LISBON — It was just another Lisbon/Monmouth Academy baseball game. Three lead changes, a run in all but one inning, and a hard-fought battle between two starting pitchers was nothing new for these teams. Despite a strong outing from starter Ryley Austin, the host Greyhounds battled but came up just short Saturday. Monmouth used a […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo powers past Wiscasset
DIXFIELD — Both Dirigo and Wiscasset started the first inning of their MVC baseball game with solid singles to center field. It was what happened on offense after those respective at-bats that told the story of Friday’s duel on the diamond. Wiscasset couldn’t do anything with their lead-off hit, while Dirigo plated three runs. The […]
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High School Baseball: Big fourth inning propels EL to victory
LEWISTON — The conditions were better suited for a late October, early November football game than a baseball contest. Despite the weather, arch rivals Edward Little and Lewiston high schools faced each other Thursday afternoon. The result looked more like a score you would see at Don Rioux Field or at Walton Field on a […]
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ESPN cuts Schilling’s ‘bloody sock’ from Red Sox-Yankee documentary
Schilling quickly responded on Twitter. Wow, full one year complete fabrication to defame greatest QB, now omitting about 4 hours of a game I think I played in. Hmm #integritymuch? — Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) May 2, 2016 ESPN fired network analyst and former Boston Red Sox star pitcher Curt Schilling after his comments on Facebook […]
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High school baseball: St. Dom’s tops Wiscasset in 9 innings
In Friday’s Mountain Valley Conference baseball game between Wiscasset and Saint Dominic Academy, it ended very cruelly for starting pitcher Tyler Bailey and the Wolverines. Bailey fanned 14 batters over nine innings of work, but in the end two vital errors behind him cost his side the game and St. Dom’s took the win, 2-1, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo, Arsenault outlast Oak Hill, 4-3
No great surprise, then, that Cougars’ senior southpaw Gavin Arsenault found another gear, notched a strikeout and coaxed a harmless ground ball to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning and seal a 4-3 victory Friday afternoon at Harlow Park. The Cougars (3-1) won their third game in five days after a season-opening loss […]
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H.S. Baseball: Halls whiffs 13; Lisbon mauls Mountain Valley with late flurry
RUMFORD — Wednesday’s windswept MVC baseball game at Hosmer Field decelerated from a pitchers’ duel into a pounding more quickly than you could burn dinner. Lisbon didn’t have a hit until the fourth inning and failed to cross the plate until the fifth. Once the Greyhounds got into a rhythm, however, they were relentless in putting […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo survives against Mountain Valley
The Falcons (0-2) loaded the bases in the first inning and the seventh inning, but were held scoreless in both frames. The first three batters of the game reached, on an error and a pair of walks issued by Cougars (1-1) starter Cooper Chiasson. The sophomore right-hander got out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts, […]
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H.S. Baseball: Oxford Hills pounces on mistakes, shuts out Lewiston
PARIS — Oxford Hills coasted to a 7-0 KVAC victory over Lewiston on Monday afternoon, but it didn’t feel like a breeze unless you were counting the one wafting across Tim Bryant Memorial Field that made spectators scramble for their winter jackets. The Vikings never tattooed the baseball. In fact, the Blue Devils wound up with […]