LEWISTON — Thursday’s American Legion baseball game had a different intensity to it than most regular season games, with Bessey Motors and Pastime entering the top of the ninth inning tied at six as the top two teams in Zone 2. The two teams aren’t new to extras — they played 16 innings to decide […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors beats Pastime in extras
LEWISTON — Thursday’s American Legion baseball game had a different intensity to it than most regular season games, with Bessey Motors and Pastime entering the top of the ninth inning tied at six as the top two teams in Zone 2. The two teams aren’t new to extras — they played 16 innings to decide […]
Legion baseball: Rogers Post uses a big sixth inning to get past Augusta
AUBURN — After Augusta tied the game in the top of the sixth inning, Rogers Post scored six in the bottom of the frame, for an 8-2 victory in American Legion baseball action Thursday. Grant Hartley, who had three singles in the game, drove in the game winning run. Damien St. Pierre followed that up […]
Legion baseball: Topsham Post shocks Yankee Ford
BOWDOINHAM — There was little reason to believe Topsham Post 202 had much of a chance against unbeaten and first-place Yankee Ford in Tuesday’s Zone 3 Senior American Legion baseball game at the Bowdoinham Recreational Field. But as the saying goes in sports — on any given day… — and Post 202 handed Yankee Ford its […]
Legion baseball: Bessey Motors revs past Rogers Post
Rod Bean of Bessey Motors moves over to third base during the sixth inning against Rogers Post 153 on Tuesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) PARIS — It was evident for some time earlier in Tuesday’s American Legion baseball game, but the contrasting levels of execution between Bessey Motors and Rogers Post 153 was never more apparent […]
Legion baseball: Pastime hits past Locke Mills, 18-0
LEWISTON — The first four batters of Pastime’s lineup hit for the cycle in the first four at-bats against Locke Mills, including a home run by pitcher Evan Cox, to defeat the visitors 18-0 in five innings in an American Legion baseball game Tuesday evening. Pastime started the game off with a Brock Belanger double. […]
American Legion baseball: Franklin County wins one, drops one against Augusta
Franklin County pitcher Miles Pelletier throws during first game of an American Legion doubleheader against Augusta on Saturday in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The start of the American Legion baseball doubleheader between Franklin County and Augusta was delayed 26 minutes Saturday morning while the visiting Flyers waited for a ninth player to show […]
American Legion baseball: Rogers, Pastime split doubleheader
Roger’s Post’s catcher, Giles Paradie narrowly misses tagging Pastime’s Mitchell Frisbee out at home plate during Saturday morning’s baseball game at Elliot Field in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Rogers Post’s catcher Giles Paradie narrowly misses tagging Pastime’s Mitchell Frisbee out at home plate during Saturday morning’s baseball game at Elliot Field in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun […]
American Legion baseball: Pastime's Evan Cox tosses two-hitter against Augusta
AUGUSTA — Evan Cox pitched a complete game as Pastime Club defeated Augusta 6-1 in American Legion baseball action Thursday. Cox struck out eight batters and allowed only two hits and two walks in seven innings. Brock Belanger and Nick Lerette had three hits apiece and Hunter Landry had two for unbeaten Pastime (5-0). Belanger, […]
American Legion baseball: Bessey Motors, Rogers Post split doubleheader
Rogers Post 153 baserunner Ben Cassidy slides into second for a stolen base as the throw was a little late getting to Bessey Motors’ Rodney Bean.(Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — In a tale of two games, Bessey Motors won a shootout with Rogers Post, 8-6, then lost a pitchers’ duel by a score of 3-1. […]