Championship Game Bound
- Updated: July 28, 2017
The Missoula Mavericks clinched a birth into the 2017 Montana-Alberta AA legion Championship game beating the Helena Senators 6-4 Friday night.
Ryan McHugh would pitch an epic game from the mound helping the Mavericks earn their win over the Senators. From the plate veteran second baseman James Martin would lead the Mavs offensively going 4-5 with a run, while Dane Fraser would contribute by going 3-4 with a run.
The Mavericks will play the Billings Royals Saturday night a 7:00 pm before they play in the Championship game Sunday morning at 11:00 am.
Box Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LB |
| Senators | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
| Mavericks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
Batting
| Senators | AB | R | H | RBI | Mavericks | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Colin Sassano | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | James Martin | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kienan Stief | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nick Yovetich | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Moore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Dane Fraser | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Payton Pappas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Spencer Schock | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jackson Maynard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Drew Leonard | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Isiah Meza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Bucy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ^Carter Pappas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Tradd Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Arntson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ^Ryan McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor McCarvel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Brendan Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eamonn Byrne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Parker Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 11 | 4 | Totals | 30 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
Pitching
| Team | |||||||
| Senators | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Carter Pappas | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Moore | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | |||||||
| Mavericks | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Ryan McHugh | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ricky Stevens | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
