The Mavs continued to swing torrid bats in a nonconference sweep of Helena in American Legion baseball action Sunday afternoon. The Mavs won the opener 15-0 and the nightcap 14-3.
The Mavs (24-10) have won 10 straight and have outscored their opponents 108-9 over the last seven games.
“Almost as impressive is that we're playing very good defense. (Infielder) Travis Johnsen is playing about as well as I've seen a kid play for me. He's not letting anything get by him and he sets the tone for the other guys.”
The Mavs banged out 16 hits in the opener, including three apiece by Dan Belet, Mac Cuffe and Chris Bartenhagen. A six-run sixth stopped the game by virtue of the 10-run margin rule.
Cuffe and Taylor Nordby had triples in the opener while Bartenhagen slammed the first of his two home runs for the day.
Cody Burgmeier went the distance on the hill to pick up the win.
The Mavs again notched 16 hits in the nightcap, including doubles by Taylor King, Burgmeier, Conor Dwyer and Nordby. Bartenhagen and King smacked homers.
Max Smith went the distance on the hill to pick up the win.
Missoula returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Kalispell at 6 p.m. at Lindborg-Cregg Field.
First game
Missoula 15, Helena 0
Missoula 441 006 - 15 16 1
Helena 000 000 - 0 3 1
Cody Burgmeier and Chris Bartenhagen. Matt Williams, Derek Carley and Adam Eckhart. W - Burgmeier (6-1). L - Williams.
Missoula - Dan Belet 3-5, Travis Johnsen 0-2, Conor Dwyer 2-2, Mac Cuffe 3-5, Bartenhagen 3-5, Mike Ponton 2-4, Taylor Nordby 2-3, Drew Lytle 0-3, Max Smith 1-2, Taylor King 0-0.
Helena - Carley 0-1, Kyle Blessinger 0-1, Joe Andriolo 0-3, Travis Capps 1-2, Anthony Hogan 0-2, Jake Sharbono 0-1, Buddy Burnett 0-2, Chris Wheat 1-2, Eckhart 1-2, Nick Trapp 0-2, Wade Heverly 0-2
3B - Cuffe, Nordby. HR - Bartenhagen. RBIs - Belet, C. Dwyer 3, Cuffe 4, Bartenhagen 4, Nordby.
Second game
Missoula 14, Helena 3
Missoula 241 320 2 - 14 16 1
Helena 110 110 0 - 3 8 7
Max Smith and Sean Dwyer. Sharbono, Capps and Eckhart. W - Smith (3-2). L - Sharbono.
Missoula - King 3-5, Burgmeier 3-4, Conor Dwyer 3-3, Bartenhagen 1-5, Sean Dwyer 2-3, Nordby 2-4, Johnsen 2-4, Brendan Brown 0-3, Trevor Bourquin 0-1.
Helena - Carley 1-4, Nick Retz 2-3, Capps 0-2, Heverly 0-1, Anthony Hogan 3-4, Jake Vulk 0-3, Williams 0-2, Eckhart 1-2, Blessinger 2-3, Trapp 0-2.
2B - Retz, Hogan, Eckhart, King, Burgmeier, C. Dwyer, Nordby. HR - Bartenhagen, King. RBIs - King 3, Burgmeier 2, C. Dwyer 2, Bartenhagen 2, Johnsen.
Dillon wins Rasmussen
At Florence, the Dillon Cubs won a weather-shortened Rasmussen Classic on Saturday by beating the Lewistown Red Birds 11-8 in the title game.
Drake Waltner and Kirt Taylor each went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in to lead the Cubs. Waltner and Taylor were two of the four pitchers Dillon used to dispatch of the Red Birds.
The Cubs scored one run in the bottom of the fifth, when the game was called because of rain.
Also, the Mission Valley Mariners split a pair of games, beating the Bozeman Spikes 12-11 after falling 6-2 against the Havre North Stars.
Championship
Dillon 11, Lewistown 8
Lewistown 101 51 - 8 4 3
Dillon 402 41 - 11 14 1
Tyler Quinlan, Chance Curry (4) and Orrin Pyrah. Chance Plutt, Drake Waltner (4), Kirt Taylor (4), Joel Rogers (5) and Jackson Berkram. W - Plutt. L - Quinlan.
Mission Valley 12, Bozeman 11
Mission 024 132 - 12 11 1
Bozeman 600 113 - 11 10 3
Mike Fisher, Spencer Trainick (2), Derrick Rathe (3) and Will Gordon. Doug Crossman, Cole Smith (1), Kyle Britt (5) and Josh Mackay. W - Rathe. L - Britt.
Havre 6, Mission Valley 2
Havre 030 200 1 - 6 11 1
Mission 001 000 1 - 2 4 4
Sean Peterson and Ryan Callaghan. Eric Locke, Brandon Roy (5) and Jon Rausch. W - Peterson. L - Locke.
A Mavs sweep Deer Lodge
The Class A Mavs swept a two-game set with Deer Lodge as the two squared off in rainy conditions at Lindborg-Cregg Field.
Missoula won the opener 10-0 and took the second game 13-0 in two nonconference tilts shortened by the 10-run margin rule.
In the late game, Wes Martens pitched a two-hitter as the Mavs completed the sweep to move to 15-4 on the season. Martens (4-4) struck out two and walked one. He didn't allow a hit after the third inning.
Josh Seeberger led all hitters with a 3-for-3, two-RBI effort. Justin Ponton was 2-for-2.
In the opener, Missoula's Brody Miller went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in, and Anthony Maes had two doubles and four RBIs.
Steven Koski got the win on the mound. Koski (4-2) gave up just four hits.
First game
Missoula 10, Deer Lodge 0
Deer Lodge 000 000 - 0 4 1
Missoula 410 005 - 10 14 0
Dean Despain and Joe Stefalo. Steven Koski and Jordan Schafer. W - Koski (4-2). L - Despain.
Second game
Missoula 13, Deer Lodge 0
Deer Lodge 000 00 - 0 2 2
Missoula 823 0x - 13 13 0
Zeb Fitterer, Joe Stefalo (2) and Stefalo, Fitterer (2). Wes Martens and Andy Freeman. W - Martens (4-4). L - Fitterer.
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