MEDICINE HAT, Alberta — Plenty of pitching, not enough hits for the Kalispell Lakers.

Ryder Murdock capped a two-out ninth-inning rally with a walk-off RBI single, and the Billings Royals eliminated the Lakers 3-2 at the Montana/Alberta State AA Legion tournament Friday.

The Royals moved into Saturday’s loser-out play against the Missoula Mavericks, at 1 p.m. The Billings Scarlets also moved on, bouncing the Bozeman Bucks 3-1 on Friday. The Scarlets will take on the Helena Senators at 4 p.m.

Royals 3, Lakers 2

The Lakers (38-21) scored in the second and sixth innings to take a 2-0 lead of this one: Brady Buckmaster hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score Andre Cephers, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the second; Hunter Fann walked to lead off the second and came around on an error

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