December 23, 2024
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Brewer top seed for Zone 1 tournament

The weekend’s final slate of American Legion baseball regular season action settled the six playoff spots and postseason pairings for Zone 1.

The Brewer Falcons are the top overall seed and winner of the South division with a 21-1 record, one of the best regular season marks in zone history, and will play No. 6 seed and third-place North team Calais (10-12) when the zone playoffs begin at Mansfield Stadium Thursday at noon.

The rest of the seedings are as follows: North champ and No. 2 overall seed Bangor (14-8) will play No. 5 seed and second place north team Lincoln (13-9) at 4 p.m., No. 3 seed and south runner-up Trenton (14-8) will take on No. 4 seed and third-place south team Penquis (13-9) at 8 p.m.

Bangor received the No. 2 seeding despite splitting two regular season games with Trenton by virtue of winning its division. Had the tie-breaking procedure been needed, Bangor would still have been the No. 2 seed on points thanks to being the only team to beat Brewer. The tie between Penquis and Lincoln was broken by head-to-head records as Penquis beat Lincoln in both meetings.

Trenton 6, Calais 4

At Calais Sunday, Travis Tripp hit an RBI single in the top of the eighth inning to give the Acadians the edge.

Kyle Shea had two singles and two RBIs for Trenton. Dustin Young had two singles, while Garrett Hardison and Nick Henry each hit a solo home run.

James MacDonald hit a double and two singles for Calais, while Steve Colbeth added a home run and a single. James Ramsdell singled twice.

Trenton (15-7) 001 110 120 – 6 9 3

Calais (11-11) 200 010 010 – 4 10 0

Gott, Tripp (9) and Candage; Malone, Pike (6) and Ramsdell

Bangor 10, Penquis 4

At Bangor, Alex Means had a double, a single, and two RBIs while Nick Larochelle added two RBI singles to help carry Bangor past Penquis Sunday.

Tyler Jellison added two singles and two RBIs, while Brian Hackett and Jessefa Murphy had two singles apiece.

Eric Day led Penquis with a triple and a single for three RBIs, while James Strout had two singles and an RBI. Jason Weymouth singled twice.

Penquis (13-9) 000 003 010 – 4 9 7

Bangor (14-8) 006 011 200 – 10 14 1

Gray, Freedman (3), Day (7) and Kane; Josh Heath, Chapman (8) and Dowe, Worster 8

Brewer sweeps Lincoln

At Millinocket Saturday, Zach Bouzan-Kaloustian hit a leadoff single in the seventh inning and scored the game-winning run on a Jason Harvey double to give Brewer the 6-4 win in the first game. Brewer won the second game 9-1.

In the first game, Harvey hit a two-run home run and an RBI double for Brewer. Kevin McAvoy had a two-run homer in the third inning, and Bouzan-Kaloustian hit three singles.

Matt Leino had three singles with an RBI for the Lumber, and Matt Wark doubled and singled.

In the second game, Harvey hit two doubles and a single to drive in three runs for the Falcons, and Kevin Kotredes had three singles. Bouzan-Kaloustian, Jake Knight, and Kyle Dalton each had a pair of singles.

Matt Barnett doubled for Lincoln and Tyler Gardner had an RBI single.

(First Game)

Brewer 202 000 2 – 6 8 2

Lincoln 003 010 0 – 4 8 1

Moran and Boober; Malone and Whitney

(Second Game)

Brewer (21-1) 320 111 1 – 9 14 2

Lincoln (13-9) 000 000 1 – 1 4 2

Gomm, Wentworth (7) and Robishaud; Bouchard, Thompson (6) and Barnett

Bangor sweeps Old Town-Orono

At Old Town Saturday, Bangor won both games of a doubleheader against Old Town-Orono 1-0, and 14-2.

In the first game, Nick Larochelle hit an RBI single in the top of the fourth to give Bangor the win and Josh Young pitched a three-hit shutout, with 10 strikeouts and only one walk. P.J. Dowe added a double for Bangor.

Ryan Brown allowed only one run and four hits for Old Town-Orono while striking out 10 batters. Bo Thomas doubled.

In the second game, Nick Larochelle hit two singles and a triple and Brian Hackett had three singles for Bangor. Alex Means added two singles while Young and Dowe hit a double apiece.

Jeff Miller led Old Town-Orono with a single and a double while Brown hit a double.

(First Game)

Bangor 000 100 0 – 1 4 0

Old Town-Orono 000 000 0 – 0 3 2

Young and Dowe; Brown and Thomas

(Second Game)

Bangor (15-8) 203 204 3 – 14 12 1

Old Town-Orono (7-14) 000 020 0 – 2 8 6

Nason and Worster; Russell, Thibodeay (4), Goody (6) and Thomas, Estes (7)

Orono-Old Town 6, Waldo 3

At Bangor Sunday, Mike Violette and Ryan Brown each hit three singles to help lead Orono-Old Town past Waldo.

Nick Arthers led Waldo with a double, a single and an RBI. Tom Dennen hit two singles while Brendan Gardner, Jesse Rogers and Chris Hubbard added a single apiece.

Orono-OT (8-14) 000 012 030 – 6 8 2

Waldo (8-14) 100 010 100 – 3 11 1

Goody, Russell (8) and Levesque, Goody (8); Clark, Arthers (8) and Hermon

Hampden, Waldo split

At Hampden, Chris Pease struck out 10 and walked one to help Hampden to a 7-4 win in the first game on Saturday. Waldo took the second game 9-7.

In the first game, John Higgins tripled and singled with a RBI for Hampden. Chris Pease hit a double and a single to drive in two runs and Brian McGinley had a two-run single.

Jamie Potvin hit three singles with a RBI for Waldo and Kenton Spaulding had a RBI single.

In the second game, Spaulding hit a pair of singles to knock in two runs for Waldo. Jason Rogers doubled and Devin Potvin had two singles.

Blaine Meehan doubled and singled with two RBIs for Hampden. Ian Lee had a single and a double with a RBI and Chris Pease had a RBI double in the seventh inning.

(First Game)

Waldo 100 010 2 – 4 7 1

Hampden 031 003 x – 7 9 3

Gardner, Johnson (5) and D. Potvin; Pease and McGinley

(Second Game)

Waldo (9-13) 121 050 0 – 9 7 4

Hampden (4-18) 102 010 3 – 7 11 5

Johnson and Denning; Farley, Curran (2), Huntley (5), Higgins (7) and Webb


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