastern No. 1 seed Billings Central in the Class A state tournament beginning Thursday in Polson.