Tierney, Stajcar homers lead Miners past Alaska – Butte Sports

VERNAL, Utah — Make it 12 in a row for the Butte Miners.

The Class A state American Legion baseball champions outslugged the Alaska state champs 13-11 Saturday evening within the second spherical of the Northwest Class A Regional Event at Uintah Excessive Faculty. (Boxscore)

Butte (42-9) pounded 15 hits within the win, together with a trio of house runs off the bats of Zach Tierney and Cayde Stajcar. Tierney hit two blasts, whereas Stajcar hit one within the victory. Butte will now play Minico, Idaho at 7 p.m. Sunday. (Bracket)

A Miners win would assure them a spot in Tuesday’s championship sport.

Six Butte gamers had a multiple-hit sport within the victory over the workforce from Anchorage. Butte did most of its injury with a seven-run third inning. That helped the Miners flip a 5-2 deficit right into a 9-5 lead.

Tierney’s first house run, a two-run shot, put the Miners on high for good in that body. Stajcar and Tierney went back-to-back the subsequent inning. Stajcar hit a two-run Johnson earlier than Tierney adopted with a solo blast.

Egan Lester smacked a triple and two singles, whereas Kenley Leary hit a double and a single, and Quinn Cox and Ethan “Straightforward” Cunningham every hit two singles.

Eric “Chooch” Hart tripled, and Anthony Knott singled. Lester, Hart and Stajcar drove in two runs apiece. Tierney knocked in three.

Rye Doherty pitched 5 innings to get the win towards a troublesome Alaska lineup. He wanted 1-7 pitches and is ineligible to pitch the remainder of the best way. Trey Hansen obtained 4 outs earlier than George Riojas obtained the ultimate out for a high-pressure save.

Riojas obtained Alaska’s No. 7 hitter to come out to first baseman Aidan Lee for the ultimate out with the bases loaded.

Alaska, which can play Ridgline, Utah in a loser-out sport at 4 p.m. Sunday. Full names for the Alaska gamers will not be accessible.