PORTLAND — Home cooking and an unusual dessert made it a tasty Eastern League All-Star Classic for Portland Sea Dogs faithful Wednesday night at Hadlock Field. Portland’s delegates to the midsummer showcase delivered early and authoritatively for the East in a 5-4 win over the West before a capacity crowd of 7,368. Most of those spectators […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors sweeps Franklin County on pair of walk-offs
PARIS — Two top teams. Two extra-inning games. Two walk-off wins for Bessey Motors. Bessey Motors entered Saturday’s doubleheader against Franklin County with a slim, half-game lead in the Zone 2 standings over the visiting Flyers. It has a little more breathing room after a pair of 4-3 nine-inning victories. Jake Spinhirn delivered the first walk-off […]
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Legion Baseball: Amos Herrin, Franklin County shut out Gardiner
Franklin County 2, Gardiner 0 FARMINGTON — Anthony Franchetti had three hits and drove in a run to lead Franklin County to a 2-0 win over Gardiner in Legion baseball Thursday. Franklin County (10-1) broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the sixth inning. Pitcher Amos Herrin struck out 11 and scattered just four […]
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American Legion Baseball: Bessey Motors walks off on Tri-Town
PARIS — Bessey Motors remained unbeaten Wednesday — barely. Nick Attaliades-Ryan drove a double deep to right field to plate Jake Spinhern with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Bessey edged Tri-Town 5-4 at the Gouin Athletic Complex. Spinhern was on second after a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors remains unbeaten; Rogers, Tri-Town post wins
PARIS — In high scoring affair, Bessey Motors defeated Highland Green 18-8 in a Legion contest Monday evening. Emery Chickering, Nick Bowie and Nick Attaliades-Ryan each had three hits in the contest. Chickering had two doubles along with Ty Martin. One of Nick Bowie’s two hits was a double. Bailey West had a pair of […]
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Legion baseball roundup: Lombardi’s line drive rescues Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Sebastian Lombardi’s line drive to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in Amos Herrin as Franklin County walked off with a 4-3 victory over Brunswick, Herrin also picked up the victory on the mound. He faced one batter in the top of the seventh after coming […]
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American Legion baseball: Wing pitches Pastime past Tri-Town
LEWISTON — After a lengthy road trip Thursday and a holiday weekend ahead, Friday was a potentially tough day to trot out onto the diamond again for another baseball game. A winning streak always makes things easier and that’s what Pastime’s motivation was Friday. Coming off a win at Locke Mills, Pastime was anxious to […]
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Red Sox cage stubborn Blue Jays
TORONTO (AP) — David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez had consecutive homers in an eight-run first inning, Xander Bogaerts had four hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 on Thursday night. Brock Holt also had four hits and Bogaerts drove in two runs as the last-place Red Sox took three of […]
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Legion roundup: Tri-Town swats Highland Green
POLAND — Lucas Johnson threw a complete game shutout as Tri-Town defeated Highland Green in Legion action Thursday night. He allowed four hits while striking out six. He also hit a home run in the third as Tri-Town (5-2) had four round trippers in the contest. Kaleb Bridgham took a trip around the bases […]
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Edwin Thompson, Jay native, hired as baseball coach at Eastern Kentucky
RICHMOND, Ky. —After several years helping other earn accolades and attracting some of the best young baseball players to his teams, Jay native Edwin Thompson has his own Division I ship to run. Thompson, who in the past five seasons has recruited and coached 11 All-Americans and 24 players who went on to play professional […]