The Missoula Mavericks AA American Legion baseball team wrapped up a four-win weekend Sunday with a pair of victories over the Glacier Twins.
The Mavs opened with a 9-5 win and then wrapped up their weekend road trip to the north country with a 13-3 decision.
“We got four conference wins, which is what we set out to do,” Mavericks coach Brent Hathaway said.
“We also realized that we had a few things to still work on, but it was a good weekend win-wise.”
The Mavs shifted gears late in the first game to make up a five-run deficit.
Brendan Brown led off the fourth with a homer to put the team's first run on the board and the Mavs added three more in the frame to jump back into the game.
Missoula tacked on another four runs over the next two innings to take control and Taylor Nordby put on the finishing touches with a solo homer in the top of the seventh.
Brown also doubled in the game to finish up 2-for-3. He pitched five innings in a solid outing on the mound to improve to 4-2 on the year.
In the nightcap, Sam Sopko was 2-for-3 and knocked in three runs to lead Missoula. Taylor King, Sean Dwyer and Drew Lytle each drove in a pair of runs.
Wes Martens (2-1) pitched five innings of three-run ball en route to his second win.
Glacier's Brad Nielsen was 3-for-5 in the doubleheader to lead the Twins.
The Mavs have a week off and then return to the diamond Sunday with a 1 p.m. home game against the Butte Miners.
First game
Missoula 9, Glacier 5
Missoula 000 413 1 - 9 11 2
Glacier 311 000 0 - 5 6 4
Brendan Brown, Lincoln Mansch (6) and Sean Dwyer, Andy Freeman (4), Dwyer (6). Kyle Yogodzinski, Scott Yogodzinski and Bridger Beach. W - Brown (4-2). L - S. Yogodzinski.
MISSOULA - Taylor King 1-5, Ben Roberts 1-3, Brown 2-3, Dwyer 0-3, Cody Burgmeier 1-1, Freeman 0-1, Kendal Maier 1-3, Taylor Nordby 2-4, Sam Sopko 1-4, Cubby Pierre 2-4.
GLACIER - Scott Palmer 0-3, Ryan Caron 1-3, S. Yogodzinski 0-4, Beach 1-2, Dustin VonFeldt 1-3, Wayde Martinson 1-4, Brad Nielsen 1-3, Adam Pisk 1-2, Cody Elek 0-1, Michael Hader 0-2.
2B - Brown, Sopko; Beach. HR - Brown, Nordby. RBIs - Brown 2, Roberts 2, Nordby 2, Sopko 2, Maier; VonFeldt 2, Martinson 2, Caron.
Second game
Missoula 13, Glacier 3
Missoula 042 330 1 - 13 9 0
Glacier 021 000 0 - 3 5 5
Wes Martens, Anthony Maes (6) and Sean Dwyer. Scott Palmer, Josh Schott (3), Michael Hader (6) and Brad Nielsen, Cody Elek (5). W - Martens (2-1). L - Palmer.
MISSOULA - Taylor King 1-5, Ben Roberts 2-4, Brendan Brown 0-3, Dwyer 1-5, Drew Lytle 0-4, Kendal Maier 2-4, Taylor Nordby 1-2, Sam Sopko 2-3, Cubby Pierre 0-2.
GLACIER - Palmer 0-2, Schott 0-1, Hader 0-0, Ryan Caron 0-1, Scott Yogodzinski 1-3, Bridger Beach 0-4, Dustin VonFeldt 1-2, Wayde Martinson 0-2, Nielsen 2-2, Elek 0-1, Kyle Yogodzinski 0-2, Kyle Knox 0-1, Adam Pisk 1-2.
2B - Maier. 3B - Pisk. HR - Roberts. RBIs - Sopko 3, King 2, Dwyer 2, Lytle 2, Roberts, Brown; Nielsen, Pisk, S. Yogodzinski.
Mavs sweep Butte
At Lindborg-Cregg Field, the Class A Missoula Mavericks took a pair of nonconference games from the Butte Muckers.
Missoula won the first game 8-6 and the nightcap 4-3.
Andrew Schmautz was 3-for-4 with a two-run double in the Mavericks' six-run second inning in the first game. David Resner was 3-for-3 with two runs scored to back the pitching of Brent Daugherty, who improved to 4-1.
Schmautz was 2-for-3 with a bases-clearing double in Missoula's three-run third inning in the nightcap. He also had a triple. Jordan Schafer picked up the save by throwing the final two innings in relief of winner Matt McMann (3-3).
Missoula (16-9) travels to face the Bozeman Spikes on Sunday.
First game
Missoula 8, Butte 6
Butte 310 020 0 - 6 13 2
Missoula 161 000 x - 8 12 1
Justin Dunbar, Cody McDougall (5) and DJ Lewis. Brent Daugherty and Jordan Schafer. W - Daugherty (4-1). L - Dunbar.
Second game
Missoula 4, Butte 3
Butte 001 110 0 - 3 5 0
Missoula 103 000 x - 4 3 0
Jake Novack, Zach Bolton (4) and Kyle Knoell. Matt McMann, Jordan Schafer (6) and Josh Seeberger. W - McMann (3-3). L - Novack. Sv - Schafer (1).
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