BANGOR – The Bangor Lumberjacks refused to be swept in their first-ever playoff appearance as they rebounded for a win Saturday, but they couldn’t overcome New Jersey’s offensive onslaught on Sunday. The Jackals piled up 15 hits on Bangor pitching en route to a 15-3… Read More
    BANGOR – The depth of the center field fence at the Winkin Complex seems to be a mystery. What is evident is that takes a big shot to clear the wall. Bangor Lumberjacks slugger Derry Hammond hit one that got over the fence in Wednesday… Read More
    BANGOR – One down … Two more to go. The Bangor Lumberjacks accomplished phase one of their three-part plan Tuesday night by defeating the front-running Quebec Capitales 5-1 behind strong starting and relief pitching and a big offensive effort from the lower half of the… Read More
    BANGOR – Matt Scheuing didn’t have his good stuff and Clayton Andrews didn’t have his usual stuff, but both turned in standout efforts on the mound to lead the Bangor Lumberjacks to a doubleheader sweep of the Aces Sunday. Scheuing allowed three hits and two… Read More
    BANGOR – Bangor rookie righthander J.C. Huguet shut out the Aces in the first game 3-0 to give the Lumberjacks a doubleheader split in Northeast League baseball action at Winkin Complex Friday night. Eddie Gerald hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the… Read More
    BANGOR – A pain-free Jerry Long and a new-look Mark Burke made all the difference in a game where hits were hard to come by Thursday night. Fortunately for Bangor, the Lumberjacks made theirs count as they scored four runs on two hits in the… Read More
    QUEBEC – The Bangor Lumberjacks picked up an important victory over division rival Quebec as starting pitcher Clayton Andrews pitched 8 2/3 innings of five-hit ball to lead Bangor to a 4-1 decision Friday night. Andrews (7-4) struck out five batters and walked three during… Read More
    QUEBEC CITY – Benoit Emond went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs to power the Quebec Capitales to a 9-3 Northeast League baseball victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks Thursday night. Emond doubled and recorded three singles, including a two-run single in Quebec’s five-run third inning… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – Starting pitcher John Kelly pitched eight scoreless innings and struck out a team-record 16 batters to lead North Shore to a 5-0 victory over Bangor in Northeast League action Wednesday afternoon. Kelly improved to 8-3 by allowing six hits and two walks… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – J.C Huguet pitched 5 2/3 innings of two-run baseball out of the Bangor bullpen to help the Lumberjacks defeat the North Shore Spirit 10-4 in Northeast League baseball action Tuesday night at New Fraser Field. Huguet gave up six hits and two… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – Aaron Dean scattered six hits and two runs over eight innings Monday night to lead the North Shore Spirit to a 4-2 victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks in Northeast League action at New Fraser Field. Dean struck out two and walked two… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor Lumberjacks got key efforts from unlikely candidates and a big, bottom-of-the-ninth gamble by Elmira manager Ronnie Nedset backfired as the Lumberjacks downed the Pioneers 6-5 Friday night. In his first game back after a five-game layoff with a bruised hand, Bangor… Read More
    BANGOR – Elmira designated hitter Yugi Nerei missed his fourth straight game with a sprained ankle Wednesday night. But the second-year pro from Kanagawa, Japan returned to the lineup Thursday night and wound up the hero. Nerei’s 340-foot homer to right center off a 1-0… Read More
    BANGOR – There would be no offensive outburst like the previous night, but the end result on a warm, humid Tuesday night at Winkin Complex would be the same. Clayton Andrews outdueled Lumberjack killer Tony Harden (two one-hitters vs. Bangor the last two years) and… Read More
    BANGOR – Even with two key players out of Bangor’s lineup, it continues to put the “lumber” in Lumberjacks. Monday saw the Lumberjacks amass 14 hits to back another solid outing by starting pitcher Matt Scheuing en route to a 12-4 drubbing of the New… Read More
    BROCKTON, Mass. – The Bangor Lumberjacks rallied from a 5-1 seventh-inning deficit for a 7-6 victory over the Brockton Rox Sunday night. The Rox beat the Lumberjacks 5-3 Saturday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    BROCKTON, Mass. – The Bangor Lumberjacks piled up seven runs over the first three innings Friday night on their way to an 8-1 Northeast League baseball victory over Brockton. The Jacks (29-22 overall, 4-1 in the second half) scored twice in the first, three times… Read More
    BROCKTON, Mass. – Donnie Ross stroked a leadoff triple to spark a three-run fifth inning Thursday night to help the Bangor Lumberjacks earn a 7-4 Northeast League baseball victory over Brockton. Derry Hammond belted his league-leading 17th home run for the Lumberjacks, who moved into… Read More
