STANDISH — After a night of agonizing missed opportunity after missed opportunity, Saint Dominic Academy finally watched the right guy walk to the plate at the right time. Senior Mitch Lorenz greeted Winthrop reliever Ben Allen with a one-out single to right field in the seventh inning, scoring Ray Mosca and Mike Bryant with the go-ahead […]
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Class A West baseball championship: South Portland, Curran survive Portland, win first title since ’91
STANDISH — Henry Curran was almost unhittable his first time through the Portland lineup Wednesday afternoon. He was indomitable on the second journey; unflappable on the third. The results are indisputable: South Portland is Class A West baseball champion for the first time in 24 years. Curran survived a seventh-inning threat and hoisted the No. 3 […]
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Class A East baseball final: DeLaite strikes out 17 in Bangor win
BANGOR — Trevor DeLaite had complained about having tired legs after his previous two pitching outings. But it was nothing a cool late spring night couldn’t cure. The junior left-hander pitched a three-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts Wednesday night as defending state champion Bangor edged Brewer 1-0 to win the Eastern Maine Class A baseball […]
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Class D West baseball final: Searsport overwhelms Richmond
STANDISH — Prior to Maine’s ongoing population shift, Searsport was a Class C East baseball power, winning seven regional championships. It didn’t take the Vikings long to catch on in Class D West. In only its second season since being reclassified, No. 2 Searsport scored six runs in the top of the third inning Tuesday night […]
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Class B West baseball final: Greely, Will Bryant take out Cape in eight
STANDISH — Runs are a scarcity against Greely ace and John Winkin Award finalist Will Bryant, so top-seeded Cape Elizabeth aggressively tried to score each time an opportunity presented itself in Tuesday’s Class B West baseball championship. The strategy tanked. The Rangers cut down two runs at the plate and pushed the issue to extra innings […]
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Feds investigate allegations that Cardinals hacked Astros database
ST. LOUIS — Federal authorities are investigating whether the St. Louis Cardinals illegally hacked into the Houston Astros’ internal player database, according to a person familiar with the investigation. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because Major League Baseball, law enforcement officials and teams are not disclosing details of the investigation that were […]
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Class C West baseball championship: St. Dom’s juggernaut back for more
AUBURN — President George W. Bush was just past the halfway point of his first term. Your internet connection, if you had one, probably was dial-up. Your wireless phone, if you knew such a luxury, likely was “smart” enough to make calls, but only after you flipped it open. Long before discussions about their quarterback’s […]
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Class C West baseball championship: Seven seniors set tone for Winthrop
WINTHROP — Ben Allen was Mountain Valley Conference cross country champion. Adam Hachey and Ben Caprara shared in a golf state title. Mario Meucci and Dakota Carter were part of an undefeated regular season in football as juniors. Matt Sekerak was such a sensational soccer goalie that he was a first-team all-star for a team that didn’t […]
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High school baseball: St. Dom’s stifles Maranacook in West C semifinal
READFIELD — St. Dominic Academy did something that no team has done all season — the Saints shut out Maranacook which scored 122 runs in 18 games going into the Western Class C semifinal game. The Saints’ (13-5) win came from a complete game effort from starting pitcher Mitch Lorenz, who had six strikeouts and seven […]
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Class C West baseball semifinal: Winthrop, Meucci stave off frantic Monmouth comeback
Given the chance to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday and give his reeling team a lift, Meucci defied logic in every way imaginable. His second triple of the day, this one to the gap in right center field, put No. 2 Winthrop back in business. Meucci beat throw home by a […]