Patriots outlast Dexter in eight Hamlin leads Penquis past Tigers

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MILO – Jean Hamlin scored the game-winning run from third base on Amanda Martin’s fielder’s choice groundout with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Penquis Patriots to a 7-6 softball victory over Dexter Friday.

Penquis came back from a four-run deficit and scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. Arielle Sickler and Ashley McMahon each had RBI hits in the inning.

Hamlin finished the game with a double and scored three runs. McMahon led Penquis of Milo with two singles and an RBI and Sickler added an RBI double. Dani Graves struck out nine batters.

Karen Nelson struck out 11 batters for the Tigers. Amanda Pullen had three singles and two RBIs for Dexter. Brittany Veazie added two singles and scored twice.

Dexter (7-3) 000 231 00 – 6 7 3

Penquis (4-6) 100 104 01 – 7 6 2

Nelson and McGowen; Graves and Sickler

Presque Isle sweeps Nokomis

At Presque Isle, the Wildcats managed to pull out two tough wins over the Warriors 4-2 and 2-1.

In the first game, Marigan Bishop’s one-out pinch-hit single in the seventh inning drove in the winning run. Ashley Putnam drove in the Wildcats’ first run of the game.

Tina Turner had a double and a single to lead Nokomis of Newport.

In the second game, Melissa Pelletier returned to action for the first time since breaking her knuckles in a preseason accident. Pelletier promptly had the big blow in Presque Isle’s three-run fifth inning when she slammed an RBI double.

Lauren Williams had a double, single, and an RBI, while Putnam singled twice and scored a run for Presque Isle.

Michelle Murray had a double and two singles for the Warriors, Kaycea Grignon had a pair of singles and an RBI, Tina Turner singled twice, and Darcy Hopling had two singles, an RBI, and scored a run.

(First game)

Nokomis 000 001 0 – 1 7 1

Presque Isle 000 100 1 – 2 5 1

Farhham and Welch; Grenier and Belden

(Second game)

Nokomis (3-5) 001 000 1 – 2 11 1

Presque Isle (4-5) 000 100 1 – 2 5 1

Murray and Welch; Grenier and Belden

Orono 12, Foxcroft Academy 8

At Orono, led by Michelle Benoit’s nine strikeouts and Molly Dupere’s four RBIs, the Red Riots picked up their first win of the season in a battle of winless teams.

Dupere finished with three doubles and four RBIs. Dupere’s two-run double in the bottom of the second sparked a five-run inning as Orono took a 5-0 lead. Amie Thomas added three singles and two RBIs and Chelsea Sherman had two singles and two RBIs.

Lauren Snow added a single, a double, and an RBI for the Ponies, while Mandi Murray added two singles and an RBI.

Foxcroft Academy (0-9) 000 242 0 – 8 7 5

Orono (1-8) 051 420 x – 12 15 3

Boudreau and Allen; Benoit and Thomas

George Stevens 13, Sumner 1

At Blue Hill, Nickie Boutin led George Stevens Academy with a double and a single with a RBI. Sarah Clapp had a pair of hits with two RBI and Nikki Keniston hit a two-run single.

Megan Ruhlin had a single and knocked in Sumner’s only run. Rachel Philio had their other hit.

Sumner (1-10) 001 00 – 1 2 5

George Stevens (8-3) 211 45 – 13 8 0

Ruhlin and Robinson; Conley, Clapp (5) and Grindle

Old Town 3, MDI 2

At Old Town, Sarah Metivier outdueled Alicia Boisvert and the Indians edged the visiting Trojans.

Metivier had nine strikeouts and no walks in a two-hitter. The winning run came home in the fifth when Meghan King led off with a triple and scored on Emily Richard’s groundout. Renee Thibodeau singled twice for Old Town.

Bracey Barker hit an RBI double and Jessie Norwood had an RBI single for Mount Desert Island.

