Unbeaten Ellsworth sweeps Ponies

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ELLSWORTH – Senior righthander Matt Homich pitched a one-hitter in the opener and freshman righty Pat Kelley threw a five-hitter in the second game as undefeated Ellsworth swept Foxcroft Academy 5-3 and 3-1 in a Penobscot Valley Conference Class B baseball doubleheader Saturday.

In the first game, Homich struck out 10, walked just one, and hit a two-run double to highlight Ellsworth’s four-run rally in the bottom of the fourth.

Homich finished with two doubles, while Nick Hunnewell doubled twice with two RBIs and Owen Harding and Greg Berry each singled twice.

Josh Pelletier had Foxcroft’s lone hit, a single in the fifth inning.

In the second game, Ellsworth left the bases loaded four times, but capitalized on 14 walks to earn the win.

Kelley struck out six batters and walked three on the mound for the Eagles.

Logan Forrest singled home Justin Freeman in the first inning to give Foxcroft a 1-0 lead.

Brad Allen’s sacrifice fly in the second inning tied the game, and Louden Jellison singled home Allen in the fourth with the go-ahead run.

Cory Smith doubled in the sixth and scored on a wild pitch.

Pelletier added a double for Foxcroft.

(First Game)

Foxcroft Academy 003 000 0 -3 1 0

Ellsworth 000 401 x -5 12 4

Freeman and Lancisi; Homich and Jellison

(Second Game)

Foxcroft Academy (4-4) 100 000 0 -1 5 2

Ellsworth (6-0) 010 101 x -3 2 0

Forrest, Croan (5) and Witham; Kelley and Jellison

Searsport 4-14, Central 3-1

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor, Matt Nickerson scored in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Tom Cameron single to give Searsport the 4-3 win over Central in the first game. Searsport took the second game 14-1.

In the first game, Nate Adams allowed just one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out 10 for Searsport. Cameron had three singles and a double with two RBIs and Caleb Ashey added two doubles and a single and two RBIs.

Tom Collins hit an RBI single for Central of Corinth and Brenden Wilson doubled.

In the second game, Matt Nickerson allowed one run on four hits and two walks while fanning eight for the Vikings.

Sean Johnson doubled twice to knock in three runs for Searsport and Cameron doubled and singled with three RBIs. Ashey had two singles and two RBIs and Nickerson singled twice.

Tyler Speed hit an RBI single in the first inning for the Red Devils.

(First Game)

Central 000 210 00 – 3 3 3

Searsport 000 030 01 – 4 11 2

Haney and Wilson; Adams and Ashey

(Second Game)

Searsport (5-3) 630 32 – 14 11 0

Central (5-3) 100 00 – 1 4 1

M. Nickerson and Ashey; Speed, Bell (4) and Wilson

Bucksport 9, John Bapst 5

At Bucksport, Joe Soper hit a two-run homer in the third inning and a double to help push Bucksport to victory.

Eddie Robbins had a double and two singles and scored three runs for Bucksport. Chris Maguire had two singles and two RBIs and Cam Wadleigh hit a two-run single.

Nick Hubbard had a double and two singles and scored twice for John Bapst of Bangor and Kyle Gallant hit a two-run single.

John Bapst (3-2) 001 000 4 – 5 6 5

Bucksport (5-1) 104 103 x – 9 10 2

Yates and Smith; Maguire, Bowden (7) and Wadleigh

Houlton 9, Calais 7

At Houlton, Aaron Fitzpatrick had two singles and drove in two runs to help lead Houlton past Calais.

Harry Austin added two doubles and an RBI for the Shiretowners.

Scott Geel hit two singles and had an RBI while Jamey Farley had a single with two RBIs for Calais.

Calais (5-3) 103 000 3 – 7 5 1

Houlton (5-1) 020 043 x – 9 8 7

Deacon, Waycott (5), Hall (6) and Rodgers; Cleary, Lewis (5) and Austin

Hermon, Presque Isle split

At Hermon, Travis Estes hit a game-ending grand slam in the fifth inning to lead Hermon past Presque Isle 13-0 in the first game. The Wildcats came back to win the second game 8-4.

In the first game, Derek Helms hit two RBI doubles for Hermon and Brady Hurd tripled and doubled. Brian Perry hit two singles and a double.

Logan York, Matt McGlinn, Bennett Cassidy, Luke Ireland and Chris Beaulieu singled for Presque Isle.

In the second game, York singled twice and drove in a run for Presque Isle and McGlinn doubled.

Estes and Perry hit back-to-back solo home runs in the second inning for Hermon.

(First Game)

Presque Isle 000 00 – 0 5 2

Hermon 230 35 – 13 15 1

Lamoureaux, Beaulieu (4) and Belanger; Pratt and Jalbert

(Second Game)

Presque Isle (4-3) 210 302 0 – 8 6 2

Hermon (4-3) 020 011 0 – 4 6 6

McGlinn and Belanger; Hurd, Berry (2), Perry (6) and Jalbert

Katahdin sweeps Bangor Chr.

