DILLON – The Missoula Pioneers Senior Babe Ruth baseball team picked up a pair of 9-8 victories over Class A American Legion teams at the Maybelle Arthur tournament behind the power hitting of Kyle Booi.

Booi hit a pair of home runs in the Pioneers’ defeat of the Salmon (Idaho) Savages before belting three more in a victory over the host Dillon Cubs.

Against the Savages, Ben Metz earned the win in three innings of relief on the mound before Booi tossed the final inning to earn the save.

Booi drove in four, Cody Oliver was 3 for 3 with a double and Brandon DeYoung added a pair of singles.

Against the Cubs, Booi smacked three solo homers, including the game-winner in the top of the seventh to snap an 8-8 tie.

Metz was 2 for 3 for the Pioneers (21-7) and Dalton Gensch threw four frames of five-hit ball to post the win.

Missoula faces the Bitterroot Bucs at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. A Pioneers win would earn them a berth in Sunday’s championship game.

Bitterroot Bucs 9, Salmon (Idaho) Savages 1

At Dillon, pitcher Brad Schaff (5-2) piled up 14 strikeouts and allowed just one walk in picking up a complete-game win for the Bucs at the Maybelle Arthur tournament.

Bitterroot, 1-1 in the tourney, took advantage of seven Salmon errors. All nine hits by the Bucs were singles, with Noah Baney and Justin Beierle each picking up two to lead the way.

Bitterroot (23-12) will play two games on Saturday. The Bucs will face the Missoula Pioneers at 12:30 p.m. and host Dillon at 3 p.m.

Savages 100 000 0 – 1 2 7

Bucs 120 213 x – 9 9 2

Michael Lane and Garrett Williams. Brad Schaff and Kadin Beller. W – Schaff (5-2). L – Lane.

Bitterroot Red Sox 10, Deer Lodge Wranglers 1

At the Three Forks tournament, Trevor Zeiler threw a complete-game, one-hitter as the Red Sox claimed the Class A contest in five innings due to the tournament’s seven-run rule.

Chris Combs and Jake Capko had triples for the Sox and Steven Troutwine, Jackson Olson and Nick Sweitzer added doubles.

Kaehl Lowery singled for the Wranglers’ lone base hit.

Red Sox 302 05 – 10 10 2

Deer Lodge 000 01 – 1 1 2

Trevor Zeiler and David McCoy. Jesse Vasquez and Dakota Crowe. W – Zeiler. L – Vasquez.

Glendive Blue Devils 9, Bitterroot Red Sox 6

At the Three Forks tournament, the Blue Devils scored five times in the top of the ninth to pull out the Class A win.

Charlie Cunningham went the distance on the mound for the Blue Devils and allowed five hits.

Taylor Scarpolt was 2 for 3 with a triple and Anthony Berg went 3 for 5 with a double for Glendive.

Chris Combs was 2 for 4 with a triple for the Red Sox.

Glendive 001 002 105 – 9 13 3

Red Sox 300 010 002 – 6 5 2

Charlie Cunningham and Christian Osborne.David McCoy, Chris Combs (6), Kyle Crossman (7), Trevor Zeiler (9), Jake Capko (9), and Sweitzer. W – Cunningham. L – Capko.