    FORT WORTH, Texas – Jake Whitesides of the Bangor Lumberjacks hit a three-run homer and a double, but it wasn’t enough as the Central League posted a 9-4 win over the Northeast League on Tuesday night in the 2004 All-Star Game at LaGrave Field. Whitesides… Read More
    WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Darren Ciraco’s two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the fourth lifted the New Haven County Cutters to a 2-1 victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks in Northeast League play Sunday afternoon. Ciraco’s blast enabled the Cutters to salvage… Read More
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Bangor Lumberjacks started the second half of the Northeast League season with a 9-6 win over the New Haven County Cutters here Friday night thanks to a three-run 10th inning. The win was the fourth straight for Bangor, which finished… Read More
    BANGOR – For the second game in a row the Bangor Lumberjacks used a big early inning to pile on runs and earn a win. This time the bullpen held up, too, despite a rainy, raw Wednesday night at Husson College’s Winkin Complex. The Lumberjacks… Read More
    BANGOR – Bangor and Brockton traded three-run innings, but it was what Bangor did in the sixth and seventh innings that made the difference as the Lumberjacks beat Brockton for the second straight night Tuesday at Winkin Complex. Bangor built a 5-1 lead but this… Read More
    BANGOR – The North Shore Spirit scored six runs in the ninth Saturday and Sunday to take three out of four against the Bangor Lumberjacks and clinch the Northeast League’s North Division first-half title. North Shore got key hits up and down the lineup all… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor Lumberjacks shook off a frustrating Thursday loss by combining solid starting pitching with standout long relief and timely hitting Friday night. The result was 7-1 victory over the North Division-leading North Shore Spirit at a soggy Winkin Complex and the Lumberjacks’… Read More
    Last season, the Bangor Lumberjacks had solid pitching, suspect defense, inconsistent hitting, and clubhouse chemistry that was more like a laboratory experiment gone awry than an ideal formula. The Lumberjacks would get hot at the plate, reel off three or four straight wins, then lose… Read More
    WEST HAVEN ,Conn. – Derry Hammond’s two-run double highlighted a four-run third inning that propelled the Bangor Lumberjacks to a 6-3 Northeast League victory over the New Haven County Cutters Wednesday night. The win moved the Lumberjacks into third place in the North Division. The… Read More
    WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The Bangor Lumberjacks split a Northeast League doubleheader with the New Haven Cutters Tuesday, winning the first game 3-2 in eight innings, but dropping the second 6-2. The Lumberjacks scored the winning run on a Donnie Ross’ one-out home run of… Read More
    BANGOR – Winning two of three in a series and nine of your last 11 is something to take note of, but in the Northeast League’s Northern Division, it still means you’re in fourth place. Quebec ace Keith Dunn prevented the Bangor Lumberjacks from sweeping… Read More
    BANGOR – Neither the Quebec Capitales nor Mother Nature could prevent the Bangor Lumberjacks from winning their third straight game on a rainy, stormy Friday night at Winkin Complex. Fourth-place Bangor got another solid start out of Matt Scheuing and a balanced offensive attack led… Read More
    BANGOR – The solid starting pitching continued Wednesday night and so did the wins as Lance Calmus and the Bangor bullpen led the Lumberjacks to their seventh Northeast League win in the last nine games. Bangor’s offense got off to a quick start as Donnie… Read More
    BANGOR – Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin has driven in a lot of two-out runs during his illustrious major league career. Younger brother Stephen delivered with two outs for the Aces Monday night, belting a three-run double in a five-run second inning that carried the… Read More
    ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Bangor Lumberjacks split the weekend series with Elmira, winning their fifth straight with a 3-2 decision Saturday at Dunn Field and dropping Sunday’s game 2-1 on a ninth inning pinch-hit RBI single. Bangor is 15-15 overall in the Northeast League while… Read More
    ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Bangor Lumberjacks won their fourth straight game thanks to a complete-game effort Friday night from pitcher Lance Calmus, his second of the season and third in the last four games for Bangor hurlers. Bangor scored six unanswered runs after Elmira scored… Read More
    QUEBEC CITY – The Quebec Capitales pounded out 15 hits and routed the Bangor Lumberjacks 12-3 in Northeast League baseball action Thursday night. Sam Bozanich paced the Capitales with a double, two singles and three RBIs while Buck McNabb chipped in with a home run,… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – The Bangor Lumberjacks finished their weekend series against the North Shore Spirit on a winning note as they defeated North Shore 11-3 at Fraser Field Sunday afternoon. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Bangor and four-game winning streak for the… Read More
