AUBURN — Edward Little baseball needed Nate Pushard to be the stopper Friday night. The University of Maine at Farmington-bound senior couldn’t have performed the role much more authoritatively. Pushard spun a one-hit shutout at Austin Field, striking out four in a 5-0 shutout of Lewiston that snapped a five-game Red Eddies losing streak. “We […]
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H.S. Baseball: Arsenault, Cougars warm up to task, edge Greyhounds
Once Dirigo’s starting pitcher got to throwing freely and easily Thursday, Lisbon couldn’t hit him. And once Dirigo’s hitters started putting the ball in play against Lisbon ace Kyle Bourget, the Cougars had the Greyhounds right where they wanted them. Arsenault retired the final 14 Lisbon batters and Dirigo took advantage of two costly Greyhounds […]
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H.S. Baseball: Eddies left stranded in fourth consecutive defeat
AUBURN — Nine days ago, Edward Little baseball was on a rapid ascent toward a top-three seed in the Class A East playoffs. As of now, there are no guarantees the Red Eddies will make it into the playoffs at all. It’s that kind of year in the KVAC, where the Eddies slipped below .500 […]
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H.S. Baseball: Halls, Greyhounds handle Saints
AUBURN — It pays for pitchers to have short memories. Lisbon freshman Tyler Halls got lit up by Monmouth in his last start. Although there’s no shame in giving up six runs in three innings to the top team in the Western C Heals, he had more than enough incentive to forget that nightmare and […]
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Sox snap out of it, beat Braves
ATLANTA (AP) — David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox were in desperate need of a big hit. On Monday, at long last, Big Papi delivered. Ortiz homered and drove in four runs as the defending World Series champions ended their 10-game losing streak, rallying from a five-run deficit to defeat the Atlanta Braves 8-6. […]
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NCAA baseball tournament: Huskies dismissed
APPLETON, Wis. — The University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team’s magical run through the elimination bracket came up short Monday afternoon as the Emory University Eagles banged out 16 hits to take a 15-3 victory in Game 12 of the 2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The loss eliminated […]
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H.S. Baseball: Wolverines rally, hold on to edge Phoenix, 8-7
LIVERMORE FALLS — With a bare-bones roster of nine players, Wiscasset has already shown resilience this season. Coming back from three runs down in the seventh against a Spruce Mountain team two classes above it, then snuffing out Spruce’s own comeback bid on a bang-bang play at the plate, Wiscasset showed it isn’t just fighting […]
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H.S. Baseball: Hutchins, Dirigo strike back at St. Dom’s
AUBURN — Kaine Hutchins is one of those top-of-the-rotation guys whose arm strength, body language and command improve with repetition. The way his starts have played out lately, that’s good news for Hutchins and for Dirigo’s aspirations of a third consecutive Class C baseball title. Hutchins hurled an adventurous four-hitter Monday afternoon — walking seven, […]
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Beckett no-hits Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Josh Beckett started talking about throwing a no-hitter in the fourth inning, ignoring traditional superstitions and making his catcher nervous in the process. The big, folksy Texan had stuff that was too dominant to worry about a jinx. Beckett pitched the first no-hitter of his stellar career and the first in the […]
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NCAA tourney: Verrier, Chadwick lead USM to 11-5 win
APPLETON, Wis. — Seniors Forrest Chadwick and Matt Verrier drove in four runs apiece Sunday as the University of Southern Maine Huskies came from behind to defeat the Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets, 11-5, in an elimination game of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The win moves the Huskies […]