MDI (3-6) 000 200 0 – 2 2 1

Old Town (9-2) 000 210 0 – 3 5 1

Boisvert and Daugherty; Metivier and King

Belfast 14, Camden Hills 2

At Belfast, the Lions scored 11 runs in the first two innings and Morgan Crandall struck out nine batters in the win.

Crandall did not walk a batter and allowed one earned run two days after throwing a no hitter against Maine Central Institute. Melissa Gray led the Lions with four singles and two RBIs and Melissa Brown had three singles and three RBIs. Sara Flagg added two doubles and three RBIs and Kate Ross had a two-run triple.

Becky McCrohan had an RBI single to lead Camden Hills.

Camden Hills (2-8) 001 01 – 2 4 1

Belfast (7-3) 560 03 – 14 13 3

Ellis, Kelley (3) and Stein; Crandall and Gray

Searsport 6, Central 0

At East Corinth, Tara Webster struck out 12 and held Central scoreless.

Nicole Shute had a pair of singles. Webster also had two singles. Mo Hall hit two singles and had two RBIs for Searsport.

Jenny Rollins hit two singles for Central.

Searsport (8-1) 000 221 1 – 6 8 0

Central (6-5) 000 000 0 – 0 4 3

Webster and Seekins; Smith and Daniel

Stearns 13, Schenck 9

At Millinocket, Holly Franck’s two-run homer highlighted an eight-run second inning for the Minutemen.

Casey Popp had an RBI double in the second and also collected three singles for Stearns. Jessica Jandreau hit a double and two singles, Franck also had a double, and winning pitcher Kristina Mackenzie added a double and single.

Heather Duprey led the Wolverines of East Millinocket with a pair of doubles, Jessica Day had a double and single, and Beth Chasse posted two singles.

Schenck (4-8) 000 520 2 – 9 10 3

Stearns (7-4) 081 310 x – 13 14 2

Farrington and Chasse; Mackenzie and Michaud

Narraguagus 9, Woodland 0

At Woodland, Ashley Woodward struck out 15 and allowed only one walk and two hits for Narraguagus.

Missy Barbee hit three singles and Woodward added a two-run single. Mary Eva Tenan had two singles and a RBI. Heather Fitzpatrick also had two singles and a RBI.

Megan Lord and Katie Holmes had Woodland’s only two hits.

Narraguagus (9-1) 022 200 3 – 9 12 1

Woodland (7-3) 000 000 0 – 0 2 5

Woodward and Strout; Smith and Vose

Fort Fairfield 18, Limestone 9

At Limestone, Terri Lynch tripled, doubled, singled, and drove in four runs to power the Tigers by the Eagles.

Brittney Guio chipped in with three singles and Brooke McCrum and Dani Searles each doubled and singled for the winners. Kelly Sayers, Ashlee Bubar, and Ellie Arato each added two singles.

Erica Bickford doubled, singled, and drove in three runs for the Eagles. Lindsey Beaulieu and Ashley Brooker each added two singles.

Fort Fairfield (9-0) 014 470 2 – 18 17 2

Limestone (3-4) 010 320 3 – 9 9 5

Bubar and Arato, Gould (7); Michaud and St. Pierre

Baseball

Mount View 10, Rockland 9

At Thorndike, with two outs in the seventh, Howard Whitcomb hit a triple. Marc McCorrison hit a ground ball to the short stop where he threw an error to allow Whitcomb to score the winning run.

Whitcomb hit a triple and a single with one RBI. Chris Carman had a two-run home run and a double.

Mike Curtis hit a triple and a single. Casey Keniston had a pair of singles and a RBI. Parker Tootill hit two singles and a RBI. Wade Oliver had two singles for Rockland.

Rockland (7-3) 101 140 2 – 9 10 2

Mount View (3-7) 301 060 1 – 10 10 3

Ross, Dole (6) and LaBree; Carman and Lewis

Presque Isle sweeps doubleheader

At Presque Isle, the Wildcats swept both ends of Friday’s doubleheader against Nokomis of Newport 13-12 in eight innings in the first game and 11-6 in the second game.

