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The Great Falls Stallions and Missoula Mavericks took their key Western AA American Legion battle into the wee hours Tuesday, with the Stallions scoring four times in the 12th inning to take a 12-9 victory at Lindborg-Cregg Field.

A triple by Zach Griffith and double by Will Sutherland broke an 8-8 tie in the 12th, and Great Falls tacked on three more runs, thanks to a walk and two errors sandwiched around RBI singles from John Coleman and Rick Hedstrom.

The Stallions improved to 10-3 in league play and 23-22 overall, while dropping the Mavs into second at 9-4 and 36-18. The two teams battle again Wednesday at 3 p.m.

In the Mavericks' half of the 12th, Dan Belet walked and Mac Cuffe singled as Missoula mounted a rally with nobody out. Belet moved to third on a Conor Dwyer fielder's choice, and scored the game's final run on a Great Falls error. Then Stallion reliever Phil Parrish fanned Chris Bartenhagen and Taylor Nordby to end the game.

Parrish, who hit a solo homer in the Stallions' five-run fifth inning, pitched six innings of relief. He gave up six hits and three runs.

Travis Johnsen, who hit a two-out, two-run triple in the ninth inning to forge the 8-8 tie, took the loss for the Mavericks. He pitched the final three innings.

Missoula led 5-0 after two innings, but trailed 7-5 after the Stallions scored five runs in their half of the fifth. Run-scoring singles by Max Smith and Cuffe in the second inning helped the Mavs jump out early.

The Stallions closed to 5-2 and then surged ahead in the fifth behind Parrish's homer and a two-run double from Taylor Ferradas. Eventually, the visitors garnered their fifth straight win, all in conference play.

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