GARDINER — Seth Thomas ripped a three-run double that helped Franklin County eventually score runs in the seventh inning, giving Franklin a 7-5 victory over Gardiner in an American Legion baseball game Monday. Gardiner (2-2) was leading 5-1 after four innings when Franklin clawed its way back with two runs over the fourth and fifth […]
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Legion baseball: Sweep success for Pastime
LEWISTON — 20 runs on 12 hits! This is what Pastime Club of Lewiston scored in two games against Highland Green of Topsham on Saturday in an American Legion Zone II twinbill at Lewiston High School. For Bob Neron’s Highland Green squad, the big early deficits were easily the difference as Pastime Club swept its […]
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Legion baseball roundup: Franklin County prevails
FARMINGTON — Anthony Franchetti had three hits and Evan Roberts went the distance as Franklin County sidestepped Augusta with a 5-1 win in an American Legion game Thursday. Franklin built a 3-0 lead after three innings and added two more in the sixth. Ryan and Andrew Pratt each had two hits for Frankly, while Mitchell […]
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Legion Baseball: Beauchesne bolsters Bessey into final day with 4-3 walkoff win
BANGOR — Three columns comprise the report card on every baseball scoreboard. Each conveyed a bizarre reality at the end of Saturday’s American Legion state tournament elimination game. And the relentless Bessey Motors middle infield of Nick Attaliades-Ryan and Matt Beauchesne played a pivotal role in every step of the trifecta. Beauchesne laced a walkoff […]
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Legion Baseball: Bangor bashes Bessey into elimination bracket, 10-0
BANGOR — As if their dominant pitching and air-tight defense throughout the American Legion state tournament weren’t enough, the Bangor Comrades started tattooing the baseball Friday night. Bessey Motors bore the brunt of that barrage, falling 10-0 in the winners’ bracket final at Winkin Complex. Hunter Boyce went 3-for-4, and his RBI single off Zack […]
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Legion Baseball: Post 51 of Oakland eliminates Pastime Club
BANGOR — Errors, both the variety that are posted on the far, right end of the scoreboard and the less tangible type, plagued Pastime Club again Friday afternoon. This time it hastened the journey’s end in the American Legion baseball state tournament, a 6-2 loss to Post 51 of Oakland at Winkin Complex. Jake Dexter […]
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Legion Baseball: Bangor, Hillier blank Pastime
Of course, since most youth baseball in Maine is conducted under natural daylight, sometimes trying to locate a white, spinning ball and its blurry laces beneath that unfamiliar glare can be a curse. Two relatively routine fly balls gave two different Pastime Club right fielders trouble Thursday night at Winkin Complex. They fell in for […]
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Legion Baseball: Mageles masterful as Bessey Motors stays perfect at states
BANGOR — Another day, another gem from Mike Mageles at Winkin Complex. The left-handed Lake Region product pitched a four-hit shutout Thursday afternoon, keeping Bessey Motors of South Paris undefeated in the American Legion baseball state tournament with a 4-0 win over Brewer. Mageles, who also pitched a complete game in Bessey Motors’ play-in game […]
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Legion Baseball: Franklin County bows out of state tourney
BANGOR — Franklin County experienced the other, unfavorable definition of “walkoff” Thursday afternoon. A combined eight, scarlet-clad Flyers base runners made the walk of frustration back to the dugout to retrieve their gloves after being stranded on base in the fourth, fifth and sixth ininings. Trailing by a range of two to four runs at […]
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American Legion Baseball State Tourney: Pastime Club outlasts Franklin County, 3-2
BANGOR — If one of those baseball purists ever gets in your ear and says there’s never a good reason to slide into first base, show him a tape of Pastime Club’s Kyle Ullrich hustling to safety in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon. Pinch hitter Ullrich’s hook slide beat a wide throw […]