Softball: Sentinel surges away from Bravettes

MISSOULA — Grace Hood and Sadie McGuinn hit two home runs each and Missoula Big Sky surged away to beat Flathead 18-3 Thursday in a Western AA softball matchup.

Flathead (4-9 overall, 2-5 in league games) forged a 2-0 lead in the first inning and tied the game at 3-all in the second. 

Then Big Sky (13-1-1, 9-1 in league) scored the game’s next 15 runs, ending it with one out in the fourth on McGuinn’s solo home run. It was the Eagles’ sixth big fly of the game and put the game under the mercy rule.