TOPSHAM — Antonio Meucci ripped a bases-loaded, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Apple Valley to a 2-1 victory over Lewiston in the title game of the Area 2 Babe Ruth 13-Year-Old baseball tournament at Mt. Ararat Middle School on Sunday.

Trailing 1-0 after Lewiston jumped on top in the sixth inning, Adam Mooney and Bryce Hudson each reached on an error. After Hunter Richardson walked to load the bases, Meucci delivered his game-winning hit to send Apple Valley to the state title tournament.

Richardson walked four times in the win, while Hudson, Nick Angelo and Dan Garand each singled. Richardson and Zach Robinson combined on 10 strikeouts and four walks.

For Lewiston, Grant Hartley doubled, with a single each coming from Jalen Alison, Jacob Strout, Matt Forgues and Jared Rubin. Rubin went the distance on the mound with six strikeouts and five walks.

Apply Valley will face Central Maine at Augusta this upcoming Friday.

The tournament began on Friday.

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Meucci singled twice and Richardson singled and doubled to pace Apple Valley to a Mercy Rule win over Coastal North (Lisbon/Topsham).

Matt Rines led Coastal North with a single and a double, with Corson Swan adding a single and Tyler Halls an RBI single.

On the mound, Richardson earned the win with four strikeouts and two walks, while four Coastal North pitchers combined on three strikeouts and eight walks.

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An 11-run fourth inning was the difference as Lewiston held on for a win on Friday.

In the fourth, Jordan Dumont drove in four runs with a pair of singles, while Strout added three RBIs with a pair of hits. Five Lewiston pitchers combined on seven strikeouts and two walks.

Coastal South (Bath/Brunswick) trailed 16-5 in the sixth inning, but made things interesting with four runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh. But, nine errors (the teams combined on 16 miscues) led to several unearned Lewiston runs.

Jacob True and Jeff Leighton each singled twice in the loss, while James Lacavera doubled in a run. Four pitchers combined on two strikeouts and five walks.

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In a winner’s bracket contest to begin play on Saturday, Lewiston used another big fourth frame to pull out a come-from-behind win.

Trailing 7-1, Lewiston scored nine runs in its big frame for a 10-7 lead, and tacked on two important runs in the sixth before holding on for the win.

Strout had three hits to lead the victors, while Dumont picked up a key three-run double.

Richardson tripled twice to lead Apple Valley and drove in three runs.

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In the first elimination contest, Coastal North scored 10 runs in the first three innings to take control.

Ethan Boyko drove in three runs with a pair of singles and a sacrifice fly for the winners, while Kyle Brennan and Swan each singled twice.

Garrett Moody was the starting pitcher in the win.

For Coastal South, Leighton, Max Reed, Chase Smith and Lacavera each singled, while Aaron Gary and Riley Lamarree combined on six strikeouts and four walks on the mound.

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Three key errors cost Coastal North in Saturday’s second elimination contest as Apple Valley moved on to the title game.

Richardson had two doubles and a single to lead the victors, and Richardson earned the mound win with five strikeouts and two walks.

Swan, Leighton and Brennan each singled and doubled in the loss, while Halls went the distance on 13 strikeout and nine walks.

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Apple Valley forced the “if” game by holding off a Lewiston rally on Sunday.

Richardson and Garand combined on eight strikeouts and six walks in the win, while Richardson doubled and delivered a key two-run home run to give Apple Valley a 7-4 lead in the sixth inning.

Five players singled for Lewiston.