Johnson's shot over the left field fence bought his Electrics an extra inning, before the Mavs plated seven runs off of four hits in the top of the 10th to take a 14-7 win over the Great Falls club in loser-out action.
Drew Lytle and Cubby Pierre each had two-run singles in the final frame to pave the way for the late Missoula rally. And while Lytle and Pierre helped to put on the finishing touches, Taylor King and Brendan Brown carried the big sticks for the team in the earlier innings.
Brown joined in with three runs as well. Brown tripled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and singled in his second at bat in the top of the tenth.
On the mound, Brown turned in a marathon outing, surrendering six earned runs en route to a 10-inning complete game for the win. Brown finished with five strikeouts and a walk.
Johnson received the loss for Great Falls, after taking the mound in relief in the fifth inning.
Missoula moves on to face the Helena Senators, Monday at 12:30 p.m. The Senators dropped a 12-10 decision to the Bozeman Bucks to be bounced to the loser's bracket.
On the other side of the loser's bracket is the Kalispell Lakers, who eliminated the Western AA co-champion Great Falls Stallions with an 8-2 victory.
The Lakers move on to play the Billings Royals, who dropped a 7-5 decision to the Billings Scarlets in Sunday's final game. The Royals and Kalispell play Monday at 4:30 p.m.
The Bucks and Scarlets are the only undefeated teams left in the competition and will square off at 7:30 p.m.
In Saturday's scheduled 7:30 p.m. game that was delayed two hours by rain, the Scarlets beat the Electrics 14-1 in seven innings due to the 10-run margin rule.
Loser out
Mavericks 14, Electrics 7
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Electrics 000 200 302 0 - 7 13 6
Brendan Brown and Sean Dwyer; Ethan Hortick, Casey Johnson (5), Greg Schroeder (10) and Tyler Brinka. W - Brown (8-4). L - Johnson (4-6).
MAVERICKS - Taylor King 3-6, Ben Roberts 0-6, Brendan Brown 3-6, Sean Dwyer 1-4, Sam Sopko 2-2, Matt McMann 0-0, Kendal Maier 0-4, Drew Lytle 1-6, Taylor Nordby 1-5, Cubby Pierre 2-4.
ELECTRICS - John Reilly 3-5 (2 RBI), Ethan Hortick 2-5, Casey Johnson 2-5 (2 RBI), Tucker Cook 0-5, Tyler Brinka 4-4 (2 RBI), Spenser Hart 0-0, Hunter Carlyon 0-5, Joel Larance 2-5, Taylor Shanahan 0-4, Jake Olson 0-3, Mike Winkler 0-1.
2B - King, Brown; Johnson. 3B - Brown. HR - King; Johnson. RBIs - King, Brown, Sopko, Maier 2, Lytle 4, Pierre 2; Reilly 2, Johnson 2, Brinka 2.
Billings Scarlets 7, Billings Royals 5
A big first inning was all the Scarlets needed for the win. The Scarlets scored all seven of their runs off of just five hits in the opening frame and held on for the two-run victory.
Jordy Heringer had three hits, including a RBI single in the bottom of the first to lead the Scarlets to the win.
Tyler Tabbert allowed three runs in just over five innings to take the win.
Matthew Edwards had two hits and a pair of RBIs to pace the Royals.
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Scarlets 700 000 00x - 7 8 1
Matthew Eames and Anthony Legaly. Tyler Tabbert, Ty Gilmore (6) and Mike Tevlin.
ROYALS - Kelly Vannoy 1-5, Marice Burrough 1-4, Dillon Ness 1-5, Anthony Legaly 2-5, Blake Loran 1-4, Devin Scott 0-2, Devon Hedin 0-3, Matthew Edwards 2-4, Adam Ketterling 1-3.
SCARLETS - Jordy Heringer 3-4, Aleksei Grosulak 1-4, Joel Reitz 1-4, Alex Bushman 0-4, Mike Tevlin 2-4, Jordan Roberts 0-4, Jesse Finley 0-3, Eric Nell 0-4, Ty Gilmore 1-2.
2B - Burrough, Ness. RBIs - Burrough 2, Ness 2, Loran, Edwards 2; Heringer, Tevlin, Roberts, Nell, Gilmore.
