Mission Valley falls to Bucs

FLORENCE — Trevor Lake batted 3-for-4 and Alex Muzquiz was 2-for-4, but it wasn’t enough on Monday as the Mission Valley Mariners fell 9-8 to the host Bitterroot Bucs at the A Montana-Alberta American Legion baseball tournament.

The Mariners led 7-5 after four innings, but the Bucs scored two runs in the fifth and sixth innings to pull out the victory.

Mission Valley racked up 10 hits, but Bitterroot had a dozen hits. Each team committed two errors.

Eric Dolence had three RBI for the Mariners and Dawson Dumont had two.

Brendan Schneiter and Jake Scully each batted 3-for-3 for Bitterroot.

Mission Valley 004 310 0 —8 10 2

Bitterroot 023 022 x —9 12 2

Alex Muzquiz and Izyk Gillingham. Zach Christopherson and Jake Scully.

Mariners — James Bennett 1-3, Gabe Merganthaler 0-4, Eric Dolence 1-3, Corbin Davis 1-4, Xavier Fisher 0-2, Alex Muzquiz 2-4, Trevor Lake 3-4, Dawson Dumont 1-4, Izyk Gillingham 1-2. RBI — Dolence 3, Laker 1, Dumont 2.

Bucs —Alex Gavlak 0-4, Blake Hinsdale 1-2, Colby Kohlman 1-4, Brendan Schneiter 3-3, Jake Scully 3-3, Johnny Lineback 1-3, Zach Christopherson 0-2, Andrew Scully 2-3, Brenden Bailey 1-3. RBI —Kohlman 2, Schneiter 2.Lineback 1, Scully 1, Bailey 2.