CORINTH – The Central High School Red Devils, twice within a strike of falling victim to the mercy rule, overcame a 16-5 deficit to stun the Piscataquis Community Pirates 18-17 in nine innings of baseball action Monday.

Mike Strout’s grand slam and James Gray’s two-run single keyed a 10-run sixth-inning rally that brought the Devils back.

Robbie Girvan’s seventh-inning double drove in the tying run and the Devils won it in the ninth on Lowell Oyster’s RBI single and Seth Strout game-ending sacrifice fly.

Billy Kane had a triple and a single and three RBIs and Andy Matulis had two singles and two RBIs for Central, which beat PCHS for the second time this season.

Ben Smith drove in seven runs for PCHS with a grand slam homer, a two-run shot and a pair of doubles. Shane Priest knocked in two runs with a double and two singles and Scott DeCastro delivered two runs with a homer and sacrifice fly.

Piscataquis (8-5) 530 053 001 – 17 14 3

Central (9-6) 102 02(10) 102 – 18 11 9

Martell, DeCastro (5) and Burgess; Matulis, Seymour (5), S. Strout (6) and M. Strout

Foxcroft Acad. 5, Hermon 3

At Foxcroft, Seth Gabarro led the Ponies with a two-run double.

Chris Walker contributed with an RBI double while Josh White had a double and a single for an RBI.

Steve Cayford had two singles for Hermon and Ron Lane singled.

Hermon (8-5) 000 012 0 -3 5 1

Foxcroft Acad. (9-5) 300 110 x -5 7 5

Frye and Lane; Wentworth and Taylor

Winslow 9, MCI 0

At Pittsfield, Kyle Mathieu tossed a one-hitter, striking out four and walking two as the Black Raiders rolled past the Huskies.

Chris McCabe had a triple, single, and an RBI for Winslow, Chris McInnis singled twice and had two runs batted in, and Chris Langlais drove in a run with a triple.

Jake Lasselle had Maine Central Institute’s only hit, a single.

Winslow (9-5) 012 024 0 – 9 10 1

MCI (2-12) 000 000 0 – 0 1 5

Mathieu and Zemrack; Kennedy, St. Clair (5) and Bennett

Bangor 11, Nokomis 1

At Newport, Jim Shea lashed two triples and a single and drove in two runs to pace Bangor.

Matt Anderson added a double and a single for the Rams while Ryan Worcester tripled and drove in two runs and Justin Libbey doubled and knocked in two more.

Mike Jacques and Pat Morse each had a double for the Warriors.

Bangor (10-3-1) 152 03 – 11 9 0

Nokomis (4-10) 001 00 – 1 3 6

Curran, Hockman (4) and Bouchard; Jacques and Blair

Mount View 7, Erskine 6

At Thorndike, Keith Fuller’s bases-loaded two-out single to right field in the bottom of the seventh delivered Chris Carman from third base with the winning run for the Mustangs.

Brian Bernosky doubled, singled twice, drove in a run, and was intentionally walked in the seventh to load the bases. Carman doubled and singled while Fuller and Kenton Spaulding contributed two singles and an RBI apiece.

Wayne Bridgham doubled, singled, and knocked in a run for Erskine Academy of South China. Chance Singleton and Warren Gosselin had two singles each.

Erskine (2-11) 011 301 0 – 6 8 4

Mount View (6-8) 301 011 1 – 7 14 5

Grenier and Bridgham; Eddy and Bernosky

Belfast 15, Lincoln Acad. 2

At Belfast, Matt Woodrow belted a three-run homer and pitched five innings of three-hit, eight-strikeout baseball as Belfast triumphed.

Ben Cowan hit a two-run homer and two singles for the Lions, Devon Potvin had two singles and three RBIs, and Kevin Herbig singled twice.

Mike Harrington, Matt Budrow, and Steve Hanna singled for Lincoln Academy of Newcastle with Harrington getting an RBI.

Lincoln Academy (3-11) 200 00 – 2 3 5

Belfast (10-4) 350 7x – 15 10 3

Ball, Budrow (3) and Harrington; Woodrow and Potvin

Camden Hills 2, Oak Hill 0

At Sabattus, Nate Clark tossed a two-hitter over the eight innings, striking out seven and walking one, and Camden Hills scored a pair of unearned runs in the eighth to break the scoreless tie.

Three two-out walks, the only ones allowed by Mike Daggett, and an infield error produced the two runs.

Daggett struck out 12 and gave up seven hits.

Abe Dugal had two singles for Camden Hills and Tom Dennen doubled.

Brian Roy had the Oak Hill hits, both singles.

Camden Hills (9-5) 000 000 02 – 2 7 1

Oak Hill (7-7) 000 000 00 – 0 2 1

Clark and Gates, T. Dennen (4); Daggett and Dumond

John Bapst 8, MDI 2

At Bangor’s Husson College, lefty Cole McElwain hurled five innings of four-hit, one-run ball, striking out five, and batterymate Brandon Gray drove in three runs with a pair of singles as John Bapst improved to 11-3. The only run off McElwain was unearned.

