The Mavs claimed third place in the Firecracker Legion baseball tournament with a 10-3 win over the Spokane North Stars. The Mavs started out the tournament 0-3, then won their next five to up their overall mark to 39-16.
Once the Mavs reach Missoula sometime early Monday morning, they have a day to rest before facing Medicine Hat on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and again Thursday at 1 p.m. in conference games.
Cody Burgmeier (9-3) went the distance on the hill to earn the win. He allowed nine singles and two earned runs while walking just one.
Ben Roberts doubled, tripled and drove in three. Taylor King had a double and two RBIs while Drew Lytle had a pair of doubles among his three hits. Sam Sopko singled three times.
Missoula 10, Spokane North Stars 3
Missoula 031 310 2 - 10 12 2
Spokane 020 010 0 - 3 9 4
Cody Burgmeier and Sean Dwyer. Fox, Kosoff (4) and Schroeder. W - Burgmeier (9-3). L - Fox.
MISSOULA - Taylor King 2-5, Ben Roberts 2-5, Brendan Brown 2-5, Dwyer 0-3, Sam Sopko 3-4, Taylor Nordby 0-2, Matt McMann 0-2, Drew Lytle 3-3, Kendal Maier 0-4, Andy Freeman 0-1.
SPOKANE - Rayner 1-4, McNair 2-4, Fox 0-4, Campbell 0-3, Schroeder 1-3, Durant 1-2, Knutson 0-1, Murphy 0-2, Noccarato 2-3, Wulf 2-3.
2B - King, Roberts, Lytle 2. 3B - Roberts. RBIs - King 2, Roberts 3, Brown, Sopko, Lytle, Freeman, Wulf 2.
Mission wins own tourney
At Polson, tournament MVP Tim Rausch was 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs to lead Mission Valley past the Bitterroot Red Sox 12-6 in the championship game of the Firecracker tournament.
Tyler Linse was also 3-for-4 with four RBIs.
Wes Sherman was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs for the Red Sox.
In other tourney games Sunday, Havre beat Deer Lodge 5-2.
Mission Valley, which improved to 40-9 overall, travels to Missoula to face the Class A Mavs Tuesday at 3 p.m.
Championship
Red Sox 000 041 1 - 6 10 3
M. Valley 343 002 x - 12 14 1
Paul Donaldson, D. Brown (3) and Austin Allen. Brandon Roy, Kyle Bagnell (5) and John Rausch. W - Roy (7-2). L - Allen.
Spikes 16, A Mavs 4
At Bozeman, the host Bozeman Spikes ended their own tournament with a win over the Class A Missoula Mavericks.
Sean Zabawa was 4-for-5 with five RBIs and four runs scored for the Spikes.
Robby King was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Mavs.
Bozeman 006 203 5 - 16 13 1
Missoula 022 000 0 - 4 8 4
Sam Olson, Jamin Weidenaar (4) and Josh Mackay. Derrick Dauenhauer, Andrew Bewley (4), Josh Seeberger (6) and Seeberger, Robby King (6). W - Olson. L - Dauenhauer.
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