The Bonny Eagle Scots moved to the top of the Class A baseball Heal Point rankings by riding a two-game winning streak with solid wins over South Portland and Thornton Academy.

On Saturday, the Scots visited South Portland in a game played in extremely heavy winds. With the howling wind affecting play, Bonny Eagle looked to pitcher Lincoln Sanborn to battle not only the Red Riots’ batters, but the elements as well. Sanborn came through for the Scots, playing a big role in Bonny Eagle’s 4-2 win.

On Tuesday, the Scots hosted Thornton Academy, and got another solid pitching performance, this time from Kevin Moskevich, who threw a two-hitter, as the Scots blanked the Trojans 8-0 to run their record to 7-3 on the season.

Tyler Ruby provided some offense for the Scots with and RBI and four hits and Moskevich helped out his own cause with two RBIs in the win.

Against South Portland on Saturday, Sanborn proved his reputation as one of the best pitchers in the league, allowing only seven hits and recording nine strikeouts while holding South Portland to two runs.

Sanborn’s stellar play was not lost on either coach after the game. Bonny Eagle head coach Marc Sawyer said he was glad that Sanborn dealt with the wind in South Portland as well as he did. “Lincoln’s a great player, he’s one of the better pitchers in the league and he did a very nice job for us, even though we were a little unnerved by the weather,” Sawyer said.

“Sanborn pitches very well,” Riots coach Tony DiBiase added. “He’s one of the top pitchers in the league and he throws three high quality pitches, we still had a couple chances where we put the ball in play and they made some nice plays. He threw a good game.”

The pitching was solid for the Riots as well with senior Matt Lee getting out of trouble during the early innings, despite some infield errors, with Scot runners being left on base in several innings, preserving a brief lead for the Riots in the fourth inning.

DiBiase said he was pleased with Lee’s performance. “I thought today for him, he pitched great,” he said. “He was in and out of trouble the whole game and some of it was not of his making with some errors. We’ve played good defense all year, but today we got the lead and in the next inning we botched the ball around on some plays. (Lee) was in trouble for two or three innings in a row and he got himself out of it. But by doing that it puts a lot of strain on his arm, you have to really bear down and you get tired as you go along. You have to find really quality pitches and they finally got to him in the sixth inning,”

The Scots found some late offense with Lee walking Bonny Eagle’s Cam McKague with the bases loaded to break the 2-2 score in the sixth. Moskevich’s sacrifice fly drove in the final run for the 4-2 win. “We’ve just been working on hits,” Sawyer said after the game. “The guys are just trying to get on base, put the ball in play and we had a couple guys do that today.”

DiBiase thought the wind was a factor in the game. “The wind was really a part of the game today, it was a tough one,” he said. “It took away a few plays today, particularly one to left field that could have been a two-run play for us. It’s tough to play here when that wind is constantly in your face, but it’s the same for both sides.”

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