Zach Means’ third-inning sacrifice fly gave the Crusaders the lead for good and Gray’s two-run single highlighted a five-run fifth inning that cemented the win.

James Strout doubled and singled for John Bapst and Bryan Snyder and Zev Myerowitz chipped in with two singles and an RBI apiece.

B.J. Greenleaf had two base hits for MDI.

MDI (4-11) 010 001 0 – 2 5 4

John Bapst (11-3) 011 150 x – 8 10 5

Harkins, Diaz (6) and Mahaney; McElwain, Chapman (6), Tremble (7) and Gray

Lee 7, Penobscot Valley 4

At Howland, Jeremy Ham pitched a three-hitter and struck out 11, leading Lee to victory.

Matt Corbin hit two singles for the Pandas while Nate Dow and Andy Ham each had doubles.

For Penobscot Valley, Stu Morin and Cody Thompson each had an RBI double.

Lee Acad. (13-1) 003 040 0 – 7 5 3

Penobscot Valley (6-6) 031 000 0 – 4 3 2

Ham and Currie; Morin and Champion

Old Town 13, Brewer 12

At Old Town, Ben Clark hit a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth to put the Indians in the lead and give them the win.

Chris Rand had an RBI on two singles while Brian Goody had two singles.

For Brewer, Jason Work hit three singles for three RBIs and Joe Griffin knocked in two on two singles. Joel Barrett and Zac Bouzan-Kaloustian added two singles each.

Brewer (9-5) 702 002 1 -12 14 4

Old Town (8-6) 140 125 x -13 9 4

Barrett, Knight (5), Caldwell (6), Sutherland (6) and Griffin; Robbins, Graves (1), Young (6), Tewhey (7) and Cole

Mattanawcook 9, Stearns 5

At Lincoln, Andrew Kites hit three singles and had an RBI, helping lead Mattanawcook to the win.

Matt Malone had a two-run doubles and Fred Pete hit a single and a double for two RBIs. Delaney Wilkes and Steven Whitney each contributed two singles.

For Stearns of Millinocket, Matt Leino hit a two-run double and Adam Qualey and Dave Michaud each had a single and a run.

Stearns (10-4) 020 102 0 -5 6 2

Mattanawcook (10-2) 016 200 -9 14 5

Beaulieu, Rideout (4), Qualey (6) and Cummings; Crocker, F. Pete (6) and F. Pete, Whitney (6)

Katahdin 12, Schenck 2

At Sherman Station, Doug Atkinson earned the win by scattering four hits and aided his own cause with three singles and an RBI.

Doug Rodgerson tripled, singled and drove in two runs for the winners, Travis Robinson had a single and two RBIs and Mike Lane doubled.

Jared Desantis notched an RBI single for Schenck of East Millinocket.

Schenck (1-11) 001 100 0 – 2 4 2

Katahdin (4-8) 002 550 0 – 12 10 2

Hamlini and Albert; Atkinson and Stevens

Softball

Central 19, Piscataquis 15

At Corinth, Central was outslugged 14-11 in the hits category, but the Red Devils won thanks to errorless ball and a four-run sixth inning.

Jen Allen and Meghan Simons led the Devils with two singles apiece. Simons had four RBIs and Allen had three. Terri Underhill had a triple, a single, and two RBIs, Amy Shaw a double and single, and Jess Kaelin had two singles and one RBI.

Bethany Wentworth had a triple, three singles and three RBIs for Piscataquis of Guilford. Greta Korsman had three singles and two RBIs while Alice White hit three singles.

Piscataquis (4-9) 300 371 1 – 15 14 6

Central (6-9) 423 424 x – 19 11 0

Korsman and Hanscome; Smith, Stinson (6) and Bell

Bangor 10, Nokomis 2

At Newport, Shelby Soohey spun a six-hitter, striking out four and walking two, and Megan Huckins hit four singles and drove in a run to power the Rams.

Rachel Dube had two singles and two RBIs for the winners and Soohey helped her cause with a two-run single and RBI fielder’s choice.

Nicole Palmer tripled and singled and had an RBI for Nokomis and Kaycea Grignon singled twice.

Bangor (12-2) 013 105 0 – 10 10 0

Nokomis (5-9) 000 000 2 – 2 6 7

Soohey and Dube; Murray and Randlett

Hermon 30, Foxcroft Acad. 8

At Dover-Foxcroft, Krystal Terrill drove in five runs on a triple, a double and two singles as the Hawks rolled to a win shortened to five innings by the 12-run rule.

Kristen Hart added three singles and a double and knocked in four for Hermon while Taren Macdonald added a double and two singles.

Leigh Cartwright smacked a home run, a triple and a single and knocked in two runs for the Ponies.

