BUCKSPORT – Righthander Alex Yeats threw a six-hitter, striking out four and walking one, as Bucksport blanked Coastal 2-0 in an ages 15-16 District 1 Little League Baseball tournament elimination game Sunday.
Coastal had beaten Bucksport 4-2 Saturday in the opener of the three-team, double-elimination tournament before Ellsworth beat Coastal 6-4 in the second game.
Bucksport will face Ellsworth at 5 p.m. Monday and, if Bucksport wins, there will be a 5 p.m. championship game on Tuesday.
All of the tournament games are at Bucksport.
In Sunday’s game, Bucksport scored the game’s only runs without the benefit of a hit in the fifth inning. Three walks and an infield error produced the runs.
Yeats doubled and singled for Bucksport and Louden Jellison singled twice.
Rob Haskell singled twice for Coastal and pitcher Ben Hardie struck out two and walked three while spacing five hits in a route-going performance.
On Saturday, Brian Ciomei tossed a four-hitter, striking out six and walking three, and he had an RBI single in a four-run seventh inning that erased a 2-0 deficit.
Hardie had a two-run single to key the rally.
Nick Swanson had two singles for Bucksport.
In the second game, Ellsworth managed just one hit but capitalized on 10 walks and three Coastal errors.
Rick Trombley had a two-run single in a four-run second inning that wiped out a 2-0 deficit and gave Ellsworth the lead for good.
Matt Homich went the distance for the win, allowing seven hits with six strikeouts and four walks.
Lance Gail and Collin Ciomei had two singles each for Coastal.
(First Game)
Coastal (1-0) 000 000 4 – 4 8 2
Bucksport (0-1) 001 100 0 – 2 4 2
B. Ciomei and Gail; Swanson, Wardwell (6), Maguire (7) and Cooke
(Second Game)
Coastal (1-1) 021 000 1 – 4 7 3
Ellsworth (1-0) 040 002 x – 6 1 4
C. Ciomei, Gail (6), Hardie (6), Haskell (7) and Gail, Haskell (6), Gail (6)
(Third Game)
Coastal (1-2) 000 000 0 – 0 6 3
Bucksport (1-1) 000 020 0 – 2 5 1
Hardie and Gail; Yeats and Jellison
District 3 Baseball, 9-10
Bangor East 13, Bangor West 11
At Millinocket Sunday, Bangor East climbed into the driver’s seat with a win over their cross-town rivals.
Brendan Moore and Dylan Harnish each singled twice for the East while Justin Scripture added a double.
For the West, Tyler LaPlante led with a double and two singles. Carl Farnham and Wyatt Frost each doubled and singled. Josh Landry hit an RBI double.
Bangor East (2-0) 501 520 – 13 9 6
Bangor West (2-1) 410 006 -11 11 10
Stewart, Szewczyk (6) and Howard; Farnham and W. Frost
Brewer 13, Holbrook 7
At Millinocket Sunday, Tyler White struck out 12 batters and pitched a five-hitter to lead Brewer to the elimination game victory.
Brewer had only two hits (singles by Ian Forrest and Tyler White), but took advantage of 15 walks and one hit batter.
Mark Proulx and Dylan Cyr singled twice for Holbrook. Shawn Curran singled in a run.
Holbrook (1-2) 001 510 – 7 5 2
Brewer (2-1) 250 24x – 13 2 2
Cossette, Nelson (2) and Chapman, Cossette (3); White and Boothby
Hermon 12, Katahdin 2
At Millinocket Sunday, Dean Watson pitched a three-hitter and his teammates backed him with a 10-hit attack to eliminate Katahdin.
Tyler Fournier hit a three-run inside-the-park home run in the second and singled for Hermon. William Perkins doubled and singled. Kevin Frederick had two singles and Derek Archer doubled.
J.J. Conary tripled and Brandon Landry had an RBI single for Katahdin.
Katahdin (1-2) 002 0 – 2 3 5
Hermon (3-1) 253 2 – 12 10 1
Landry, Savage (3) and Conary; Watson and Frederick
Hamp.-Nwbrgh 10, Old Town 0
At Millinocket Sunday, John Pond pitched a one-hitter, struck out seven batters and issued four walks.
Cameron Libbey, Ben Clark and Erik Lee each singled twice for Hampden-Newburgh. Cooper Antone doubled.
Lucas Baillergeron’s single in the second inning was the lone Old Town hit.
Old Town (1-1) 000 0 – 0 1 7
Hampden-Newburgh (2-0) 152 2 – 10 9 1
Baillergeron and Boucher; Pond and Hoffman
Brewer 5, Orono-Veazie 2
At Millinocket Saturday, Ryan Boothby allowed six hits and struck out 10 batters to help eliminate Orono-Veazie.
