BOZEMAN — The Butte Muckers fell 10-1 to the Livingston Braves in the opener of the Howard Rein Memorial Tournament at Heroes Park Thursday.

Clayton Busby hit a triple and drove in two runs, while Brock Peterson and Connor Busby each drove in two to back up the strong pitching performance by Sage McMinn. McMinn scattered three hits over seven innings.

Bryson Henningsen doubled for the Muckers.

The Muckers play the Missoula Mavericks A team at 10 a.m. Friday. They’ll Take on the Kalispell Lakers A team and the Bozeman Spikes on Saturday.

LIVINGSTON BRAVES    AB  R  H BI  BUTTE MUCKERS        AB  R  H BI
Zander Petrich        3  1  2  0  Scout Allen           4  1  1  0  
Sage McMinn           4  1  2  1  Liam Sommer           4  0  2  0  
Brock Peterson        4  0  3  2  Austin Gerry          2  0  0  1  
Ethan Bullock         3  1  0  1  Bryson Henningsen     3  0  1  0  
Chrisrian Lorenzo     3  2  0  0  Ryan  Schultz         2  0  0  0  
Rydell Floyd          3  2  1  1  Dylan Sestrich        1  0  0  0  
Clayton  Busby        3  1  3  2   Quinn Sullivan       0  0  0  0  
Bryce Harper          4  1  1  0  Cameron Johnson       2  0  0  0  
Conner Busby          3  1  2  1   Kameron Moreno       1  0  0  0  
                                  Gabe Lacey            0  0  0  0  
                                   Ryan Wahl            1  0  0  0  
                                  Trevor Neumann        1  0  0  0  
                                   Conner Miranda       0  0  0  0  
TOTALS               30 10 14  8  TOTALS               21  1  4  1
LIVINGSTON BRAVES             000 622 0 -- 10 
BUTTE MUCKERS                 100 000 x -- 1  
LOB--LIVINGSTON BRAVES 7, BUTTE MUCKERS 10. ERR--Brock
Peterson, Conner Miranda, Gabe Lacey, Ryan Wahl. 2B--Bryson
Henningsen. 3B--Clayton  Busby. HBP--Ethan Bullock, Dylan
Sestrich, Gabe Lacey. SACB--Austin Gerry. SB--Zander
Petrich, Sage McMinn, Rydell Floyd, Clayton  Busby,
Chrisrian Lorenzo (3), Ethan Bullock, Quinn Sullivan.
 LIVINGSTON BRAVES               IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Sage McMinn                    6.00    4    1    1    5    6    0
 BUTTE MUCKERS              
Bryson Henningsen              4.00   11    6    6    2    3    0
Scout Allen                    2.00    3    4    3    2    0    0
PB--Zander Petrich (2). BALK--Bryson Henningsen. SO--Rydell
Floyd, Chrisrian Lorenzo, Ethan Bullock, Scout Allen (2),
Trevor Neumann, Austin Gerry, Kameron Moreno, Ryan Wahl.
BB--Zander Petrich, Rydell Floyd, Clayton  Busby, Chrisrian
Lorenzo, Ryan  Schultz, Quinn Sullivan, Conner Miranda (2),
Ryan Wahl.