    BANGOR – At 5:29 p.m., the sun came out. Two hours later, the Bangor Lumberjacks were raining hits down on the visiting New Jersey Jackals. The first professional run at Husson College’s Winkin Complex was scored at 6:55 p.m. by Jose Garcia. The first home… Read More
    BROCKTON, Mass. – Mark Burke and Donnie Ross each homered to help lift the Bangor Lumberjacks to a 4-1 Northeast League win over the Brockton Rox Tuesday night. Burke homered in the second and Ross hit one out in the ninth. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – The New Jersey Jackals continued their mastery of Bangor’s bats Friday, but their victory was anything but easy this time around. Aaron Myers outdueled Bangor starter Lance Calmus on the mound as New Jersey notched a 1-0 Northeast League win Friday… Read More
    LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – Starting pitcher Jackson Crowther retired the first 14 batters he faced and New Jersey’s hitters started strong as well as the Jackals opened the Northeast League season with a 10-1 victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks Thursday night. The Jackals scored three… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor Lumberjacks have signed pitchers Lance Calmus and Ernie Miller along with outfielder Jake Whitesides and infielder Shin Uchino to complete their opening-day roster. Calmus, a 6-foot-5 righthander, pitched for the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League last year, going 2-1… Read More
    BANGOR – It’s official. The Bangor Lumberjacks can now call Bangor their home. Thursday afternoon’s ceremonial digging of the dirt and signing of papers outside Harold Alfond Field and the John Winkin Sports Complex on the Husson College campus means Bangor will be a professional… Read More
    BANGOR – Despite neighborhood concerns about noise, Husson College Tuesday night won two key approvals in its effort to develop a 3,000-seat baseball stadium that will serve not only the campus and the larger community but the city’s independent minor league baseball team. Barring any… Read More
    ORONO – North Shore starter John Kelly came up an inning shy of his sixth shutout to lead the Spirit to a 6-0 Northeast League victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks Friday night at Mahaney Diamond. The righthanded Kelly allowed only five baserunners in six innings… Read More
    ORONO – An error by first baseman Allentown’s Vic Davilla allowed pinch-runner Steve O’Sullivan to score from third in the bottom of the ninth and give the Bangor Lumberjacks a 6-5 victory over the Ambassadors Wednesday night at Mahaney Diamond. After Nick Saunders led off… Read More
    PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A Mark Burke grand slam and a solid starting effort from John Vigue averted a sweep at the hands of Berkshire as the Bangor Lumberjacks notched an 8-2 victory Saturday night. Schuyler Doakes led Bangor’s 11-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with two doubles,… Read More
    ELMIRA, N.Y. – Juan LeBron’s three-run home run with one out in the fourth gave the Bangor Lumberjacks a three-run lead early, but it was a four-run ninth that provided the final margin as the ‘Jacks came away with an 8-4 Northeast League victory over Elmira Tuesday night. Read More
    ELMIRA, N.Y. – Elmira’s Scott Hunter cranked a leadoff home run off Bangor reliever Roger Kalinowski in the 11th inning to give the Pioneers a 4-3 Northeast League victory over the Lumberjacks Monday night. Hunter’s homer ruined a strong relief bid by Bangor rookie righthander… Read More
    QUEBEC CITY – Righthander Lance Franks shut down the Bangor Lumberjacks for 7 1/3 innings to lead the Quebec Capitales to a 4-0 victory in Northeast League action Wednesday night. Franks allowed only two hits and three walks and struck out six to earn his… Read More
    QUEBEC CITY – Eight U.S. team players combined to shut out the World team in the Northeast League All-Star Game for a 5-0 victory Tuesday night at Le Stade de Quebec. Kevin Pincavitch (Bangor Lumberjacks) earned the win for the U.S. team. Pincavitch entered the… Read More
    LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – The longest drought in the young history of the Bangor Lumberjacks baseball franchise reached 36 innings Sunday as the New Jersey Jackals dealt the Lumberjacks their fourth straight shutout loss. New Jersey starter Joel Bennett, who pitched against the Bangor Blue… Read More
    LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – Saturday was fireworks night at Yogi Berra Stadium, but long before the first fuse was lit on the postgame aerial show, the New Jersey Jackals provided plenty of the offensive variety at the plate. The visiting Lumberjacks extended their scoreless innings… Read More
    LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – Friday night’s game at Yogi Berra Stadium was billed as “Christmas in July” night as part of the New Jersey Jackals’ fan appreciation weekend, but the fans weren’t the only ones receiving gifts. The Jackals used a solid first start from… Read More
