Libby Loggers split with Twins; equal 2024 win total

Aidan Rose and Tanner Wolfe combined on a five-hitter, Brody Gilmore bunted home two runs and the Libby Loggers beat the Glacier Twins 6-1 in the first game of a Western A Legion doubleheader Wednesday.

Gilmore’s first-inning grounder was misplayed for an error and gave the Loggers (7-15) a 2-0 lead they didn’t relinquish. Rose allowed five hits, two walks and one unearned run in 6 1/3 innings, fanning four. Wolfe got the last two outs, walking one and striking out one. 

The Loggers went up 3-0 in the second inning after Kale Hall got hit by a pitch and scored on another hit by pitch and an error on Rose’s infield grounder.  

In the third inning, the Twins’ Derek Juntunen got to second base on a dropped pop fly and came around on Dawson Juntunen’s RBI single. That cut the gap to 3-1 and it stayed that way until the top of the seventh. 

There, Gilmore’s bases-loaded squeeze bunt ended up scoring two runs — Boe Miles from third, Bransen Holzer came around from second base. Kale Riddle added an RBI on a fielder’s choice later in the frame.  

The Twins (0-5) allowed just one earned run, but eight walks by four pitchers and four errors helped keep the baselines busy. 

Glacier jumped out to a 4-0 lead on Libby in the second game, which was delayed in the bottom of the third by lightning. 

Three singles, two errors and two walks gave the Twins a crooked number in the bottom of the first. Michael Miller had an RBI single; West Amerman had an RBI single before a bases-loaded walk issued to Connor Magnuson pushed across another run for a 4-0 lead.

Wolfe doubled and scored for Libby, and an error led to two runs in the fifth inning for the Loggers. Glacier won the nightcap 10-3. 

Sunday, the Loggers dropped a doubleheader at Cranbook. They lost the first game, 2-0, and the second, 22-0. Aidan Rose pitched well in the opener, allowing just three hits and two earned runs in a complete game. Rose collected one of the Loggers three hits, a double in the third inning with two outs. Tanner Rose and Bransen Holzer collected the other two hits, both singles. 

Rose collected another double in game two, Noah Gillespie and Brody Gilmore each added singles.

Wednesday, Libby (7-18) returns home Wednesday to host Bitterroot before kicking off the Big Bucks Tournament Thursday at Lee Gehring Field.

    Libby Loggers shortstop Bransen Holzer throws to first base in an attempt to get a double play against the Glacier Twins Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (Casey Kreider/The Daily Inter Lake)