BOSTON — J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 25th home run, Rafael Devers delivered a tiebreaking double and the Boston Red Sox beat the skidding Los Angeles Angels 9-6 on Wednesday night after squandering a six-run lead. Martinez’s homer capped a six-run second for the Red Sox, who won for the fifth time in six […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime wins showdown with Bessey Motors
Pastime’s Brodi Farinas is out upon reaching home plate as Bessey Motors’ catcher, Wyatt Williamson, fires the ball to first base. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — In last year’s American Legion Zone 2 title game it took Bessey Motors 16 innings to defeat Pastime for the title. Pastime head coach Jake Brown didn’t have to […]
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College World Series: Arkansas beats Oregon St. in game 1 of finals
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Arkansas scored four fifth-inning runs against a faltering Luke Heimlich and moved a step closer to its first national championship in baseball with a 4-1 win over Oregon State in Game 1 of the College World Series finals Tuesday night. The finals opener, delayed a day because of rain, seemed to […]
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Fisher Cats hammer Sea Dogs 10-3
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Jonathan Davis hit for the cycle, as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats topped the Portland Sea Dogs 10-3 on Tuesday. Davis doubled in the first, homered in the second, singled in the fourth and tripled in the sixth. New Hampshire had a big five-run second inning in the blowout victory. Davis […]
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Red Sox rout Angels 9-1
BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts homered on John Lamb’s first pitch of the game, and J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 24th home run on Tuesday night to back David Price’s six strong innings and lead the Boston Red Sox to a 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Betts’ homer into the Red Sox […]
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Legion baseball: Locke Mills doubles up Franklin County
Franklin County’s Hunter Bolduc slides safely into the bag as Locke Mills second baseman Spencer Hurd tries to tag Bolduc out in an American Legion baseball game at Hippach Field in Farmington on Tuesday evening. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — It was a mixture of timely hitting, strong defense and solid pitching that gave Locke […]
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Sea Dogs slam Fisher Cats
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Tate Matheny hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, leading the Portland Sea Dogs to an 8-6 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Monday. The grand slam by Matheny started the scoring in a seven-run inning and tied the game 4-4. Later in the inning, Portland took the […]
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Legion baseball: Unbeaten Bessey Motors foils Franklin County
Franklin County second baseman Alex Philbrick reaches for the ball as Bessey Motors’ Brayden Bean (14) slides into the bag during Monday’s American Legion baseball game in Paris. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) PARIS — Bessey Motors immediately signed off in the bottom of the fifth inning Monday night after first baseman Ashton Kennison’s RBI single sent […]
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Sale Ks 13, Red Sox blank Mariners
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Sale wasn’t about to slow down the way he was pitching. Sale struck out 13 over seven dazzling innings, Mitch Moreland hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox won the weekend and season series over the Seattle Mariners with a 5-0 victory on Sunday afternoon. “You try to find […]
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Portland Sea Dogs rally past Trenton Thunder, 5-4
Portland Sea Dogs starting pitcher Mike Shawaryn delivers to a Trenton Thunder batter during Sunday’s game at Hadlock Field in Portland. Shawaryn had no decision, going six innings, giving up four runs, four runs, seven hits striking outs five and walking two. (Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Chad De La Guerra and Austin […]