    ORONO – The Bangor Lumberjacks executed in all facets of the game on a bright, balmy Sunday at Mahaney Diamond to take two of three against the New Jersey Jackals. The Lumberjacks got two big hits to provide more than enough run support for starter… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – Lorenzo De La Cruz and Donnie Ross each hit a solo home run as the Bangor Lumberjacks edged the North Shore Spirit 3-2 in a Northeast League matchup Wednesday afternoon at New Fraser Field. North Shore, the first-half winner of the league’s… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – Rookie righthander Jeremy Sugarman fired a six-hitter and Michael Tejada belted a three-run homer in the four-run first inning to lead North Shore a 9-2 Northeast League win over the Bangor Lumberjacks Tuesday night. Sugarman, who formerly pitched for the University of… Read More
    ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Allentown Ambassadors scored six runs in the bottom of the first en route to a 12-9 win over the Bangor Lumberjacks in the first game of the second half of the Northeast League season Friday night. The Lumberjacks jumped out to… Read More
    ORONO – A dramatic rally gave the Bangor Lumberjacks their third come-from-behind win in the last five days and a 5-4, 10-inning victory over the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) Spirit Wednesday night. The winning run came without the benefit of a hit as Todd Brock… Read More
    ORONO – For the first time this season, the Bangor Lumberjacks are on a win streak. The Lumberjacks cut down Allentown (Pa.) 5-4 and 3-0 at a bright, balmy Mahaney Diamond Sunday to sweep their second doubleheader in three days, win five of six against… Read More
    ORONO – A strong start on the mound in the first game and a strong start offensively in the second helped the Bangor Lumberjacks sweep a doubleheader from Allentown (Pa.) on a hot, humid Saturday at Mahaney Diamond. Bangor rode a solid outing by John… Read More
    ORONO – A two-hit pitching marvel by player-coach Kevin Pincavitch got the Bangor Lumberjacks off to a good start in the opener of Friday’s Northeast League doubleheader, but the offense couldn’t sustain its momentum in the second and Allentown (Pa.) salvaged a split. Pincavitch gave… Read More
    BROCKTON, Mass. – Chad Ward, making his pitching debut with Brockton, scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings of work as the Rox downed the Bangor Lumberjacks 8-2 in Northeast League play at Campanelli Field on Wednesday night. The loss drops Bangor to 14-22 on… Read More
    BROCKTON, Mass. – The Bangor Lumberjacks got two strong outings from their starting pitchers Tuesday, but settled for a split of a Tuesday night doubleheader against the Brockton Rox. Bangor won the second game 4-0 after losing the opener 6-1 in Northeast League action. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    LYNN, Mass. – A four-hit shutout pitched by Miguel Baez allowed the North Shore Spirit to “sweep” a rare, one-game series against Bangor Monday night. The Spirit walked off the Fraser Field surface with a 2-0 victory over the Lumberjacks, who are still struggling with… Read More
    ORONO – The fans at Mahaney Diamond Friday night were treated to a terrific pitcher’s duel between a pair of lefties: Quebec’s Jordy Alexander and Bangor’s Tim Rall. But Bangor’s Lumberjacks scratched across a ninth-inning run off reliever Dan Marchetti when Brad Hargreaves sliced a… Read More
    BANGOR – The Bangor Lumberjacks announced the signing Friday of outfielder-first baseman Taylor Groce to a contract. To make room on the roster for Groce, the Northeast League team released outfielder Stephen King. Groce recently completed his college career at Columbus (Ga.) State University, where… Read More
    PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Manny Crestwell’s double in the bottom of the 10th plated Brady Williams, lifting the Berkshire Black Bears to a 2-1 victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks Thursday in a Northeast League game. Courtney Hall earned the win for Berkshire (16-18), giving up one… Read More
    PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Righthander John Vigue pitched eight shutout innings Wednesday night as the Bangor Lumberjacks posted a 7-0 Northeast League victory over Berkshire. Vigue (3-1) scattered five hits, striking out six and walking two. Bangor pitchers now have shut out Berkshire for 20 consecutive… Read More
    PITTSFIELD, N.Y. – Kevin Pincavitch threw a complete-game three-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks as the Bangor Lumberjacks shut down the Berkshire Black Bears 2-0 Tuesday in Northeast League action at Waconah Park. Berkshire starter Dan Henderson had a no-hitter going until the top… Read More
    PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Rick Guttormston of Berkshire held the Bangor Lumberjacks to four hits and one run through eight innings to lift the Black Bears to a 2-1 Northeast League win Monday night. Guttormston, now 3-3, allowed only one walk and struck out seven before… Read More
    ELMIRA, N.Y. – Scott Hunter’s double with one out in the ninth inning scored Carlos Rosario from first base to give Elmira a 3-2 victory over the Bangor Lumberjacks in Sunday’s scheduled Northeast League game. Elmira also beat the Lumberjacks 3-2 in the completion of… Read More