December 22, 2024
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

Bangor is tourney’s top seed

Bangor will be the top seed when the American Legion Zone 1 tournament opens play Thursday.

Bangor, which won a one-game playoff against Brewer Sunday, finished the regular season with a 20-3 record. Bangor beat Brewer 11-2 in a game in Hampden, which was necessary because both Bangor and Brewer had 19-3 records after play wrapped up Saturday.

Brewer (19-4) will be the No. 2 seed.

The six-team tournament will open at Mansfield Stadium at noon with Bangor facing No. 6 Lincoln (11-11). Brewer will face No. 5 Calais (12-10) at 4 p.m., followed by No. 3 Trenton (15-7) vs. No. 4 Penquis (13-9) at 8 p.m.

Play will continue Friday with games at noon, 4 and 8. There will be two games Saturday, which is a break from the traditional three games. Legion games will be played at 4 and 8 that day because a game between Red Sox alumni and the Bangor FireFighters which had been postponed from June was rescheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.

There will be at least two Legion games Sunday at Mansfield.

The winner and runner-up from each zone tournament moves on to the state tourney in August.

Bangor wins three

At Bangor, the Comrades swept Orono Saturday, 12-4 and 17-6 before beating Brewer 11-2 Sunday..

In Saturday’s first game, Alex Means had two singles and two RBIs for Bangor.

Brad Goody notched an RBI double and Ryan Levesque an RBI single for Orono.

In Saturday’s second game, Brian Hackett doubled, singled twice and plated three runs to spark Bangor. Mike LaRochelle had a double, single with two RBIs while Nick LaRochelle doubled and singled.

Adam Aucoin launched a two-run double for the Twins while Levesque had two singles with an RBI.

On Sunday, P.J. Dowe slammed a two-run homer while Nick LaRochelle singled twice, doubled and plated two runs for Bangor in the playoff.

Nate Hall had three singles with two RBIs while Young singled three times and plated a run.

Andy Patterson singled twice and drove in a pair for the Falcons.

(Saturday’s First Game)

Orono 200 100 1 – 4 6 5

Bangor 000 462 x – 12 10 3

Tardiff, Aucoin (4), Guerette (6) and Thomas; Cayford, Heath (4) and Hackett

(Saturday’s Second Game)

Orono (7-15) 031 002 0 – 6 6 5

Bangor (19-3) 305 603 x – 17 13 1

Thomas, Grenier (3), Gurette (5), Levesque (6) and Goody; Hackett and Eremta, Dowe (6)

(Sunday’s Game)

Bangor (20-3) 031 130 210 – 11 15 0

Brewer (19-4) 000 001 010 – 2 7 5

Nason and Dowe; Cushing, B. Davis (6), Nicknair (8) and Robideau

Trenton 10-11, Presque Isle 0-5

At Presque Isle Sunday, Collin Henry hit a home run and a single for three RBIs and a 10-0 win of the first game for Trenton. Trenton won the second game 11-5.

In the first game, Blake Wessel doubled and singled for the visitors.

In the second game, Mark Clapp and Cory Smith each singled twice for Trenton.

Kyle Larrabbee and Pete Gerardi both singled and doubled for Presque Isle. Tim Lyford had another two singles.

(First Game)

Trenton 511 300 0 – 10 9 0

Presque Isle 000 000 0 – 0 0 1

Hilts, Merrill (6) and Hines; Carter and Parsons, Scull (5)

(Second Game)

Trenton (15-7) 701 021 0 – 11 6 0

Presque Isle (4-18) 002 003 0 – 5 10 4

Henry, Asjes (4), Comei (6) and Wessel; Gerardi and Parsons

Calais, Penquis split

At Calais, Aaron Sullivan’s two-run double in the third helped Calais to a 6-5 victory over Penquis in the second game of a doubleheader. Penquis routed Calais in the first game, winning it 25-2.

In the first game, Penquis pounded out 23 hits while limiting Calais to three. Danny White led the winners with a triple, a double and two singles. Eric Day added a three-run homer and a single, and Ethan Annis hit four singles and drove in four runs. Starter Jason Weymouth struck out seven and allowed one hit in three innings.

Derek Maloney smacked a two-run triple and singled for Calais.

In the second game, Ben Maloney and Ryan McLey each hit two singles for Calais.

Day paced Penquis with an RBI triple and a double. Weymouth and James Gray each chipped in with an RBI single.

(First Game)

Penquis (12)09 040 0 – 25 23 1

Calais 000 200 0 – 2 3 4

Weymouth, Bowers (4), D. Kane (7) and J. Kane; McLey, Sullivan (2), Colbeth (3), Geel (5) and Ramsdell

(Second Game)

Penquis (13-9) 320 000 0 – 5 6 1

Calais (12-10) 033 000 x – 6 9 3

Day and Pullen; Colbeth and Je. Ramsdell, Ja. Ramsdell (2)

Hampden 6, Waldo 4

At Hampden, Chris Pease singled, doubled and scored two runs to lift Hampden.

Mike Brown singled twice and Eric Libby doubled for the winners.

James Cummings singled three times and drove in one run for Waldo. Paul Herman tripled and singled while Jake Rand doubled and singled.

Hampden (8-13) 000 230 010 – 6 7 1

Waldo (1-20) 100 000 102 – 4 11 4

Bart, Pease (7) and Brooks; Mayer, Rand (4), Gallant (7) and J. Cummings

Bay League

Montville wins two

At Belfast, Pasco Grove’s RBI single gave Montville the win in game two of their doubleheader, 10-9 over Blue Hill, after taking the first game 3-0.

In the second game, Ben Relyea singled four times and knocked in two runs for Montville.

Nate Hall hit two doubles plus a two-run homer, knocking in three runs and Josh Tripp added two singles and two RBIs.

Justin Harmon led Blue Hill with a two-run double. Derek Aywalt had two singles and two RBIs and John Lewendowski singled three times.

In the opener, Hall pitched a three-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts for Montville.

Relyea knocked a two-run homer and singled for the winners and Devin Potvin added an RBI single.

Aywalt doubled for Blue Hill.

(First Game)

Blue Hill 000 000 0 – 0 3 1

Montville 002 001 x – 3 6 2

Lindsay and Awalt; Hall and Potvin

(Second Game)

Blue Hill (6-8) 215 000 10 – 9 10 2

Montville (10-6) 340 110 01 – 10 14 4

Boles, Cole (6) and Byrd; Carman, O’Donnell (5) and Potvin

Aerus wins two

At Bangor, Tom Caldwell’s two-run single propelled Aerus to a 7-5 win in the second game of a doubleheader with Quirk Auto Park. Aerus took the opener 2-0.

In the first game, Brett Danforth stroked an RBI single for the winners. Zach Reed added a triple and Andy Treadwell a triple and single.

Andy Tremble, Aaron Largay, James Strout and Andy Ham all singled for Quirk.

In the second game, Matt Watson hit an RBI double and Dan Gage an RBI single to lead Aerus to the win.

Largay singled twice and plated a pair for Quirk. Tremble had two singles and scored twice while Adam Sheehan had two singles with an RBI.

(First Game)

Quirk 000 000 0 – 0 4 2

Aerus 100 001 x – 2 7 1

Tripp and Largay; Reed and Caldwell

(Second Game)

Quirk (9-6) 003 000 2 – 5 8 2

Aerus (11-4) 400 300 x – 7 4 1

Tlacella, Strout (1), Sheehan (6) and Prescott; Farnham and Gage


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