Sacrifice fly in eighth gives Wicks victory

BANGOR – Marc Halsted scored on a sacrifice fly by Tim Patchell in the bottom of the eighth inning as Wicks slipped by Downeast 5-4 in an Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League game at Mansfield Stadium.

Halsted singled with one out, moved to third on a passed ball and an error, and came home on Patchell’s pop to right.

Bryan Goody led Wicks’ 14-hit attack with a single, double, and an RBI. Patchell added two singles and Roy Perry had a single and two RBIs. Halsted pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the victory.

Matt McDonald paced Downeast with three singles. Mike Tardiff belted two singles and had a pair of RBIs.

Downeast (1-5) 001 000 30 – 4 7 3 Wicks (2-4) 103 000 01 – 5 14 2

Hodgdon, Worcester (6) and Martell; Murray, Halsted (8) and Gunzinger