July 24, 2012

Local Baseball: First Title prevails in Legion playoffs

From staff reports

PORTLAND — Nick Lops hit an RBI triple during a three-run fifth inning Monday night as First Title cruised to an 11-1 win over OA-Yarmouth in an American Legion playoff game.

Harry Ridge and Mitchell Powers each hit a single and a triple with two RBI for First Title (14-7).

Tom Sullivan knocked in the lone run for Yarmouth (9-12).

ANDREWS 17, MORRILL-POST 1: Nick Volger had three singles, a double, a triple, 3 RBI and four runs scored as Andrews (12-9) dominated Morrill-Post (10-11) at South Portland.

Ryan Dixon pitched an eight-hitter with six strikeouts and three walks.

Robert Graff had two singles and a double for Morrill.

LITTLE LEAGUE 11-12

WALDO COUNTY 4, COASTAL 0: Joey Danna finished with nine strikeouts and one walk and Emmett Shell and Colby Furrow had two hits each to lead Waldo County past Coastal at Bar Harbor.

Jacob Keenan and Stefan Simmons each singled for Coastal and pitcher Taylor Schildroth finished with five strikeouts and gave up one earned run.

LITTLE LEAGUE 13-15

PORTLAND 4, AUGUSTA 3: Brad Sowerby hit a three-run double in the third inning as Portland broke a 1-1 tie to edge visiting Augusta.

Sam Luebbert pitched a seven-hitter with 10 strikeouts and two walks.

Mitchell Curren hit a two-run home run for Augusta.

JUNIOR LEAGUE

ACADIAN 5, SCARBOROUGH 4: Brendan Sprague hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh as Acadian (1-1) used a three-run rally to defeat Scarborough (1-2) at Bangor.

Dylan Collin pitched a complete game, giving up seven hits with three strikeouts and three walks.

Scarborough, led by Jackson Coutts with two singles and two RBI, had a 3-0 lead in the first.

NECBL

MAINERS, SCHOONERS, SPLIT: Josh Gorman had eight strikeouts in five innings to lead the Sanford Mainers (12-19) to a 4-2 win in the first game at Goodall Park.

Eric Yavarone and Kyle Holland knocked in two runs each to give the Mystic Schooners (6-28) a 6-5 edge in the second game.

FCBL

NAVIGATORS 15, RAGING TIDE 4: Boston Langley knocked in three runs on two hits as the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide (16-22) fell to the North Shore Navigators (22-18) at Lynn, Mass.

 

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