Aaron Keirstead’s one-out fielder’s choice RBI in the bottom of the eighth inning in game one led Presque Isle over the Warriors.

The Warriors had trailed by six runs heading into the sixth inning, but a solo home run by Josh Bile and a two-run shot by Brendan Gee in the sixth inning, along with Gee’s RBI single that erased a one-run deficit in the seventh, helped Nokomis stay alive.

Keirstead led the Wildcats in game one with three doubles, a single and two RBIs. He added a single and a double in game two. Kyle Gagnon pitched the first six innings of game one and returned to pitch the eighth inning. He struck out seven batters.

Gee finished with four singles, a home run and two RBIs in game one and two doubles in game two for Nokomis. Bile finished with a single and a solo home run in game one and two singles and an RBI in game two.

Fred Bird earned the win for the Wildcats in game two, striking out four batters and allowing one walk. He also hit singles to knock in three runs in game two and had two doubles, a single, and three RBIs in game one.

(First Game)

Nokomis (0-5) 330 005 10 – 12 15 4

Presque Isle (3-6) 113 430 01 -13 18 7

M. Jacque, E. Jacque (5) and MacKenzie; gagnon, Labway (7), Gagnon (8) and Clark

(Second Game)

Nokomis (0-6) 000 240 0 – 6 10 6

Presque Isle (4-6) 301 520 X – 11 9 1

Veazie, Stepenson (6)and MacKenzie; Bird and Clark

Dexter 18, Penquis 6

At Milo, Matt Mountain hit a three-run home run in the first inning for Dexter.

Adam Russell had a pair of doubles and a single with four RBIs. Ross Morrison hit three singles and had three RBIs.

Jordan Allen had a double and a single with three RBIs for Penquis.

Dexter (6-4) 772 11 – 18 17 3

Penquis (3-8) 103 02 – 6 6 7

Day, Crane (3) and Stone; Allen, Wooton (2), Webb (4) and Marillo, Sally (3)

Greenville 12, Forest Hills 2

At Greenville, the Lakers’ Derek Boucher and Forest Hills’ Jason Nadeau each pitched a complete game and struck out seven batters, but Boucher received 10 more runs of support to secure the win.

Tyler Muzzy led Greenville with two singles and Richard Folsom added a triple in the win. Roger Paradise had two singles for the Tiger and Rob Forge added a single in the loss.

Forest Hills 101 000 – 2 4 3

Greenville 503 400 – 12 6 2

Nadeau and Achey; Boucher and Aucoin

Searsport 19, Central 19

At East Corinth, the game was called in the ninth inning due to darkness.

Derrike Mercier hit a two-run home run, a double, two singles, and had four RBIs. Spencer Garton had a two-run homer and a double with three RBIs. Jerod Kronholm had three singles and a double with three RBIs for Searsport.

James Gray hit two singles, two doubles, a triple and three RBIs. Matt Libby had three singles with three RBIs. Rob Girban hit a pair of singles and a double with four RBIs.

Searsport (6-1-1) 300 344 140 – 19 16 11

Central (6-4-1) 303 025 240 – 19 18 10

Dakin, Johnson (7), Dakin (9) and Mercier; Gray, S. Strout (6), Brown (7), Gray (8) and M. Strout, Kane (6)

GSA 15, Sumner 9

At Blue Hill, Chris Sargent’s five RBIs led the Eagles to their ninth win of the season.

Sargent had two singles and two doubles for five RBIs, including a two-run double in the fourth inning that helped George Stevens Academy capture the lead for good. Hans Rueter added a double and a solo home run for the Eagles of Blue Hill and Jed Garvey had two singles and a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth. Mark Clapp led of the game with a home run for George Stevens Academy.

Justin Winslow had two RBI singles for Sumner and Blake Alley hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning. Jay Huber had three singles in the loss.

GSA (4-7) 204 003 0 – 9 11 2

Sumner (9-2) 201 453 X – 15 13 1

Renwick, Johnson (4), Alley (5) and Winslow; bates, Yurchick (2), Hilts (7) and Candage.