LEWISTON — Hunter Landry drove in the game-deciding run, then later threw the game-ending pitch in Pastime’s 3-2 victory over Bessey Motors in an American Legion baseball Zone 2 clash Sunday. Two of the top teams in Zone 2 were knotted at 1-1 in the fifth when Landry followed Brock Belanger’s RBI single with one […]
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X Gon’ Give It To Ya — Red Sox beat Blue Jays on Bogaerts’ walkoff grand slam in 10th inning
BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts relaxed to the beat of his favorite walk-up song. Three pitchers later, he was stunned by excitement rounding the bases. Bogaerts hit a game-ending grand slam with one out in 10th inning, and J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 29th homer to carry the Boston Red Sox to a 6-2 […]
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All-Region baseball POY: Despite opponents' efforts, Hartley's value to Red Eddies increased as senior
Senior Grant Hartley provided power in the Edward Little lineup this season. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Grant Hartley peruses Edward Little’s season statistics and pauses at the at-bat column, which shows him having as many as 15 or 20 fewer at-bats than some of his teammates during the 16-game season. “It didn’t seem like […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region baseball
FIRST TEAM Name School Class Position Grant Hartley Edward Little Sr. 1B/P Hunter Ames Mtn. Valley Sr. P/1B Brock Belanger Lewiston Sr. C Austin Brown Edward Little So. SS Colton Carson Oxford Hills Jr. P Lucas Francis Lisbon Jr. 3B/P Hunter Landry Lewiston Jr. P/OF Jack LeBlond Lewiston Sr. 1B Janek Luksza Oxford Hills Jr. […]
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Eastern League: Bichette's four hits, lack of timely hits doom Sea Dogs
Teddy Stankiewicz continues to grind through another Portland Sea Dogs season. He turned in another quality start Friday night, eating up seven innings, allowing three earned runs (five total). But Stankiewicz and the Sea Dogs lost again, 5-3 to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats before 5,384 at Hadlock Field. Portland outhit the Fisher Cats […]
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Jays snap Red Sox winning streak at 10
Toronto Blue Jays’ Justin Smoak, center right, celebrates his two-run home run that also drove in Aledmys Diaz (1) as Boston Red Sox’s Sandy Leon, left, looks on during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Pillar had four hits and Justin […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors beats Pastime in extras
LEWISTON — Thursday’s American Legion baseball game had a different intensity to it than most regular season games, with Bessey Motors and Pastime entering the top of the ninth inning tied at six as the top two teams in Zone 2. The two teams aren’t new to extras — they played 16 innings to decide […]
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Betts, Red Sox slam Blue Jays for 10th straight win
BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts fouled off seven pitches before hitting a grand slam that helped the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to 10 games. Betts added an RBI single in the seventh inning and went 2 for 4, increasing the top batting average […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors beats Pastime in extras
LEWISTON — Thursday’s American Legion baseball game had a different intensity to it than most regular season games, with Bessey Motors and Pastime entering the top of the ninth inning tied at six as the top two teams in Zone 2. The two teams aren’t new to extras — they played 16 innings to decide […]
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Sea Dogs rally past Fisher Cats
The last-place Portland Sea Dogs have been able to contend well against one team in the East Division — the first-place New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The Sea Dogs topped New Hampshire 5-4 before 6,163 at Hadlock Field on Thursday night. Portland (35-53) is 5-5 against the Fisher Cats (49-39). Down 4-3 in the seventh inning, […]