Bozeman Bucks 12, Helena Senators 10
Three different Bozeman players finished with three hits apiece to pace the Bucks to a win over Helena.
Caleb Schlender, Matt Comer and Jeff Squires combined for nine of Bozeman's 17 hits. Ryan Minkoff added tow more hits for the Bucks, including a double for the team's lone extra-base knock in the game.
Ben Leister pitched 5.2 innings of relief and allowed just two earned runs to take the win for Bozeman.
Anthony Hogan doubled and Derek Estep had a triple to lead the Senators.
Senators 012 700 000 - 10 12 5
Bucks 204 120 21x - 12 17 0
Jake Sharbono, Nick Trapp (5) and Derek Estep; Will Spears, Ben Leister (4) and Ryan Minkoff. W - Leister. L - Trapp.
SENATORS - Austin Rue 2-6, Jake Winslow 1-4, Nick Retz 0-2, Travis Capps 0-6, Derek Estep 2-5, Adam Eckhart 2-5, Anthony Hogan 2-5, Matt Williams 1-3, Michael Bartlett 2-4.
BUCKS - Ryan Minkoff 2-5, Brendan Phillips 0-5, Caleb Schlender 3-4, Sean Potkay 2-4, Matt Comer 3-5, Anthony Rinard 1-4, Kyle Britt 1-4, Trevor Peck 2-5, Jeff Squires 3-4.
2B - Hogan; Minkoff. 3B - Estep. RBIs - Winslow, Estep 3, Hogan 2, Williams, Bartlett 2; Minkoff 2, Schlender 2, Potkay 2, Comer, Rinard 2, Squires.
Kalispell Lakers 8, Great Falls Stallions 2
Tyler Reichoff helped send the top seed from the West packing after two games for the second straight season.
Reichoff tossed a complete game, allowing four hits and four walks while striking out eight.
Pat Hergeshimer homered, drove in a pair of runs and finished 2-for-4 for Kalispell. Derek Keller added a double in a two-hit afternoon for the Lakers.
Bryce Thompson homered and drove in two for the Stallions, who finished the season 38-26.
Loser out
Stallions 101 000 000 - 2 4 4
Kalispell 000 412 10x - 8 8 0
Zach Griffith and Cole McPherson, Jake Bleskin. Tyler Reichoff and Zach Brosten. W - Reichoff. L - Griffith.
STALLIONS - Griffith 0-3, Dan Olinger 1-4, Tanner Bleskin 1-3, Bryce Thompson 1-3, McPherson 0-2, J. Bleskin 0-1, Taylor Ferradas 1-3, Jake Mansch 0-4, Aaron Stucker 0-4, Alex Waltari 0-3.
KALISPELL - Derek Keller 2-4, Ben Sansaver 1-4, Reichoff 0-4, Adam Olson 1-3, Pat Hergeshimer 2-4, Brian Sneck 1-3, Austin Roehl 1-4, Brosten 0-4, Dean Stimpson 0-4.
2B - Keller, Sansaver. HR - Thompson, Olson, Hergeshimer. RBIs - Thompson, Sansaver, Olson, Hergeshimer 2, Stimpson.
Late Saturday
Scarlets 004 002 8 - 14 10 2
Electrics 000 100 1 - 1 1 3
Riley Corcoran, Lucas Blehm (7) and Tyson Shriver. John Reilly, Casey Johnson (7), Jake Olson (7), Taylor Shanahan (7) and Tyler Brinka. W - Corcoran. L - Reilly.
SCARLETS - Jordy Heringer 1-4, Aleksei Grosulak 3-5, Joel Reitz 1-3, Alex Bushman 1-4, Mike Tevlin 0-4, Jordan Roberts 1-3, Jesse Finley 3-3, Shriver 0-4, Eric Nell 0-3.
ELECTRICS - Reilly 1-3, Ethan Hortick 0-2, Casey Johnson 0-3, Tucker Cook 0-2, Hunter Carlyon 0-3, Tyler Brinka 0-3, Joel Larance 0-2, Shanahan -=2, Olson 0-2.
2B - Grisulak, Reitz, Finely. RBIs - Heringer, Grisulak 2, Reitz 2, Bushman, Finely 3, Shriver, Nell.
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