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LEGION ROUNDUP: Late rally pushes Dillon past Class A Mavs at invitational
By the Missoulian

The host team took one on the chin in the late game of Friday's first day of action at the Class A Missoula Mavericks Invitational tournament at Lindborg-Cregg Field.

Zach McRae's two-run single capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh as the Dillon Cubs pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Mavs.

Missoula (26-21) took a two-run lead into the final frame after scoring a pair in the fourth and another in the sixth on a Stuart Breckenridge RBI single.

But the Cubs cut their deficit to 3-2 on an Andy Peterson triple before a walk and a stolen base brought McRae to the plate with one out. He smacked his game-winner to the gap in right-center.

McRae got the win on the mound, going the distance and allowing one earned run on six hits and a walk while striking out six. At the plate he finished 2-for-4, while Peterson was 2-for-3.

Josh Seeberger singled twice and drove in a run for the Mavericks and Andrew Bewley went 2-for-3.

In tournament games earlier in the day, the Walla Walla, Wash., Bruins downed the Bitterroot Red Sox 9-8, the Bruins beat the Prairie Cardinals of Post Falls, Idaho 12-2 in six innings before the Great Falls A Stallions beat the Cardinals and Dillon defeated Great Falls by identical 9-0 scores.

The Mavs face Walla Walla at 5:15 p.m. prior to Missoula's 8 p.m. meeting with Great Falls.

Missoula 000 201 0 - 3 6 1

Dillon 000 010 3 - 4 10 2

Andrew Schmautz and Josh Seeberger. Zach McRae and Connor Hartz. W - McRae. L - Schmautz (3-2).

Mission Valley splits

At Kalispell, the Mission Valley Mariners split their first two games at the John Harp tournament.

The Mariners downed Ferris of Spokane 6-3 before dropping a 3-2 decision to Calgary.

The Mariners scored all six runs in the first two innings of the opener, which was all starter Kyle Bagnell (7-2) needed.

Tim Rausch doubled and drove in two for the Mariners, while John Rausch, Eric Locke and Brandon Roy had two hits apiece.

Mission (43-9) scratched out just three hits in the loss to Calgary, scoring one run in each of the final two innings.

Mission Valley 6, Ferris 3

Ferris 201 000 0 - 3 7 2

M. Valley 240 000 x - 6 10 2

Austin Weber, Keller Ewing (2) and Ryan Krustangel. Kyle Bagnell and Tim Rausch. W - Bagnell (7-2). L - Weber.

Calgary 3, Mission Valley 2

M. Valley 000 001 1 - 2 3 2

Calgary 102 000 x - 3 4 4

J. Rausch and T. Rausch. T. Bavra and M. Smiddy. W - Bavra. L - J. Rausch.
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