At Stacyville, Cameron Cunningham allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 to lead Katahdin past Bangor Christian 5-2 in the first game. The Cougars won the second game 15-4.

In the first game, James Zabierk hit a two-run single for Katahdin. Patrick Willett hit an RBI double and Cunningham singled twice.

Phil Dougherty hit a two-run home run for Bangor Christian.

In the second game, Willett had three singles and two RBIs for the Cougars and Owen McCarthy added three singles and an RBI. Casey Savage had two singles and an RBI and Keith Anderson singled with three RBIs.

Jared Theriault paced Bangor Christian with two singles and two RBIs. Phil Dougherty hit an RBI double and Ignacio Bustos added an RBI single.

(First Game)

Bangor Chr. 200 000 0 – 2 4 7

Katahdin 100 310 x – 5 7 3

M. Dougherty and Hinkley; Cunningham and McCarthy

(Second Game)

Katahdin (6-1) 741 21 – 15 12 5

Bangor Chr. (3-4) 310 00 – 4 5 12

Zabierk, Kaye (2) and McCarthy; Phinney, P. Dougherty (1), Johnson (3) and Hinkley

Softball

Calais 22, Houlton 10

At Calais, Tessa Clark doubled twice and drove in four runs as the Blue Devils remained unbeaten.

Winning pitcher Stephanie Perry added a triple, two singles and three RBIs, while Lindsey Mingo singled twice with two RBIs and Darcy Gillespie added a solo home run.

Nikki Eastman led Houlton with two doubles and two singles, while Lainey Herring tripled, doubled and singled with two RBIs.

Calais (8-0) 652 000 9 -22 18 2

Houlton (3-3) 110 222 2 -10 10 9

Perry and Allen; Eastman and Harbison

Foxcroft 4-0, Ellsworth 3-20

At Ellsworth, Tasha Manning hit a solo home run and a grand slam and scored four times to lead Ellsworth past Foxcroft Academy 20-0 in the second game. The Ponies won the first game 4-3.

In the first game, Sami Hall singled and scored on an infield error in the seventh inning to give Foxcroft the win. Lindsay Chase and Kayla Clukey each singled and scored a run.

Emily Miller and Maggie Seavey each hit two singles and scored a run for Ellsworth.

In the second game, Catie Cravens allowed just one hit and walked none while striking out nine to earn the shutout win.

Maggie Seavey hit a two-run home run, the first of back-to-back homers with Manning. Emily Miller singled three times and scored four runs.

Lindsay Chase hit an infield single in the third inning for the Ponies.

(First Game)

Foxcroft 110 000 2 – 4 6 1

Ellsworth 000 120 0 – 3 6 3

Clukey and Rice; Miller and Seavey

(Second Game)

Foxcroft (2-5) 000 00 – 0 1 5

Ellsworth (4-2) 4(10)6 0x – 20 13 1

Hall, Clukey (1) and Rice; Cravens and Silsby

Narraguagus 16, East Grand 4

At Harrington, Alicia Tenney tripled and singled to drive in four runs and lead Narraguagus to victory.

Chelsey Baker doubled and singled with two RBIs for the Knights and Mandy Ostberg hit two singles and knocked in two runs. Haley Torrey had nine strikeouts.

Lacey Gilman and Cathy Lloyd each hit an RBI single for East Grand of Danforth.

East Grand (0-6) 001 21 – 4 3 4

Narraguagus (4-2) 056 5x – 16 11 4

Ray and Zaneldin; Torrey and Fickett

Bangor Chr. sweeps Katahdin

At Stacyville, Jillian French pitched a one-hit shutout with two walks while recording all 15 outs via strikeout to lead Bangor Christian to a 12-0 win over Katahdin in the first game. The Patriots won the second game 21-10.

In the first game, Christian Pelletier tripled and singled to knock in four runs for Bangor Christian. Karla Dearborn had two singles and an RBI and Jen Hutchins added two singles.

Chelsie Bates broke up the no-hitter in the third inning with a single for Katahdin.

In the second game, Hutchins hit a double and two singles for the Patriots. Dearborn and Pelletier each had three singles. Amber Leathers doubled and Kelly Miller hit two singles.

French had 11 strikeouts for 26 total in 12 innings pitched on the day.

Lindsay Albert hit a single and a two-run home run for the Cougars. Jasmine Pelletier, Kayla Stevens and Brooke Smallwood each had two singles.

(First Game)

Bangor Chr. 010 47 – 12 11 1

Katahdin 000 00 – 0 1 2

French and Leathers; Smallwood, Stevens (5) and Bates

(Second Game)

Katahdin (3-5) 000 415 0 – 10 10 4

Bangor Chr. (7-2) 1(12)0 035 x – 21 14 2

Stevens, Smallwood (2) an Pelletier; French and Leathers