FARMINGTON — With 10 American Legion games slated for next week, Rogers Post 153 coach Dave Jordan was forced to shuffle his pitchers and the batting order against the Franklin Flyers under the lights at Hippach Field on Thursday night. Jordan wanted a majority of his players to see action to prepare for an American […]
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American Legion baseball: Johnson, Bessey Motors shut down Gardiner
GARDINER — Troy Johnson struck out six batters in six innings as Bessey Motors defeated Gardiner 6-2 in American Legion baseball action Thursday. Johnson helped his own cause in the top of the first with an RBI single. Hunter Labossiere, Janek Lukska and Ashton Kennison also had RBIs in the first inning, a six-hit frame […]
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American Legion baseball: Locke Mills avenges loss to Pastime
Pastime Club’s Brock Belanger (7) tries to leap over the tag of Locke Mills second baseman Spencer Hurd during the teams’ American Legion baseball game at Pettengill Park in Auburn on Wednesday. Belanger was out on the play. AUBURN — A lot can happen in the span of two days. On Monday, Locke Mills fell […]
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U.S. love affair with national anthem in 100th year
A spectator takes a photo of a United States flag as it is unveiled for the national anthem as part of Military Appreciation Day before a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals in Atlanta on May 20, 2017. The anthem has been a standard part of U.S. sports games since World […]
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Betts homers twice, Sox sweep Jays
TORONTO (AP) — A big afternoon from Mookie Betts helped the Red Sox sweep aside the struggling Blue JaysBetts hit two home runs and matched a career-high with eight RBIs as Boston routed Toronto 15-1 on Sunday. He went 4 for 6 as AL East-leading Boston won for the sixth time in seven games, completing […]
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American Legion baseball: Carson, Bessey Motors shut down Pastime
Bessey Motors’ Colton Carlson fires the ball over the plate at a game with Pasttime’s baseball team at Gouin Athletic Complex in South Paris on Wednesday afternoon. PARIS — Colton Carson started Wednesday’s American Legion baseball game mad, but finished it quite happy. The Pastime batters, meanwhile, were left scratching their heads. Carson tossed a […]
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American Legion baseball: Luksza, Bessey Motors shut down River Valley
PARIS — Janek Luksza held River Valley to three hits in Bessey Motors’ 12-2 American Legion baseball win in five innings Monday. Luksza struck out four batters and didn’t offer up any walks in his five innings on the mound. Bessey opened with an eight-run first inning, and then wrapped the game up early with […]
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American Legion Baseball: Pastime cruises past Gardiner, 14-5
Pastime’s Evan Cox slides safely into home before Gardiner catcher Oakley Oliver can catch the ball and made a tag. AUBURN — Pastime Club has enough speed up and down its lineup to keep the opposition on its toes regardless of how well it is swinging the bats. When Pastime is able to combine its […]
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Harrisburg Senators pound Portland Sea Dogs, 11-4
PORTLAND — Drew Ward homered and singled, scoring a pair of runs while also driving home a couple as the Harrisburg Senators defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 11-4 on Sunday. Stephen Perez doubled and singled twice for Harrisburg. Down 2-0 in the second, Portland cut into the lead when Henry Urrutia hit an RBI double, […]
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Angels score 3 after overturned call, beat Red Sox 4-2
BOSTON — The Los Angeles Angels benefited from a fairly-new rule and relied on an old-fashioned type save to beat the Boston Red Sox. Parker Bridwell pitched a solid 6 2/3 innings and Los Angeles scored three runs after its challenge overturned an inning-ending double play in the second, leading the Angels to a 4-2 […]