Kyle Alexander and Tyler White each singled twice for Brewer.
Cam Dwyer and Tyler Eddy each singled twice for Orono-Veazie.
Orono-Veazie (1-2) 010 010 – 2 6 6
Brewer (1-1) 230 000 – 5 7 2
Storgaard and Cota; Boothbay and White
District 3 Baseball, 11-12
Orono-Veazie 6, Hampden 2
At Orono, Daisuke Ozaki hit a double and single to drive in two runs and help lead Orono-Veazie past Hampden.
Adam Leadbetter had two singles with three RBIs for Orono-Veazie. Dan Lesser and Shane Hass each singled twice.
Ryan McClesky and Zach Frish both had two singles for Hampden and Greg O’Donell doubled.
Orono-Veazie (3-1) 002 022 – 6 10 2
Hampden (2-2) 002 000 – 2 9 0
Carr, Ozaki (3) and Weatherbee; Lindeman, Clark (6) and Burditt
District 3 Baseball, 13-14
Hampden 2, Glenburn 1
At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Tyler Miles tossed a five-hitter, striking out 13 and walking one, and Brennan Perry squeezed home Ethan Jean in the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie.
Jean had reached on an error and stolen second and third.
Nolan Turner had an RBI single for Hampden, the winners’ only hit off Jon Gagnon.
Gagnon struck out 11 and walked two. Both runs off him were unearned.
Tim Kennerson had two singles for Glenburn and Derik Helms had an RBI single.
Hampden (4-1) 000 001 1 – 2 1 2
Glenburn (2-2) 100 000 0 – 1 5 3
Miles and Perry; Gagnon and Spencer
District 3 Softball, 11-12
Bangor 14, Orono-Veazie 3
At Old Town Saturday, Eliza Estabrook allowed just three runs on three hits and two walks while striking out seven to help Bangor to the win.
Taylor Lewis had two doubles for Bangor. Meagan Doucette hit two singles and Michaela White doubled.
Denanlo Grahm doubled for Orono-Veazie.
Bangor (1-0) 0(14)0 0 – 14 8 1
Orono-Veazie (0-1) 120 0 – 3 3 0
Estabrook and Whitney; White, Bates (2), Tuell (2) and Dwyer
Lincoln 14, Old Town 9
At Old Town Saturday, Tayla Trask allowed only four hits and struck out 15 to help push Lincoln to the victory.
Rianne Gardner had four singles for Lincoln. Jessica Fortin hit two doubles and a single and Amber Ricci singled twice.
Hannah Morin doubled for Old Town.
Lincoln (1-0) 162 203 – 14 13 0
Old Town (0-1) 001 530 – 9 4 1
Trask and Libby; Morin, Hussey (2), Leland (2) and Singer
Bangor 20, Glenburn 3
At Old Town Sunday, Maria Cassum hit a triple and a single to help push Bangor past Glenburn.
Taylor Lewis and Julie Clifford each had two singles for Bangor. Meagan Doucette and Hilary Throckmorton both doubled.
Alexis Casey and Amanda Wakeling each singled.
Bangor (2-0) 5(11)3 1 – 20 9 3
Glenburn (0-1) 111 0 – 3 2 5
Lewis and Whitney; Thibodeau-Harvey and Bragg
Old Town 12, Orono-Veazie 10
At Old Town Sunday, Julie Guay and Amy Cossar each doubled and singled to help push Old Town past Orono-Veazie.
Whitney Leland had three singles for Old Town and Hannah Morin singled twice.
Elizabeth Fox had three singles and a double for Orono-Veazie. Jillian Tuell hit two doubles and a single and Kelsey Cota added a triple and a single.
Orono-Veazie (0-2) 051 211 – 10 18 1
Old Town (1-1) 320 16x – 12 11 5
Bates and Dwyer; Lonko and Singer
District 3 Softball, 13-14
Hampden 7, Old Town 5
At Hampden, righthander Michelle Wells threw a six-hitter, striking out 10 and walking four, and Hampden capitalized on 16 walks to win the District 3 championship and a berth in the state tourney in two weeks in Biddeford.
Wells and Eva Shannon had two singles apiece for the winners and Kasey Belcher’s run-scoring fielder’s choice in the sixth broke a 4-4 tie and gave Hampden the lead for good.
Ashley Goodwin had two singles for Old Town and Jenna Winegardner had a two-run single.
Hampden (2-0) 001 121 2 – 7 7 3
Old Town (0-2) 000 400 1 – 5 6 1
Wells and Gott; Campbell, Brown (5) and Morin
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