PARIS — American Legion playoff games in Maine go a full nine innings. Those two extra innings did not phase Bessey Motors lefty Blake Slicer, who threw a six-hit, complete-game shutout to beat Locke Mills 4-0 in the first round of the Zone 2 baseball tournament. “We played well defensively and had a hell of […]
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Tanaka outduels Price as Yanks top Red Sox 3-1, avoid sweep
Starlin Castro keyed New York’s three-run fourth inning with an RBI double that scored Didi Gregorius from first base. No. 9 batter Austin Romine and Jacoby Ellsbury each added a run-scoring single with two outs off Price, who gave up 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings as the Yankees prevented a three-game sweep. Following his […]
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Maine Baseball Hall of Fame: Deshaies gets his due
AUBURN — Game officials are happy to go unnoticed. That’s always how Dan Deshaies has approached a game, whether umpiring a baseball game, or officiating a basketball game, he has preferred to remain professional but anonymous. Last month’s announcement that Deshaies is among this year’s class being inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame […]
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Legion baseball: Franklin County shells Gardiner
GARDINER — A five-run first inning boosted Franklin County to a 17-8 American Legion Zone 2 baseball win over Gardiner on Tuesday. That early outburst put Franklin in an unfamiliar position. “We’re young and we haven’t had a great year, so it’s good — and it might be the second or third lead we’ve had […]
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Legion baseball: Rogers Post drops Highland Green
AUBURN — Throughout a baseball season, there are things teams consistently do well, while other areas are a work in progress. For Highland Green of Topsham, it is a lack of offensive punch at times and strikeouts that are struggles, with fielding normally the stand out throughout this American Legion Zone 2 campaign. On Tuesday […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey Motors rolls over Smith-Tobey
BATH — Bailey West was just about the last thing the Smith-Tobey legion baseball team needed. The Bessey Motors starting pitchers fanned six batters and allowed just two hits over four innings of work that led to yet another Zone 2 setback for Smith-Tobey. West’s outing was backed up with plentiful support and the visitors […]
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Legion baseball: Bessey sweeps Locke Mills
PARIS — Bessey Motors’ runners spent Saturday morning sliding into bases like a child at a water park. The team stole 19 bases throughout their doubleheader sweep with 12-0 and 11-0 victories over Locke Mills. Game 1 was all Bessey. Bessey pitcher Troy Johnson threw five innings of three-hit, scoreless ball, and five innings was […]
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Legion baseball: Pastime walks off past Rogers Post in doubleheader
After coasting to a 6-2 win in the opener, Pastime (15-0) had to bite its nails for a 9-8 victory for the sweep. Walks were the story from start to finish. In the opener, Rogers Post (12-3) starting pitchers Damien St. Pierre issued four free passes in a three-run first inning. Two of the walks […]
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Winthrop wins three Babe Ruth games
Winthrop 6, Greeds 2 WINTHROP — Jackson Ladd was a home run away from the cycle as he led Winthrop to the 6-2 win over Greeds. Gavin Perkins had a double and a single for Winthrop. Ryan Baird had a pair of singles and picked up the win on the mound. Brent Grant had a pair of […]
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American Legion baseball: Rogers Post sweeps Bessey Motors
A pitcher’s duel and an incredible display of hitting highlighted an American Legion baseball doubleheader in Auburn on Saturday morning. In what was a tale of two games, Rogers Post swept a doubleheader with Bessey Motors, 1-0 and 13-2. In the first game, Rogers Post pitcher Damien St. Pierre pitched a complete-game shutout, throwing seven […]