MEDICINE HAT, Alberta — Schuyler Fairchild threw a six-inning shutout, Stellan Ridley homered and drove in five runs and the Missoula Mavericks thumped the Billings Scarlets 10-0 Sunday to win their second straight American Legion state championship.

The Mavericks (53-24) strung together three singles and a sacrifice fly to go up 3-0 in the first inning and never looked back. Ridley added a two-run home run in the third inning for a 5-0 lead, and four runs in the fourth inning — Ridley hit an RBI single and Bryce Ostrom drove in two with a base hit — drove Scarlets’ starter Zach McDonald from the mound and put the game out of reach.

Carter Taylor’s RBI single in the sixth made it 10-0 and ended the game under the mercy rule.

Fairchild needed 69 pitches to get through six innings on the

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