AUBURN — The next time a high school baseball coach preaches about “winning the little battles,” he should show the footage of Walter Feeney’s at-bat Wednesday against Nate Pushard. Six consecutive times, Edward Little’s ace threw a fastball. On every occasion, Oxford Hills’ left-handed hitting senior flailed and fouled it to the third base side, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Ramblers repel Raiders in wild one
WALES — Jared Hanson didn’t have much zip remaining in his right arm, and Winthrop’s reserves of energy and self-confidence weren’t exactly filled to the rim. The Ramblers blew one three-run lead to reach extra innings Tuesday at Oak Hill’s Fairchild Field, and the Raiders were one line drive away from inflicting that indignity again, […]
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Greyhounds race past Bulldogs
LISBON FALLS — With rain coming down during Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference high school baseball game between Lisbon and Hall-Dale, Joe Philbrick didn’t want to waste much time standing at the plate as the water splashed off his helmet. Twice, Philbrick swung at Hall-Dale starter Ryan Sinclair’s first pitch, delivering two key hits in the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Devils wash over Eddies, 11-1
LEWISTON — Lewiston’s modus operandi is to put pressure on opposing defense, and the Blue Devils welcome anything that adds to that pressure. Monday’s drizzle and slick field conditions were the perfect complement to that formula. Lewiston mixed in another efficient mound effort from Matt Poulin to pick up an 11-1 win over rival Edward […]
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H.S. Notebook: Rare loss didn’t slow Saints
St. Dom’s bounced back from its first loss of the season, 4-3 at Wiscasset on May 7, in impressive fashion. The Saints have won four in a row and sit atop the Western Class C Heal Points with a 9-1 record. They’ve handed their two closest pursuers, Dirigo and Monmouth, their only losses of the […]
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H.S. Baseball: Rice, Vikings conquer Eagles
PARIS — Oxford Hills spent the first half of the high school baseball season going through the motions, and its record reflected that. With unbeaten Messalonskee, the two-time defending Eastern A champions, visiting Gouin Athletic Complex Friday, the Vikings had all the inspiration they needed to turn their focus, emotion and overall game up a […]
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Scherzer keeps Red Sox quiet
Torii Hunter delivered an RBI single in the first inning for the Tigers, playing their first game against the defending champion Red Sox since losing last year’s American League Championship Series in six games. Detroit has baseball’s best record at 25-12, having won 13 of its last 16 games and nine in a row on […]
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College Baseball: Verrier leads Huskies to NCAA regional final
Oxford Hills graduate Matt Verrier went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and two runs scored to lead the University of Maine into the NCAA Division III New England Regional championship in an 8-4 win over Endicott at Whitehouse Field in Harwich, Mass. on Friday. The game was a battle of the only two unbeaten […]
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H.S. Baseball: Webb, Black Bears hold down Hornets
READFIELD — File this one under the “baseball’s a funny game” category. Eleven days after Leavittt doubled up Maranacook by the slow-pitch softball score of 16-8, the Hornets were handcuffed by Black Bears senior Skylar Webb in Friday’s second half of the home-and-home series. Webb held the Hornets hitless in every inning but the fourth, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Saints hand Mustangs first loss
MONMOUTH — Mitch Lorenz found himself in an unenviable position in the seventh inning of a key Mountain Valley Conference contest. Alex Curtis had refused to bite on the sliders Lorenz tried feeding him. So with Monmouth’s cleanup hitter representing the winning run and down in the count, 3-0, Lorenz went to his fastball, despite […]