BOOTHBAY
Lisbon scored 11 runs in the fourth and eight more in the fifth en route to a 24-2 high school baseball Mountain Valley Conference mercy rule win over Boothbay on Friday.
The Greyhounds have won six straight and are 10-3 heading into today’s home showdown with St. Dom’s at 4 p.m. The Saints downed Lisbon, 2-1 on April 28 in Auburn.
Against Boothbay, Austin Fournier and Noah Austin had three hits each as the Greyhounds pounded out 16 hits and took advantage of nine Seahawk errors. Nick Austin, Tyler Halls, Nate Havlicek and Chris Normand each produced two hits, with Halls driving in three runs, and Fournier and Nick Austin adding two RBIs apiece.
On the mound, Ryley Austin and Lucas Francis combined on seven strikeouts and two hits.
George Hallowell and Adam Purin had a single each for Boothbay (1-12).
WINTHROP 3
WISCASSET 4
Daren Wood singled in Grant Hefler in the seventh inning to give the Wolverines a walk-off MVC win over Winthrop on Friday.
The Ramblers jumped on top with two unearned runs in the second, but Wiscasset (6-7) answered with three runs in the third for a 3-2 lead. Ronald Drake picked up an RBI with a sacrifice fly, while Conlon Ranta drove in a pair with a single.
Ranta was 2-for-3 at the plate for Wiscasset, while Brandon Sprague, Hefler and Wood added two singles each.
Tyler Bailey earned the mound win, going the distance on three runs, six hits, one walk and 11 strikeouts.
Wiscasset visits Boothbay today at 4 p.m.
WELLS 2
FREEPORT 8
The Falcons spotted the Warriors a two-run lead in the first inning before roaring back with eight unanswered and a Western Maine Conference win on Friday.
Pitcher Jack Davenport struck out 12 to lift Freeport to its fifth straight win and an 8-5 mark. Wells fell to 7-5.
Mike Wrigley gave the visitors a 2-0 lead with a two-run single in the opening fame.
But Austin Langley tied the game for the Falcons in the second with a two-run single, and Freeport struck for five runs in the third. The big blows were two-run doubles by Langley and Josh Burke.
Davenport allowed five hits.
RICHMOND 17- 21
FOREST HILLS 4- 2
The visiting Bobcats rolled to an East-West Conference sweep on Saturday in a pair of mercy- rule wins.
In the opener, Richmond (8-4) took advantage of nine hits and five Forest Hills miscues, scoring nine runs in the third and seven more in the fourth to take control.
Zach Small, Brendan Emmons and Nate Kendrick each had two hits in the victory, while pitcher Curtis Anderson allowed three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts on the mound.
Two Forest Hills pitchers combined on seven strikeouts and 10 walks.
In the nightcap, Richmond scored at least two runs in every inning while pounding out 17 hits.
Small doubled twice and singled, Kendrick drove in three runs with a single, Danny Stewart singled twice and doubled with two RBIs, and Emmons and Matt Rines each singled three times.
Emmons and Stewart combined on the mound for six strikeouts, five hits and a walk.
Caleb LaCasse singled and doubled for the 2- 10 hosts.
Richmond hosts Temple Academy on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
CONY 2
MT. ARARAT 3
Nick Merrill’s bases-loaded pop flyball was misplayed in the seventh inning as the host Eagles walked-off with a KVAC win over Cony on Friday.
In the final frame, Sam Alexander reached on a wild pitch to open the inning. Pinch-runner Eddie Van Note hustled from first to third base on a bunt single by Nate Leslie, and Cam Cox was intentionally walked to load the bases. Merrill lifted a shallow flyball to center field. The ball dropped and Van Note beat the throw to the plate to give Mt. Ararat a 6-7 record.
Garrett Moody threw just 68 pitches in his complete-game mound win, striking out four and permitting six hits. Cox and Ryan Mello each singled twice, while Merrill drove in a pair of runs with a third-inning single.
Justin Rodrigue led the Rams (5-8) with two hits. Pitcher Riley Boivin struck out nine and walked two.
Mt. Ararat visits Camden Hills today at 4 p.m.
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