Relyea keys Waldo to decisive victory; Bangor teams win

loading...

Ben Relyea had a big day at the plate, belting a grand slam, triple and single good for six RBIs while leading Waldo to a 11-2 win over Camden in District 2 Little League action Monday afternoon. In the only other District 2 game, Knox Suburban eliminated Waldoboro 2-0 behind Shawn Brewer’s no-hitter.

In District 3 action, Bangor West beat up on Bucksport 17-0 and Bangor East eliminated Coastal 13-2, setting up today’s Bangor West-Bangor East showdown. Elsewhere, Machias knocked out Sunrise 18-4, Calais stayed unbeaten by downing Eastport 18-5, and Millinocket stayed alive by eliminating Katahdin 17-12 in seven innings.

Machias will now play Eastport on Wednesday, and Calais will await the winner of that game. Millinocket will play host to Border on Wednesday.

Calais 18, Eastport 5

At Calais, the hosts went ahead for good in the bottom of the second with a pair of bases-loaded walks, then broke the game open with a five-run third.

Winning pitcher Dan Reed sparked Calais by striking out 12 and walking only four, and added two singles and an RBI. Marlon Lutz added a double, single, and three RBIs, and Chris Leavitt also had two singles and an RBI.

Cliff Urquhart topped Eastport with two singles and an RBI, and Albert Wallace added a double.

Eastport (1-1) 140 000 – 5 5 3 Calais (3-0) 335 160 – 18 11 2

Urquhart, Moore (4) and Cox, Hallowell (4); Reed and Ricker

Bangor East 13, Coastal 2

At Bangor, Jason Thomas fashioned a three-hitter to lead Bangor East to the win, which knocked Coastal out of the tournament.

Corey Gildart paced Bangor East with a double, single, and three RBIs. Evan Wade and Ryan Worcester each added a double, while Joe Campbell socked atriple. Thomas struck out seven and walked three.

Simeon Allen led Coastal with a double.

Bangor East (2-1) 022 18 – 13 10 0 Coastal (0-2) 002 00 – 2 3 3

Thomas and Downes; McDonald, Gallagher (4), Allen (5) and Bannister, Lowel (4)

Bangor West 17, Bucksport 0

At Bucksport, Charlie Makris slugged two homers, doubled, and singled while driving in four runs to carry Bangor West over Bucksport.

Derek Watson drilled a triple and double for the victors, while Eben Sypitkowski doubled and singled. Kevin Proctor added a pair of singles.

For Bucksport, which was eliminated, Keith Nason hit a triple.

Bangor West (2-1) 107 513 – 17 15 0 Bucksport (0-2) 000 000 – 0 4 4

Knaide, Watson (4), Vanidestine (6) and Makris, House (5); McHale, Costigan (4) and Sutherland

Machias 18, Sunrise 4

At Harrington, Barrett Craven belted a pair of home runs and a triple, knocking in three runs to lead Machias to the win.

Vinnie Emery singled three times for the winners and Derrick Jordan stroked a pair of doubles.

Machias, now eliminated, was led by Cliff Chase’s two doubles and Jason Snider’s two singles.

Machias (2-1) 331 506 – 18 19 7 Sunrise (0-2) 004 000 – 4 7 8

Hall and Coughlin; Copenithwaite and Tatangelo

Knox Suburban 2, Waldoboro 0

At Waldoboro, Shawn Brewer threw a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts to lead Knox Suburban past Waldoboro, which was eliminated.

Jeremy Curtis paced Knox Suburban with two singles and two RBIs. Abe Dugal added a triple.

Knox Suburban (1-1) 101 000 – 2 5 0 Waldoboro (1-2) 000 000 – 0 0 0

Brewer and Curtis; Olsen and Benner

Waldo 11, Camden 2

At Brooks, Ben Relyea cranked a grand slam, triple and single good for six RBIs to power Waldo to victory.Tucker Mercier backed winning pitcher Jim Huren (five-hitter) and Relyea with a double, single and two RBIs. Pasco Grove stroked a double.

With the loss, Camden was eliminated.

Waldo (2-1) 001 442 – 11 11 2 Camden (0-2) 002 000 – 2 5 1

Huren and Hruby; Glover, Knutsen (4) and Fitzpatrick

Millinocket 17, Katahdin 12

At Millinocket, Steve Rolfe went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two singles, T.J. Dickinson had two doubles and a single, and Josh Darling singled twice and drove in three runs as Millinocket rallied from an 11-1 deficit to eliminate Katahdin.

Jason Cummings pitched 4 1/3 innings of two-hit, two-run ball for the win.

Brandon McCarthy had two singles for Katahdin, and Chris Robinson had a three-run homer.

Millinocket (1-1) 010 064 6 – 17 15 2 Katahdin (0-2) 109 100 1 – 12 7 1

Mackin, Jason Cummings (3) and Mosca, Frost (4); Robinson, Cole (5), Springer (6), Kennedy (6), Kelley (7) and Kelley, Swallow (7)