Germany, Cislo lift Loggers over Devils

LIBBY — Micah Germany’s line-drive single up the middle with one out scored Alex Cislo from second base in the ninth inning as Libby pulled out a 9-8 victory over the Moscow, Idaho, Blue Devils on Thursday at the Big Bucks Tournament.

Cislo walked to lead off the inning.

Cislo homered in the seventh inning to tie it at 8-all with a solo shot to right field that bounced off the apartment complex across the street.

“He got a hold of it,” Libby coach Kelly Morford said.

“It’s 284 down the line, but it (home run) was probably 375 (feet).”

It was Cislo’s fifth homer of the season.

In other first-day tournament action, Mission Valley’s Mariners beat the Tri-County Cardinals 14-2 and Rainier Baseball 7-4.

American Legion baseball tournament action continues today (schedule on B2).

Libby (23-13 overall) has won five straight.

Moscow    412    100    000    —    8    13    1

Libby    120    031    101    —    9    13    6

Bo Todish, Austin Jones (8) and Drew Patineau; Justyn Mack, Andrew Haggerty (4), Alex Bluhm (8) and Micah Germany. W — Bluhm, 2-0. L — Jones.

MOSCOW — Garrett Jones 1-6, Garrett Payne 1-3, Patineau 2-4, Kyle Lavin 1-4, Nolan Johnson 3-5, Todish 1-4, A. Jones 0-0, Ryan Snyder 2-4, Jesse Paul 1-4, Jared Paul 1-1, Pat O’Sullivan 0-0, Hunter Redinger 0-5.

2B—Johnson, Snyder (2), Je. Paul; RBI—Jones, Payne, Johnson (3), Todish, Je. Paul (2).

LIBBY — Bluhm 3-4, Jared Winslow 1-5, Chris Herbig 1-5, Alex Cislo 2-4, Tate Wilson 1-5, Germany 2-3, Justin Wicka 2-4, Mack 1-1, A. Haggerty 0-2, Will Reichel 0-2, Luke Haggerty 0-2.

2B—Bluhm, Winslow, Germany, Wicka; HR—Cislo; RBI—Bluhm, Winslow, Herbig, Cislo, Germany (2).