LEWISTON — Gendron’s held on to beat IRC, 6-5, in South Lewiston major league action.

IRC took an early two-run lead on singles by Hunter Landry and Nate Albert and a double by Colby Desjardins. Gendron’s came back with five runs in the second, led by a hit from Nick Powers. IRC closed the gap to 5-4 in the fifth. Gendron’s added a needed insurance run in the bottom of the fifth on hits from Sam Blaisdell and Matt Boulet.

Blaisdell and Austin Merritt lead Gendron’s pitching with a combined nine strikeouts. Ben Ferrence and Jacob Tiner fanned a doen for IRC. Both teams made a number of fine fielding plays.

Dube Gravel outlasted Gendron’s, 9-7 win, in South Lewiston Little League major baseball action.

Matt Forgues started on the mound for Dube Gravel and threw four strong innings, striking out seven.

Jack Leblond, Sam Blaisdell and Austin Merritt got on base each of their three times at bat for Gendron’s, keeping the offense going. Seth VanDuersen started the pitching duties for Gendron’s and hurled three solid innings.

Hunter Dickinson’s first double of the year followed by a stinging double by Nathan Osgood, allowing Dube Gravel to keep runners moving along the base paths.

Andrew Lewis surprised everyone when he stole home to score the winning run.

Jeremy Madore, who relieved Forgues on the mound for Dube, threw two innings, allowing only one run. He fanned six to close it out.

Elliot Ave.

LEWISTON — United Ambulance wasted no time putting up a crooked number in the first inning and cruised to a 10-4 victory over first-place Anthoine Financial in Elliot Ave. Little League Majors action.

With a protest of their last game still pending board review, United batsmen set to task early off starter Kaleb Morrisette. Isaac Escobar led off with a single but was forced out at second on an Eddie Turgeon ground ball. United hurler Jean-Luc Dostie immediately helped his cause with a triple, driving in the game’s first run. Grant Hartley pushed him home and later scored to make the score 3-0.

Dostie, meanwhile, was masterful on the hill from the start, striking out 15 with a blazing fastball. Anthoine just couldn’t seem to get on a roll despite reaching base on five United errors.

The fireworks began in the third inning. Turgeon singled and was followed by a blast to straight-away center field by Dostie for his first homer of the year to make it 5-0. In the top of the fifth, United rallied with two outs to chase Morrisette with two quick runs.

Mitchell Frisbee relieved and was immediately feasted upon by a red-hot Dostie, who doubled in a run. Not to be outdone, Hartley then hammered a two-run shot to deep center (his fourth of the season) to run the score to 10-0.

Jess Lopez relieved Dostie in the bottom of the sixth, only to be greeted by the sound of Anthoine bats awakening. Morrisette walked and Frisbee singled. Owen McCarthy lifted a high fly ball to center, which fell in when outfielders collided and led to two runs.

After a key strikeout by Lopez, Jordan Dumont rapped a single to drive in McCarthy, then was pushed home himself by a Sean Lake single. Lopez then closed the door with a punchout to end the threat and the game.

Dostie picked up the win, with Morrisette taking the loss. United next faces Melanson Paving on Friday. AFG squares off against Elite Auto on Saturday.

AK Softball

LEEDS — The Leeds Lightning 12-and-under softball team moved to 2-0 on the season with a come-from-behind, 11-10 win over the Turner Cyclones.

Leeds winning pitcher Abby Robertson had 11 strikeouts. Also for Leeds, Cassidy Bunker reached base four times and scored two runs, while Ashley Black had two hits and knocked in four runs. Angela Daigle pitched a fine game for Turner, finishing with 14 strikeouts on the night.

Apple Valley Babe Ruth

WINTHROP — Winthrop picked up its sixth win against two defeats in Apple Valley Babe Ruth baseball, slamming Sabattus, 12-5.

Zach Steele spun his first victory of the season on the mound. He also belted two doubles. Jared Hanson had a home run. Dakota Carter added a single. For Sabattus, Dalton Landry and Brady Dion each delivered two singles. Jacob Martin also singled.