Missoula won the first game 13-5 and the second 9-5 in eight innings to move to 3-1 for the season.
Brody Miller was 2-for-4 with a solo home run and three runs scored for the Mavs in the opener. Riley King was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Brent Daugherty pitched the first four innings to pick up the win.
Conner Anderson was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Mavs in the nightcap. Derrick Dauenhauer was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Daugherty was 2-for-2.
Missoula will host the Bitterroot Bucs on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Lindborg-Cregg Field.
First game
Missoula 13, Great Falls 5
Missoula 330 070 0 - 13 15 1
Great Falls 000 400 1 - 5 7 3
Brent Daugherty, Jordan Schafer (5) and Josh Seeberger. Tommy Haugeberg, Jeren Robinson (3), Trevor Johnson (6) and Randy Stevens. W - Daugherty (1-0). L - Haugeberg.
Second game
Missoula 9, Great Falls 5, 8 innings
Missoula 003 010 05 - 9 12 2
Great Falls 010 110 11 - 5 8 0
Shawn McArthur, Josh Seeberger (5) and David Resner. Spencer Hart, Ira Kelly (5), Austin Morzotta (7) and Randy Stevens. W - Seeberger (1-0). L - Morzotta.
Mariners split with AA Lakers
At Polson, the defending Class A state champion Mission Valley Mariners took the first of a twin bill with the AA Kalispell Lakers 9-6 before falling 19-9 in the nightcap.
Tom Rausch tripled and had three RBIs for the Mariners in Game 1, while John Rausch had a double and an RBI. Eric Locke also doubled for Mission Valley.
Derrick Rathe (1-0) got the win in relief, throwing the final 4 1-3 innings, allowing a hit and seven walks. He struck out one.
Locke hit a two-run homer in the first inning of the second game, but the Lakers broke a 9-9 tie with 10 runs in the top of the seventh.
Kalispell shortstop Austin Roehl hit a fifth-inning grand slam and had five RBIs.
The Mariners return to action next weekend at the Ranger Rendezvous in Eureka.
First game
Mission Valley 9, Kalispell 6
Kalispell 200 201 1 - 6 1 0
Miss. Valley 040 500 x - 9 6 7
Tyler Reichoff, Adam Olson (3) and Zach Brosten. Brandon Roy, Derrick Rathe (3) and John Rausch. W - Rathe (1-0). L - Reichoff.
Second game
Kalispell 19, Mission Valley 9
Kalispell 000 162 (10) - 19 14 5
Miss. Valley 232 002 0 - 9 9 4
Brian Shek, Greg Neils (4) and Drew Forster. Kyle Bagnell, Tim Rausch (5), Spencer Trawick (6), Beau Nordberg (6) and J. Rausch. W - Neils. L - Trawick (0-1).
Wranglers, Salmon split
At Deer Lodge, the Wranglers and Salmon, Idaho, split a season-opening doubleheader.
Salmon won the first game 10-2 before Deer Lodge bounced back to take the nightcap 9-8.
Doss Barbarick was 4-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI for the Savages in the opener.
Will Anderson was 3-for-4 with a double for the Wranglers.
Anderson drove home Dean Despain with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh in the nightcap. Anderson finished 2-for-4.
Deer Lodge, 1-1, will travel to Anaconda to take on the A's on Wednesday night.
First game
Salmon, Idaho 10, Deer Lodge 2
Salmon 332 200 0 - 10 13 0
Deer Lodge 000 020 0 - 2 7 7
Jimmy Riggan and Kyle Rhodes. Andy Stefalo, Will Anderson (6) and Joe Stefalo. W - Riggan. L - Anderson.
Second game
Deer Lodge 9, Salmon, Idaho 8
Salmon 300 302 0 - 8 7 2
Deer Lodge 251 000 1 - 9 7 3
Jordan Dirjevic, Luke Weaver (4) and Caleb Walker. Dean Despain, Cody Jennings (5), Joe Stefalo (7) and Joe Stefalo, Andy Stefalo (7). W - Joe Stefalo. L - Weaver.
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