Right: Bessey Motors catcher Wyatt Williamson fires the ball to first base after getting a force out at home plate during an American Legion baseball game in June. Left: Pastime Club catcher Brock Belanger waits for a pitch during an American Legion baseball game in Paris in June. (Sun Journal illustration) Bessey Motors and Pastime […]
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Saco ends Lewiston Little League's run in state title game
MACHIAS — Saco had a six-run lead heading into the bottom of the fifth inning of the Little League state championship game Wednesday against Lewiston. The team didn’t wait to secure its spot the New England regional. Saco scored five runs in the fifth inning, including a three-run home run by Henry Lausier, to win […]
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Legion baseball: Augusta beats Rogers Post in third-place game
AUBURN — A seven-run fourth inning was the difference for Augusta in beating Rogers Post in a battle to determine third place in Zone 2 of American Legion baseball Monday. Augusta broke open a one-run game with the big inning for a 9-2 win at the Auburn-Suburban complex. The victory sends Augusta to a play-in […]
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Legion baseball: Landry pitches shutout, Pastime wins Zone 2 title
Pastime pitcher Hunter Landry fires the ball toward Bessey Motors’ Jonny Pruett at bat during Monday evening’s championship game in Lewiston at Elliot Field. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Monday’s Zone 2 championship between Bessey Motors and Pastime Club was a far cry from last year’s 16-inning fiasco that ended with Bessey Motors taking the […]
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Junior Legion baseball: Rogers Post cruises past Freeport, advances to state tournament
AUBURN — The strategy was simple heading into Saturday’s Junior American Legion Southern Division play-in baseball game at Auburn Suburban Field. For the fifth-seeded Southern Maine Falcons of Freeport and No. 4 Rogers Post 153, the winner advanced to the state tournament beginning Thursday at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor. Dave Jordan’s Rogers Post squad did […]
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American Legion Baseball: Bessey downs Rogers, secures spot in zone title game
Bessey Motors’ Cam Slicer cuts off a one-bounce line drive before it can scoot past him for extra bases during Saturday’s legion baseball game against Rogers Post 153. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) PARIS — Colton Carson escaped out of two bases-loaded jams and pitched a complete game to lead Bessey Motors to a 5-1 win over […]
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American Legion baseball: Belanger rallies Pastime Club past Augusta
LEWISTON — During Brock Belanger’s high school career at Lewiston, he was behind the plate on most days, catching in conditions that were often cold, hot, wet, or just about anything in between. Belanger’s time behind the plate has continued with Pastime Club, with which the left-handed hitting and right-handed throwing athlete has often suited […]
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Legion baseball: Paradie's home run powers Rogers Post past Capitals
AUBURN — In the American Legion baseball playoffs, pitch counts are everything. Rogers Post used one of its top pitchers, Damien St. Pierre, in relief in the fourth inning, throwing 17 pitches with a one-run lead over the Capitals in the first round of the Zone 2 playoffs. In the bottom of the inning, Rogers […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime beats Rogers Post, earns first-round bye
Rogers Post’s Gavin Bates steps on first base a moment too late as Pastime’s Nick Levette makes the out during Wednesday night’s baseball game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Pastime knew that a first-place seed and a first-round bye in the American Legion Zone 2 baseball playoffs were on the line in the […]
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Legion baseball: Pastime edges Bessey Motors, 3-2
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 […]