BANGOR — He’s known for what he does on the mound — but recently, Silas Tibbetts has been propelling his team with his hot bat.

Just two days ago, the Hight’s Skowhegan pitcher smacked a go-ahead in his team’s opening game of the Maine Senior American Legion tournament. He did it again Monday, smacking a game-winning double in the sixth inning to propel Skowhegan to a 3-2 win over Bangor.

“I’ve never had one like that; that was a good one,” Tibbetts said. “The one a few days ago was just a little blooper, but this one felt good off the bat. I haven’t had one squared up like that for a while, so that one felt really nice.”

The win sent Skowhegan to a showdown Tuesday against Franklin County. The Flyers were also in action Monday evening, falling in a 12-2 mercy-rule loss to the Quirk Motor City Riverdogs in a matchup of what had been the tournament’s last two undefeated teams.

Pitcher J.J. Aubin threw a complete game for Skowhegan, striking out three and walking two in an 81-pitch effort. Matt Turcotte (six innings, three strikeouts, seven walks) took the loss for Bangor, which got two hits from Matthew Holmes and lost despite outhitting Skowhegan 8-3.

“That was gutsy,” Skowhegan head coach Corey Hight said of Aubin’s performance. “He’s got good command with the ball, and we know he can place it. They’re going to put it in play, so we’ve got to play great defense, and we played great defense today. … We just found a way.”

After two and a half scoreless innings, Holmes gave Bangor a 1-0 lead with a double to deep right-center that scored Yates Emerson. Skowhegan (11-7) answered right back in the top of the fourth with Turcotte walking the bases loaded to set up an RBI groundout by Fisher Tewksbury.

Pinch-hitter Nathan Wills then gave Skowhegan the lead back in the fifth after singling to right, reaching third base on two passed balls and scoring on a Chance Tibbetts sacrifice fly. Yet Bangor answered in similar fashion in the bottom half by singling, stealing second, reaching third on a wild pitch and scoring an Ethan Sproul grounder.

With runners on first and second in the top of the sixth, though, Tibbetts smacked the gapper that gave Skowhegan the lead for good. Hight retired the side quickly in the bottom half, and although Holmes’ second double put the tying run in scoring position in the seventh, the Skowhegan pitcher forced a soft grounder to end it.

Skowhegan played two games Saturday after their scheduled opener Friday was postponed following the sudden death of assistant coach Al Wilson. The team, which broke the huddle by saying, “Willy” following the win, played twice Saturday, defeating Old Town/Orono 5-0 and losing to Quirk Motor City 10-1.

“(Friday) was a hard day for everybody,” Silas Tibbetts said. “It was completely new news to us, so we just took the day off and let it settle. We’ve had a rough couple of days, but I think it’s really pushed us to go for it, play our hardest and be strong.”

In the final game Tuesday, Quirk Motor City kept its torrid start to the tournament going with the shortened victory over Franklin County. The Riverdogs smacked 13 hits overall, including six as part of a seven-run fourth inning, to claim a third consecutive mercy-rule win.

Motor City put its red-hot bats on display early, plating a pair of runs on three hits in the first inning to take an early lead. Franklin County (13-4) halved the deficit with a run in the top of the third, but the Riverdogs smacked three hits to begin the bottom half to restore the two-run lead.

Then came the seventh inning, one in which Motor City (11-5) would send 11 batters to the plate as part of a seven-run frame. A Franklin County run in the top of the fifth wasn’t enough to stave off a run-rule loss as the Riverdogs plated two more in the bottom half to walk it off.

Nolan Leso had two singles for Franklin County in the loss. Andrew Cote and Rogan Lord had three singles each for Motor City, which also got two hits apiece from Collin Peckham and Kaysen Wildman. Ashton O’Roak (four strikeouts, three walks) pitched a complete game for the Riverdogs.