MONMOUTH — Nate Gagne had a proposal for coach Eric Palleschi before the season. “I just want to pitch,” Gagne said. “I don’t want to hit. I don’t want to field. I just want to pitch.” Palleschi heard Gagne’s pitch and raised his own offer. “I’ll try to make it so you can pitch every […]
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Fear didn’t strike out Sea Dogs pitcher
PORTLAND — Brian Johnson isn’t just willing to return to the scene of his worst nightmare. He’s doing everything in his power to make it happen. If he continues pitching as well he has been this season, including since his May 2 promotion to the Portland Sea Dogs, he may be back on the Fenway […]
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Eastern League: Baysox walk over Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — For anyone needing a break from the trials, tribulations and overall impotence of their parent club, the Portland Sea Dogs have presented a much more frisky and entertaining alternative through the first two months of the 2014 season. The Boston Red Sox’ Double-A affiliate spent those first two months of the season running […]
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High school roundup: Edward Little boys head to playoffs on winning note
AUBURN — Cam Cormier punched up four goals and earned an assist as Edward Little shook off Oak Hill (4-8) for a 7-2 victory in a boys’ lacrosse game Tuesday. The Red Eddies (5-7) held a 4-1 advantage at halftime. Calvin Bureau, Matt Merrill and Henry Nguyen all scored a goal for the Red Eddies. […]
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H.S. Baseball: Yachtsmen get defensive, edge Knights
Beating Poland and moving up in the Heal Points standings on Tuesday probably helps, too. The Yachtsmen flashed the leather impressively to back up a gutty effort by pitcher Addison Foltmer and hold off the scrappy Knights, 3-2, in the teams’ Western Maine Conference finale. Foltmer allowed two runs on four hits, fanned four and […]
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Indians derail Red Sox
CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Masterson found the strike zone after a rocky start and pitched seven scoreless innings as the Cleveland Indians ended Boston’s seven-game winning streak, beating the Red Sox 3-2 Monday night. Masterson (3-4) walked four in the first three innings, but settled in and won for the first time in five starts. […]
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H.S. Baseball: LaMagna, Falcons handcuff Patriots
Whether it was by luck or design that the starting pitcher for Monday’s crucial regular-season finale at Gray-New Gloucester was Peter LaMagna isn’t important. What was important was that LaMagna, who three weeks earlier had shut out the Patriots, saw no need to change the game plan the second time around. Working quickly and efficiently, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Devils deny pesky Eagles
LEWISTON — This spring high school sports season has been a rough one for athletic directors. Between the cold weather and the rain throughout April and May, teams have been forced to play catch up, often playing on three consecutive days. Lewiston faced that very situation this week, facing talented Messalonskee (a win) on Thursday […]
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Make it six in row for Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Rubby De La Rosa pitched seven shutout innings in his first big league start in nearly three years, Brock Holt hit his first career homer and the Boston Red Sox won their sixth straight with a 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night. The teams kept it clean a […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dragons edge Cougars, 1-0
BRUNSWICK — Baseball doesn’t let its participants take much for granted. After Saturday’s pitchers’ duel between Mt. Blue and Brunswick, we can add one more thing to the long list — a ground ball that gets through the infield won’t necessarily result in a base hit. Two 9-3 putouts proved to be the difference in […]