December 20, 2024
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

Saunders leads Acadians past Lincoln 12-8 Trenton club off to 4-0 start

LINCOLN – Nick Saunders hit three doubles and a single and scored twice to lead Trenton to a 12-8 victory over Lincoln Lumber in an American Legion Zone 1 baseball game at Mattanawcook Academy on Sunday.

Adam Kaspala added two singles and three runs for the Acadians, while Josh Astbury singled twice with two RBIs and Nate Hines also singled twice in support of winning pitcher Caleb Hale.

Tyson Tash doubled twice, singled and scored twice for Lincoln. Cory Barnett doubled and singled with an RBI, while Garren Manzo, Mike Thibodeau and Andy Kay each singled twice.

Trenton (4-0) 404 211 000 – 12 13 6

Lincoln Lumber (1-1) 104 000 210 – 8 14 2

Hale, Dickinson (8) and Warrick; Tash, Harris (3), Kay (7) and Thibodeau

Penquis 16, Orono 1

At Dover-Foxcroft on Sunday, Nick Emery hit a grand slam in the first inning, an RBI double in the fourth inning and a two-run homer in the sixth inning to lead Penquis past Orono in a lightning/rain shortened game Sunday.

Josiah Richard hit two singles and drove in three runs for Penquis and Ian Champeon hit a two-run double.

Dan Beatham allowed one run on four hits and no walks while striking out two.

Jason Smith singled and scored for Orono.

Orono (0-4) 000 100 0 – 1 4 5

Penquis (2-1) 504 313 0 – 16 10 4

Fournier, Cross (4), LeBreton (6) and Perry, Leland (4); Beatham and Lancisi, Boone (4)

Motor City 7, Presque Isle 3

At Presque Isle on Sunday, Chris Smith hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning to help push Motor City of Bangor past Presque Isle.

Presque Isle’s Matt Campbell hit a liner to shortstop Casey Hull with no outs and thebases loaded in the fifth inning and Hull touched second base and fired to first in time to turn a 6-3 triple play.

Jon Gagnon hit a double and two singles for Motor City and Jared Theriault added two singles and three RBIs.

Joey Soucy and Logan McLaughlin both singled twice for the Patriots and Matt Chasse doubled.

Motor City (1-2) 000 240 001 – 7 10 3

Presque Isle (1-3) 000 011 001 – 3 7 2

Gagnon, Merritt (6) and N. Smith; Shaw, McLaughlin (5) and Soucy

Bangor 14, Calais 6

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on Sunday, Gordie Web had dfour singles with two RBIs and two runs scored to highlight a 21-hit Bangor attack.

Devin Lyshon had a double, two singles and two RBIs, Ryan Larochelle had three singles with two runs scored and an RBI, Chad Kelley had a double, two singles, two RBIs and two runs scored, and Shane Walton tripled and singled with an RBI and two runs scored.

Tom Pottle led Calais with four singles and three runs scored, while Jeffrey Ramsdell doubled and singled and Tim Barnes singled twice.

Calais (1-4) 000 050 100 – 6 9 2

Bangor (3-1) 212 202 05x – 14 21 2

Brown, Barnes (7) and Pottle; Taft, Gray (5), Reese (7) and Morris

Trenton sweeps Orono

At Blue Hill on Saturday, Josh Astbury allowed one run on three hits and one walk while striking out six to lead Trenton to an 11-1 victory over Orono in Saturday’s first game. Trenton also won the second game 16-11.

In the first game, Calvin Tweedie hit a single, triple and home run to drive in three runs for the Acadians. Lucas Marks added two doubles and three RBIs.

Zach Kochis, Dan LeBreton and Cody Cross singled for the Twins.

In the second game, Marks hit two singles and a solo home run for Trenton. Nate Hines had a single, home run and three RBIs. Nick Saunders singled twice and drove in two runs and Tweedie doubled and singled.

LeBreton had two doubles, a single and two RBIs to lead Orono. Kash Keezer singled twice and knocked in two runs and Dana Leland hit two singles.

