Pitcher Shawn McArthur scattered five hits in the opener as the Mavs cruised to a 12-2 victory in a game shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.
Jordan Schaffer finished 2-for-3 for Missoula including a 2-run double. Riley King was perfect at 2-for-2 with an RBI single and three runs scored.
McArthur improved to 5-2 on the season.
In game two, it was again all Mavs as the Missoula squad scored the 14-7 win.
C.J.Wulf went five innings for the Mavs, upping his record to 2-2.
Anthony Maes ended 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Two of those came on a double in the first inning. David Resner also smacked a double and finished with four RBIs, while Josh Seeberger was 2-for-3.
Missoula improved its season record to 26-20 with the pair of Ws. Next up, the Mavs return home for their Class A invitational tournament, which begins Friday.
Missoula 12, Bozeman 2
Missoula 120 27 - 12 11 1
Bozeman 100 10 - 2 5 1
Shawn McArthur and Jordan Schaffer. Doug Crossman, Evan Minkoff (2), Brock Paddick (5) and Josh Mackey.
Missoula 14, Bozeman 7
Missoula 222 210 5 - 14 8 3
Bozeman 201 202 0 - 7 9 4
C.J. Wulf, Jordan Schaffer (5) and Josh Seeberger. Sean Zabawa, Trever Schellenber (3), Sam Olson (4), Dylan Peterson (6), Mario Sanislo (7) and Evan Minkoff.
Bitterroot Bucs sweep Deer Lodge
At Deer Lodge, the Bucs picked up both sides of a doubleheader against the Wranglers.
Jeremy Stevens was 3-for-4 with three RBIs to pace Bitterroot to the early 5-2 win. Xavier Morigeau limited Deer Lodge to just five hits and a pair of runs to take the win from the mound.
Blake Niederklein and Dean Despain each had a pair of hits to lead the Wranglers in the early action.
Dominic Goble was 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the Bucs to a 13-8 win in the nightcap, while Luke Topp finished off the final five frames from the mound to take the win.
Niederklein once again led the way for Deer Lodge with a homer and four RBIs.
Bitterroot 5, Deer Lodge 2
Bitterroot 011 010 2 - 5 10 1
Deer Lodge 000 002 0 - 2 5 1
Xavier Morigeau and Billy Hanna; Will Anderson, Andy Stefalo (7) and Joe Stefalo. W - Moriguea. L - Anderson.
Bitterroot 13, Deer Lodge 8
Bitterroot 102 120 7 - 13 9 2
Deer Lodge 005 111 0 - 8 11 5
Koby Salemela, Luke Topp (3) and Billy Hanna; Blake Niederklein, Jordan Jennings (6), Andy Stefalo (7) and Andy Stefalo, Joe Stefalo (7). W - Topp. L - J. Jennings.
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