Hermon (6-7) 18(13) 44 – 30 24 2

Foxcroft Acad. (2-12) 001 07 – 8 8 12

Macdonald and Reynolds; Boudreau and Sands

Georges Valley 16, Mtn. Valley 4

At Thomaston, Rachel Campbell’s solo homer, Amanda Dinsmore’s RBI double and Tina Brown’s run-scoring single keyed a five-run third inning that broke a 4-4 tie.

Dinsmore had three singles to go with her double and drove in two runs; Campbell had two singles to go with her homer; Lexie Harjula drove in two runs with a triple and a single and Rachel Strong had two singles and an RBI as did Crystal Rogers.

Freshman righty Lindsey Barlow scattered six hits over five innings with eight strikeouts and one walk.

Amy Zadakis’ two singles and Danielle Byrd’s triple led Mountain Valley of Rumford.

Mountain Valley (5-6) 202 00 – 4 6 2

Georges Valley (6-5) 225 52 – 16 17 3

Nicoles and Drinkhuth; Barlow and Strong

John Bapst 12, MDI 5

At Bangor’s Husson College, senior righthander Anna Sleeper fashioned a five-hitter, striking out five and walking four, and Annie Levenson-Falk hit a two-run triple as John Bapst avenged an extra-inning loss.

Levenson-Falk’s triple came during a three-run second inning that expanded a 3-2 lead.

Ashley Cluff had two singles and three RBIs for John Bapst and Levenson-Falk had a single to go with her triple.

Caroline Woodworth had two singles and two RBIs for Mount Desert Island.

MDI (7-7) 110 300 0 – 5-5-2

John Bapst (6-8) 333 210 x – 12 10 1

Boisvert, Barker (5) and Daugherty; Sleeper and Novack

Belfast 7, Lincoln Acad. 1

At Belfast, sophomore righthander Morgan Crandall fired a no-hitter, striking out 13 and walking three, and she also belted a two-run triple in the seven-run first-inning rally to pace the Lions.

Melissa Gray had a pair of singles for the winners and Melissa Brown contributed a two-run single.

Lincoln Ac. (5-9) 000 010 0 – 1 0 1

Belfast (7-7) 700 000 x – 7 6 1

Hagar and Pitcher; Crandall and Gray

Mattanawcook 24, Stearns 4

At Lincoln, senior righty Kari Vance threw a three-hitter, striking out eight and walking two, and she also figured in a 20-hit attack with two triples and three RBIs.

Cassie Carver and Carly Mansur had two-run singles in a seven-run first inning that sent undefeated Mattanawcook Academy on its way to its 14th win.

Brandi Rideout had four singles and three RBIs for the Lynx; Carver had three singles and three RBIs; Mansur had a double to go with her single and Chelsea McCafferty and Desirae Haines had two singles and two RBIs apiece.

Jordan Legassey tripled for Stearns and Brandi Michaud and Jacquelyn Caverly added singles.

Stearns (4-10) 010 03 – 4 3 6

Mattanawcook (14-0) 705 (12)x – 24 20 6

MacKenzie and Fournier; Vance and Whitney

Lee 15, Penobscot Valley 1

At Howland, Ashley Linscott and Jessie Kuester both had two singles, helping lead Lee.

Kristen Bird, Katie Harris and Desiree Mac Donald all pounded out two singles for the Eagles.

For Penobscot Valley, Sharon Drost and Erika Coyle each hit two singles.

Lee 420 513 -15 20 2

Penobscot Valley 100 000 – 1 8 5

Harris and Ham; Cyr and Colbath

Brewer 4, Old Town 1

At Old Town, Sherri Capponi pitched a one-run three-hitter, striking out nine and walking only one, helping Brewer defeat Old Town.

Katie Freeman hit a double and single while Emily McLaughlin and Jenny Higgins each had two singles.

Mary Randall had an RBI single for Old Town and Meghan King and Emily Ouellette both singled.

Brewer (10-3) 000 010 3 – 4 8 0

Old Town (11-3) 000 000 1 – 1 3 4

Capponi and Wing; Metivier and King

Katahdin 17, Schenck 10

At Sherman Station, Michaelene Duffy had two home runs and four runs in batted in to lead the Cougars past the Wolverines.

Lacey Willett also homered and had two singles and four runs batted in while Angie Qualey had three singles and Megan Libby singled twice for Katahdin.

Beth Chasse had three singles to lead Schenck of East Millinocket. Jessica Day and Rihana Porter each added two singles.

Schenck (6-7) 001 161 1 – 10 9 4

Katahdin (11-3) 332 360 x – 17 14 7

Farrington and Sherwood; Mi. Libby, Me. Libby (5) and Duffy

Limestone 12, Fort Kent 0

At Fort Kent, Sara Bernier drove in two runs on two singles, leading Limestone/Maine School of Science and Mathematics to the win.