The Mavs downed Las Vegas 11-6 and then got a combined no-hitter from Matt McMann and Drew Lytle in an 8-0 win over West Warwick, R.I. The wins moved the Mavs to 3-3 in the tournament, 37-16 overall.
The Mavs face Coon Rapids, the Minnesota state high school champion, on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Ben Roberts smashed a two-run homer in the Mavericks' three-run fourth inning. Sean Dwyer and Sam Sopko also drove in two runs apiece.
The Mavs wrapped up the no-hitter in their second game in five innings due to the tournament's eight-run margin rule.
McMann pitched the first two frames before leaving in the third with a sore knee. He walked three and struck out one. Lytle finished up to earn the win.
Taylor King drove in two and Brendan Brown and Kendal Maier each rapped a double.
“King played awfully well at shortstop and Brown played well defensively at third,” Missoula manager Brent Hathaway said.
The two infielders on the left side had five assists apiece, accouting for two-thirds of the outs in the game.
The Mavericks had 16 stolen bases on the day, six by King, who is now 12 thefts away from the single-season record set by Chris Gillette in 1994.
Mavs 11, Las Vegas 6
Missoula 021 302 3 - 11 12 5
Las Vegas 110 202 0 - 6 9 2
Lincoln Mansch, Shawn Griffith (6) and Sean Dwyer. Ferguson, Grisnick (4), Wolack (4), Halsey (6), Trevino (7) and Richichi. W - Mansch (8-0). L - Grisnick.
MISSOULA - Taylor King 2-3, Ben Roberts 3-4, Brendan Brown 1-3, Dwyer 1-1, Cody Burgmeier 0-4, Sam Sopko 3-4, Taylor Nordby 0-3, Kendal Maier 0-4, Wes Martens 0-1, Drew Lytle 2-2.
LAS VEGAS - Hollenback 0-4, Reynolds 3-4, Stiles 0-4, Kuehl 0-4, McLaren 0-4, Carroll 2-4, Loya 2-2, Richichi 2-3, VanRoy 0-2.
2B - Lytle, Reynolds, Loya, Richichi 2. HR - Roberts. RBIs - King, Roberts 2, Dwyer 2, Burgmeier, Sopko 2, Reynolds, Loya, Richichi 2, VanRoy.
Mavs 8, West Warwick, R.I. 0
Warwick 000 00 - 0 0 1
Missoula 301 31 - 8 9 1
Lizotte, Tapley (4) and Richards. Mathew McMann, Lytle (3) and Andy Freeman. W - Lytle (1-0). L - Lizotte.
WARWICK - Gallagher 0-1, Lizotte 0-1, Boyes 0-2, Murray 0-2, Kramer 0-2, Tapoley 0-2, Richards 0-2, Mann 0-2, Ziehl 0-1.
MISSOULA - King 3-3, Roberts 1-2, Brown 2-2, Dwyer 0-2, Burgmeier 0-3, Sopko 1-1, Nordby 1-3, Maier 1-2, Freeman 0-1.
2B - Brown, Maier. RBIs - King 2, Roberts, Brown, Burgmeier, Nordby.
A Mavs 17, Spikes 11
At Bozeman, the Class A Missoula Mavericks scored 10 runs in the seventh inning to rally past the tournament host Bozeman Spikes for the win.
The Mavs benefitted from 10 errors and five wild pitches in the decisive final inning.
Brody Miller and Brent Daugherty had two hits apiece for the Mavs while Andrew Schmautz and Stuart Breckenridge knocked in a pair apiece. Miller scored four times.
CJ Wulf picked up the win in relief.
Missoula 520 000 (10) - 17 7 4
Bozeman 020 052 2 - 11 10 10
Jordan Schafer, CJ Wulf (5) and Josh Seeberger. Jamin Weidenaar, Sam Olson (2), Evan Minkoff (5), Sean Zabawa (7), Mario Stanislao (7) and Josh Mackay. W - Wulf. L - Minkoff.
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