(First Game)

Orono 000 000 1 – 1 3 2

Trenton 060 203 x – 11 10 3

Honey, Kochis (5) and Leland; Astbury and Marks

(Second Game)

Orono (0-3) 003 710 0 – 11 11 5

Trenton (3-0) 461 203 x – 16 14 7

Wasson, LeBreton (6) and Cosenze; Ciomei, Stewart (4) and Warrick

Hampden sweeps Motor City

At Hampden, Brennan Perry struck out 15 batters in six innings as Hampden beat Motor City of Bangor 5-2 in Saturday’s first game. The Riverdogs also won the second game 11-5.

In the first game, Caleb Kirk hit a three-run triple in the first inning for Hampden. Josh Tardiff doubled.

Chris Smith hit a two-run single in the second inning to lead Motor City.

In the second game, Shawn Smith had a double, single and an RBI for Hampden. Patrick Stephens and Cody Miller each singled twice and Kirk added a two-run single.

Motor City’s Casey Hull hit an RBI double and Ryan Carr doubled. Chris Smith, Andrew Casey and Aaron Healey hit RBI singles.

(First Game)

Motor City 020 000 0 – 2 2 2

Hampden 320 000 x – 5 2 4

Johnson, Potter (7) and N. Smith; Perry, Richards (6) and Stephens

(Second Game)

Motor City (0-2) 100 310 0 – 5 6 0

Hampden (3-0) 000 461 x – 11 12 2

Healey, Potter (5), Deabay (6) and N. Smith; Amoroso, Richards (6) and Stephens

Bangor, Penquis split

At Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on Saturday, the Penquis Navigators scored four runs in the seventh inning and three in the eighth to rally for a 12-9 victory in the second game of a doubleheader.

Bangor won the opener 4-3.

In the first game, Chad Kelley and Shane Walton each had an RBI single to highlight a three-run Bangor rally in the third inning.

Trailing 4-1, Penquis rallied with two runs in the top of the seventh, as A.J. McGowen had an RBI single and Josiah Richard had an RBI double.

Kyle Savage earned the pitching win, with Walton earning the save.

In the second game, Dan Beatham had three singles and Danny Kane and McGowen had two singles each to pace the Navigators.

Cody McInnis and Jordan Clarke each doubled twice and singled for Bangor, with Clarke adding three RBIs, while Gordie Webb singled twice with two RBIs.

(First Game)

Penquis 000 100 2 – 3 3 0

Bangor 003 010 x – 4 6 0

Emery and Lancisi; Savage, Walton (7) and Webb

(Second Game)

Penquis (1-1) 000 202 43 – 12 13 3

Bangor (2-1) 114 010 20 – 9 11 2

Kelley, Olmstead (6) and Lancisi; Casey-Covell, Lyshon (5), Walton (7), Clarke (7), Susi (8) and Morris

Calais, Presque Isle split

At Calais, Presque Isle scored 12 runs in the second inning to cruise to a 17-6 win over Calais in Saturday’s nightcap. Calais won the first game 7-6.

In the first game, Josh Gillespie hit a double and a fifth-inning grand slam to pace Calais. Jeff Ramsdell hit an RBI single and a triple and Andy Brown added an RBI double.

Joe Soucy and Ted Walker hit solo home runs for Presque Isle. Pat Thibodeau had three singles and an RBI and Brennan Shaw singled twice.

In the second game, Thibodeau hit three doubles and knocked in three runs to lead the Patriots. Matt Enman hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Brennan Shaw doubled and singled with three RBIs and Zac Campbell had two singles and two RBIs.

Scott Geel singled three times and drove in two runs to the Suns. Mike Perkins hit an RBI single.

(First Game)

Presque Isle 201 101 1 – 6 8 3

Calais 000 160 x – 7 6 2

Chasse and Thibodeau; Gillespie and Pottle

(Second Game)

Presque Isle (1-2) 2(12)0 001 2 – 17 14 5

Calais (1-3) 000 024 0 – 6 9 3

Enman, Kinney (6), Campbell (7) and Thibodeau; Brown, D. Ramsdell (2), Levesque (3), Hall (5), Pagels (7) and Pottle, J. Ramsdell (5)


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