Updated 7:37 p.m. THREE FORKS — The Butte Miners started slow but finished fast Thursday afternoon at the Southern A District Tournament. Butte scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to finish off the Livingston Braves 11-1. (Boxscore; Tournament bracket) The win sends Butte to Friday’s 5 p.m. game against host Gallatin
READ MOREThe Butte Miners open the Southern A District tournament at 2 p.m. Thursday against the Livingston Braves. Butte enters the tournament, which is hosted by the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in Three Forks, as the No. 2 seed. Livingston is the No. 7 seed. (Click here and scroll down to view the tournament bracket) The Miners
READ MOREBy Bill Foley The unofficial motto of the 2020 Butte Miners is “Do better.” It started when coach Jeff LeProwse yelled that to an umpire earlier this season, and players have seemed to adopt it. Even if they are probably mostly mocking their coach by yelling it, the motto seems fitting for the best baseball
READ MOREBy Bill Foley Here’s a fun fact: The Butte Miners are good at baseball. The Miners proved that by putting a hurting on the Bitterroot Bucs Friday night on Miners Field at 3 Legends Stadium, sweeping a non-conference twin bill in convincing fashion. Butte overcame a 3-0 deficit for a 14-3 win in the opener.
READ MOREThe Butte Miners will wrap up the regular season with doubleheaders Friday and Saturday on Miners Field at 3 Legends Stadium. The Miners take on the Bitterroot Bucs at 6 p.m. Thursday. The team will celebrate “Fun Fact Night” for the non-conference twin bill, and announcer Jim O’Neill will read off tidbits about each Butte
READ MOREBy Bill Foley Ryan Wahl thought first base coach Luke Stajcar was crazy. Wahl had just crushed the baseball to deep left field, and he was sprinting to what he thought would be a double off the wall. Then he noticed his coach. “I was going around first, and Luke was giving me a high
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