As one of the grizzled veterans on Pastime Club’s three-time Zone 3 championship team, Corbin Hyde has seen his team find countless ways to win big baseball games over the years. Hyde never saw his team win the way it won this year’s zone championship, on a technicality that was later deemed incorrect by zone […]
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Workman all business for Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Rookie Brandon Workman struck out nine while picking up his first major league win, allowing one run over six innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 8-2 on Tuesday night.Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia homered in the second, giving Workman a cushy 5-1 lead that the young right-hander never […]
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Ryan Braun: Paying less for damaged goods
Being a slugger in the big leagues takes a good eye, quick wrists, nerves of steel and, apparently, a poker face for lying. That became clear again Tuesday when Milwaukee slugger Ryan Braun accepted a 65-game suspension for his involvement with a drug lab linked to more than 20 professional players, including Yankee star Alex Rodriguez. Just […]
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Pedroia gets $110M deal
If the Red Sox thought the contract extension they gave Dustin Pedroia would keep him in Boston for the rest of his career, they may have actually underestimated the tenacity that made the diminutive second baseman a star.“I don’t know if I’ll be done by then, man. I feel good, dude,” he said after signing […]
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Rays turn on Sox
BOSTON (AP) — David Price pitched a five-hitter for his third complete game of the season, Wil Myers had a two-run single, and the surging Tampa Bay Rays won for the 19th time in 22 games by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Wednesday night.James Loney had two hits and drove in a run […]
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Sox jam Rays, 6-2
BOSTON (AP) — Jon Lester matched his season high with eight strikeouts and overcame homers by Wil Myers and Evan Longoria as the Boston Red Sox remained in first place with a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.The Red Sox moved 1½ games ahead of the Rays in the AL East […]
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Legion baseball: Zone III final suspended, Pastime and Windham tied 11-11
WINDHAM — Pastime Club and Windham went into Monday’s Zone III championship game knowing the loser’s season wouldn’t end there. And yet both teams seem to like the idea of sudden death. After 3½ hours and 10 innings, the zone title remained undecided as darkness began to settle in at Windham High School. After a […]
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Napoli blast lifts Red Sox to win over Yankees
BOSTON (AP) — Mike Napoli homered with two outs in the 11th inning — his second home run of the game — and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-7 on Sunday night. The Red Sox scored seven runs after falling behind 3-0, thanks in part to Napoli’s three-run homer in the […]
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Rec softball: Pallet wins states
BT Pallet/Irish Twins wins Class E State Tourney BT Pallet/Irish Twins Pub won the Maine ASA Class E State Championship recently. Pallet started the first day with three straight wins before losing to Moshers of Waterville. Pallet then rallied through the losers bracket, winning five straight to put them in the championship game against Moshers, […]
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College baseball: Dirigo’s Palmer named CMCC fall ball coach
AUBURN — Dirigo High School baseball coach Ryan Palmer has been named head coach of the fall baseball team at Central Maine Community College, the Auburn college announced on Wednesday. Palmer will continue his duties as coach at Dirigo, where he has led the Cougars to back-to-back Class C state championships in 2012-13. “This is […]