Foley lifts Hawks past Beavers

HODGDON – Rob Foley doubled home the game-winner in the last of the sixth inning as the Hodgdon Hawks edged Washburn 3-2 in a schoolboy baseball pitchers’ duel here Thursday.

Jered Stewart pitched a 3-hitter for the Hawks, walking only one while striking out 7 Beavers. Both Washburn runs were unearned.

Foley had two doubles and Andy Albert a triple for the 9-3 Hawks.

John Holmquist pitched well for the 3-7 Beavers, striking out five and spacing five hits. Jason Theriault, Andy Churchill and Holmquist had singles for Washburn.

Washburn 000 002 0 – 2 3 1 Hodgdon 010 101 x – 3 5 4

Holmquist and Theriault; Stewart and Cain

Limestone 11, Madawaska 3

At Limestone, Robert Carroll keyed the victory from the plate and the pitcher’s mound as the Eagles won their fifth game in nine outings.

Carroll posted a double and single while at the plate and scattered seven hits to earn the complete-game win. John Powers added a double, single and RBI while Tony Tobin had a 2-run triple and Derek Robbins had a 2-run double.

For 8-4 Madawaska, Scott Lajoie had a single and a double and Pierre Michaud posted 2 singles and an RBI.

Madawaska 020 000 1 – 3 7 2 Limestone 424 100 x – 11 9 1

Cyr, Cote (3) and Nadeau; Carroll and Ballance

Fort Kent 23, Wisdom 7

At St. Agatha, Ted Rioux drove in 2 runs with 2 singles and a triple to lead the visiting Warriors to the victory.

Steve Jalbert added 2 singles while Thurston Voisine had a bases-loaded triple. The win moved Fort Kent to 5-3.

For 0-9 Wisdom, Scott Guerrette had 2 singles and an RBI while Glenn Paradis had a 2-run single.

Fort Kent 823 022 6 – 23 15 0 Wisdom 111 102 1 – 7 5 7

Delisle, Berthaiume (4) and Michaud; J. Guerrette, S. Guerrette (2), Killarney (3) and Pelletier

Mattanawcook 10, Lee 7

At Lincoln, David Hainer had a double, single, and RBI to lead host Mattanawcook to their 10th win in 14 outings.

Aaron Weed struck out 8 and walked 5 to earn the victory while losing pitcher Steve Coombs had 8 strikeout and 8 walks. MA also took advantage of 7 wild pitches by Coombs, who beat the Lynx 5-3 earlier in the year.

Scott Tash added a 2-run double for MA.

Lee, 9-4, was led by Dwayne Grass with a single, double, and 2 RBIs while Aaron Knowles had a 2-run double.

Lee 310 020 1 – 7 8 1 Mattanawcook 104 212 x – 10 7 4

Coombs and Knowles; Weed and House

Penquis 5, Schenck 4

At Penquis, Wade Sickler singled four times, including a shot with 2 outs in the bottom of the seventh inning which knocked in the fifth and winning run as the Patriots edged the Wolverines.

Abe Chase and Matt Grindle added 2 singles apiece for the 4-7 Patriots. Pitcher Ryan O’Connor went the distance, striking out 7 batters, to improve his record to 1-1.

Mike Faloon singled and knocked in 2 runs for the 4-6 Wolverines of East Millinocket and Roger Morin singled twice.

Schenck 020 101 0 – 4 4 6 Penquis 020 002 1 – 5 10 2

Brown and Hendsbee; O’Connor and Lundin

Averill 2, Charleston Chr. 1

At Hinckley, a balk produced the winning run in the last of the seventh for Averill School as they nipped visiting Charleston.

Charleston, 5-5, had scored the game’s first run in the top of the seventh on Brian Topolski’s RBI single.

Averill, 3-3, scored to tie it on a run-scoring hit by Shawn McFarland, prior to the balk that ended the game. Doug Harrison had two singles for the winners.

For the visitors, Eric Kepple had a double and two singles and Danny Parks two singles.

Charleston Christian 000 000 1 – 1 7 5 Averill-Hinckley 000 000 2 – 2 6 2

Parks, Nealon (4), Kepple (7) and Niles; Reynolds and Harrison Piscataquis 8, Foxcroft 6

At Dover-Foxcroft, Brook Carlton’s RBI single in the top of the ninth gave the Pirates of Guilford the winning edge.

The Pirates rallied for two runs in the ninth. A two-base error, walk, and fielder’s choice produced the inning’s first run.

Foxcroft tied it in the seventh on an RBI double by Wayne Hall.

Argo Regan paced the 10-2 winners with a two-run homer and single. James Oldfield chipped in with two singles to help back winning pitcher Travis McKenney, who scattered six hits while striking out six.

Mario DeIeso singled twice and drove in a run for 4-7 Foxcroft. Mike Smith contributed an RBI single.

Piscataquis 001 220 012 – 8 9 2 Foxcroft 001 030 110 – 6 6 7

McKenney and Regan; Hoschouer, Holmes (5) and Smith