BRUNSWICK — A five-run third inning and solid lateinning pitching by Jason Carter and Alex Emery allowed the Brunswick High School baseball team to earn its first win with a 6-4 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Messalonskee on Friday.
Carter and Emery combined on three strikeouts, three walks and five hits on the mound. Zach Lavoie singled twice to lead the Brunswick (2-8) offense, with Garrett Erb adding a triple, and Alex Viola, Adam Casey, Brett Lancaster and Emery each singling. Casey picked up two RBIs.
Messalonskee (5-4) received a complete-game performance from pitcher Travis St. Pierre (seven hits, five walks, two strikeouts). Trevor Getting, Sam Dexter, Zach Mathieu, Josh Woodard and Devin Warren each singled for the visitors.
The Dragons are slated to host Erskine Academy today at 4 p.m.
MT. ARARAT 0
HAMPDEN 10
Dillon Corliss fired a complete game four-hit shutout as the host Broncos rolled to a KVAC Mercy Rule win on Friday in five innings.
Mt. Ararat committed 13 errors.
Logan Steward and Andrew Closson had a single each for 5-3 Hampden Academy.
Brendan Glass, Gabe Pelletier, Trent Charnock and Ian Pinette each singled for the Eagles. Torrey Charnock struck out four and walked four in the loss.
MORSE 7
MCI 2
Morse traveled to Palmyra and picked up a KVAC victory to improve to 6-2, with a visit to Mt. View scheduled for today.
Aaron Barrett pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on five hits.
“We were happy Aaron stepped up and was able to go the distance,” said Morse assistant coach Rick Davis. “We have games scheduled for every night this week and pitching will be difficult.”
Morse scored seven runs on nine hits. Paul Whelen went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Cody Hardin had a hit, stole three bases and scored two runs. Also getting hits were Trent Moore, Zack Groat, Zack Fone and Aaron Barrett.
RICHMOND 4
SACOPEE 9
In non-league action Friday, Richmond committed seven errors en route to a loss in South Hiram.
The Bobcats managed five hits, with Peter Lorbeski, Cameron Emmons, Ben Carver, Brian Snedeker and Randy Moody each getting a single.
Kade Strout went the distance with a strikeout and a walk, and three Sacopee hurlers combined on five strikeouts and two walks.
RICHMOND 6
GREENVILLE 10
In the first game of a Saturday East-West Conference doubleheader, Greenville parlayed 10 hits and eight Richmond errors into a win.
Tyler Harrington pitched for Richmond with three strikeouts and three walks, while Lorbeski and Strout each singled.
Matt DiAngelo singled, doubled and tripled in the win, and Howie Stone added a triple. Three Greenville pitchers combined on nine strikeouts and eight walks.
RICHMOND 1
GREENVILLE 11
In the nightcap, Greenville (4-0) led 11-0 after three innings, and Chris Mills hurled a two-hitter with six strikeouts and no walks.
Carver, Snedeker and JJ Paterson pitched for the Bobcats with no strikeouts and four walks.
Julian Leavitt had a runscoring single and Lorbeski singled for Richmond, now 1-7 and scheduled to visit Buckfield on Tuesday.
POLAND 2
FREEPORT 6
In Western Maine Conference action on Friday, Josh Weirich belted two doubles and knocked in three runs to lift the host Falcons, who scored two runs in the third and two more in the fourth to pull away.
Kaleb Farmer, Dan Burke and Connor Dietrich took turns on the mound and combined on nine strikeouts and a walk.
Luke LaMagna chipped in with a triple and an RBI.
FREEPORT 4
FALMOUTH 5
In a WMC makeup game played at The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach on Saturday, Nick Spencer’s swinging bunt stayed fair and Grayson Beressi scored the winning run in the ninth inning to keep the Yachtsmen undefeated at 8-0.
With two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Spencer also tied the game with a run-scoring single.
The Falcons, now 7-3 and scheduled to host Cape Elizabeth today, managed just four hits — a double by Dietrich, two singles by Farmer and a single by Jared Knighton.
Sawyer Williams, Weirich and Dietrich pitched for Freeport and combined on four walks and a like number of strikeouts.
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