Mavs Split With Bozeman To Open Season
- Updated: April 15, 2018
The Missoula Mavericks American Legion Baseball team kicked off their 2018 season Sunday against the Bozeman Bucks and the Mavs ended the day splitting the doubleheader with Bozeman.
In game one it would be a pitching duel through the first three innings before the Mavericks opened up the gates and scored a run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Missoula went on to add a pair of runs in the fifth, and capped the game off with a run in the sixth inning to seal the win. Bozeman did not earn a run until the seventh inning when they added two runs to their cause, but the Bucks could not catch up with the Mavs and Missoula picked their first win of the season.
Missoula road the momentum of the first game into the second by scoring three runs in the first frame, and adding a run in the second. Bozeman made a pitching change to bring in Ryan Evenson in the third inning and the Missoula bats froze for the remainder of the game. With the game sealed from the mound the Bucks began to add runs to their cause starting in the third with a pair of runs. Missoula added a single run to their score in the fifth inning, but between the Bozeman pitching and the Bucks offense Missoula slipped behind and could not catch Bozeman, splitting the day with the Bucks.
The Mavericks will have a week of practice before they head on their first road trip of the season next Saturday.
Game 1
Box
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | LOB |
| Bozeman Bucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| Missoula Mavericks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
Batting
| Bozeman | AB | R | H | RBI | Missoula | AB | R | H | RBI | |
| Tyler Dobie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brendan Buchanan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Zander Petrich | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Drew Leonard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Freund | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Dane Fraser | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Koby Scala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tradd Richardson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jake Murfitt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Sam Bucy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelher Murfitt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kaden Heidrick | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| – Garrett Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clayton Franke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Evenson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Reilly Vetos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ben Hubley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Beau King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| – Finn Snyder | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Payton Price | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 13 | 2 | Totals | 27 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Pitching
| Bozeman | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Michael Freund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Finn Snyder | 2 1/3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Zander Petrich | 1 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Jarrett | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missoula | |||||||
| Dylan Chalmer | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Brendon Hill | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Stevens | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game 2
Box
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | LOB |
| Bozeman Bucks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 8 |
| Missoula Mavericks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Batting
| Bozeman | AB | R | H | RBI | Missoula | AB | R | H | RBI | |
| Tyler Dobie | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Brendan Buchanan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Zander Petrich | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Tradd Richardson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Freund | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – Beau King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Finn Snyder | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Dane Fraser | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jake Murfitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Parker Stevens | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Garrett Nash | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Connor Daniels | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Hubley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – Reilly Vetos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payton Price | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brendon Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hunter Fliehman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dylan Chalmers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| – Koby Scala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Braden Jacobson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blake King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | Totals | 29 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Pitching
| Bozeman | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Hunter Williams | 1 2/3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Evenson | 4 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Zander Petrich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Missoula | |||||||
| Drew Leonard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dane Fraser | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Daniels | 1/3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Vetos | 1 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
