Apr. 4—The Libby Lady Loggers showed some early season horsepower in a thrilling 7-5 comeback win over Class AA Flathead on Tuesday, scoring five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun the Bravettes and improve to 2-1 on the season.
Class A Libby, playing up a division, erupted in the seventh to erase a 5-2 deficit. Dakota Allen sparked the late-inning rally with a three-run homer — part of a big day at the plate where she went 2-for-4 with a double as well. Leah Rusdal also chipped in offensively, smacking a triple and going 1-for-3.
Libby opened the game with a run in the first inning before Flathead tied things up in the third. After trading runs, Flathead surged ahead with three runs in the fifth, capitalizing on a few defensive miscues by the Loggers. But Libby stayed composed, and the game turned in the seventh.
Pitcher Carmen Kohler threw a complete game for the Lady Loggers, going all seven innings while striking out seven and walking just three. She scattered nine hits and allowed four earned runs in a steady performance from the circle that kept Libby within striking distance.
Offensively, Madison Vincent also collected two hits for Libby, going 2-for-4. Rachel Kosters and Weslee MacDonald added one hit apiece in the team's seven-hit effort. Kosters drove in a run, while Allen finished with four RBI and MacDonald had two.
Flathead out-hit Libby 9-7, but the Logger defense held firm when it mattered most. Flathead committed four errors in the contest.
The win moves Libby above .500 for the season at 2-1 before moving into Northwest A Conference play. Results from a road game against Columbia Falls on Thursday, April 3, were unavailable at press time for the Western News.
LIBBY 7, FLATHEAD 5
Flathead — 001 — 130 — 0 — 5 — 9 — 4
Libby — 101 — 000 — 5 — 7 — 7 — 3
LIBBY HITTING: Madison Vincent 2-4, Rachel Kosters 1-4, Dakota Allen 2-4, Peyton Waggoner 0-3, Hadleigh Wood 0-3, Leah Rusdal 1-3, Tessa Purdy 0-2, Jayva Boehmier 0-1, Rossi Baney 0-2, Maddi Willis 0-2, Weslee MacDonald 1-1; RBI: Kosters, Allen 4, MacDonald 2; 2B: Allen; 3B: Rusdal; HR: Allen
LIBBY PITCHING: Carmen Kohler-7 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 SO.
