RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Missoula Mavericks dropped both of their games Sunday at the Rapid City Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament.
Las Vegas beat the Mavs 18-6 and Coon Rapids, Minn., took a 4-3 decision from the Mavs.
Bill Santiwan and Cameron Coombs both drove in four runs for Las Vegas, which also took advantage of five Missoula errors.
Nathan Jewett doubled and drove in three runs for the Mavs.
Coon Rapids pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh to hand the Mavs their second loss of the day. Josh Meader went the distance, allowing eight hits and three earned runs.
Slade Heggen was 3 for 4 for the Mavs and Jewett had a pair of hits and an RBI.
The Mavs will play Rocky Mountain, Colo., on Monday at 1 p.m.
Las Vegas 18, Missoula 6
Las Vegas 323 145 – 18 17 2
Missoula 004 200 – 6 7 5
Jacob Dismont, Jordan Hodges (4) and Jake Skipper. Taylor Beierle, William Keffler (4) and Slade Heggen. W – Dismont. L – Beierle.
LAS VEGAS – Cole Crosby 2-3, Billy Santiwan 4-4, Connor Klein 2-4, Cameron Coombs 2-3, Dismont 2-5, Tyler Charlton 3-4, Hodges 0-5, Skipper 2-4, Brett Neighbors 0-4.
MISSOULA – Tanner Rheinschmidt 0-1, Tres Cunningham 0-0, Josh Meader 1-2, Alec Bouchee 0-1, Nick Evans 1-2, Anthony Contonio 0-1, Riley King 1-1, Shane Olson 1-3, Matt McHugh 0-3, Heggen 2-2, Nathan Jewett 1-3, Jesson Preston 0-2, Tanner Maier 0-3.
2B – Dismont, Coombs, Jewett, Olson, Evans. 3B – Klein. RBIs – Crosby, Santiwan 4, Klein 2, Coombs 4, Dismont, Charlton 3, Skipper 2, Evans, King, Olson, Jewett 3.
Coon Rapids, Minn. 4, Missoula 3
Missoula 000 101 1 – 3 9 1
C. Rapids 010 020 1 – 4 8 0
Meader and McHugh. Bobby Smith and Anthony Mrosla. W – Smith. L – Meader.
MISSOULA – Rheinschmidt 1-3, Bouchee 1-3, Olson 1-4, Heggen 3-4, McHugh 0-1, Jewett 2-3, Preston 0-4, Cunningham 0-2, Evans 1-3.
COON RAPIDS – Tyler Kelm 0-2, Alex Boxwell 2-4, Grant Farley 2-3, Alex Wojociechowski 0-3, Mrosla 1-2, Casey Waterman 0-1, Jake Sederstrom 0-2, Kent Sipola 2-3, Luke Peterson 1-1.
2B – Jewett, Farley, Sipola, Mrosla. RBIs – Bouchee, Jewett, Cunningham, Farley, Sederstrom.
Mission Valley rained out
At Polson, the final day of play at the Mission Valley Firecracker tournament was canceled due to wet field conditions.
The Missoula Pioneers had been scheduled to play in the title game.
Kalispell 4, Spokane 3
At Whitefish, the Kalispell Lakers claimed third place at the Sapa-Johnsrud tournament with the win over the Cannons.
Hank McLeod picked up the win in relief of Adam Frandsen.
Kendrick Lee and Jake Johnson had two hits apiece for Kalispell, while Cody Dopps tripled.
Rapid City 13, Class A Mavs 5
At Bozeman, Rapid City, S.D., downed the Class A Mavs in the fifth-place game of the Howard Rein tournament.
Zanon Fulbright went 2 for 2 in a losing effort.
The Mavs, 19-29 overall, host Deer Lodge for a doubleheader on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Missoula 120 20 – 5 4 4
Rapid City 040 54 – 13 13 2
Trevor Dickey, Josh Tabor (6) and Walker Kay. Kyle Carlson, Taran Tucker (5) and Andrew Montoya. W – Carlson. L – Dickey (3-2).
