BOSTON – The grand slam was nice. What Red Sox rookie Michael Chavis really wanted to talk about was his batting eye against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. “Personally, weirdly, I was more excited about the two walks,” he said after Boston beat the Blue Jays 10-8 in the series opener. “I mean, I […]
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Wall’s homer leads ’Cats to 2-0 victory
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Forrest Wall hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, leading the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to a 2-0 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Monday. The home run by Wall scored Vinny Capra and provided all the offense for New Hampshire. Dany Jimenez (2-1) got the win with two innings of […]
The Open — Molinari returns claret jug, faces long odds getting it back
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Golf’s oldest championship is all about tradition, and this is one Francesco Molinari could have done without. Fifty-one weeks after he won the British Open and gazed at his name etched on the silver claret jug, he had to return it. Getting it back won’t be easy. “I’m well aware of the […]
Dodgers ‘walk’ by Red Sox in 12
BOSTON – The World Series weekend rematch added a flashback to last fall’s epic Game 3. Max Muncy drew a bases-loaded walk and Alex Verdugo had an RBI single during a three-run 12th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 early Monday morning in another late-night showdown of last year’s pennant […]
Junior Legion Baseball: Tibbetts, Larochelle lift Lisbon
AUBURN – Jack Tibbetts did not throw an inning during the past Lisbon High School baseball season as the Greyhounds marched to the State Class C championship. But as the junior American Legion regular season winds down over the next week, Tibbetts has secured one of his team’s top spots in the rotation. On Friday at […]
Angels honor Skaggs on his birthday
AHAHEIM, Calif. — The shrine that has become Tyler Skaggs’ locker in the Los Angeles clubhouse had a new addition Saturday — the ball from the final out of the no-hitter the Angels pitched while wearing their late teammate’s jersey. As they prepared to face Seattle on what would have been Skaggs’ 28th birthday, the Angels […]
Boston prospect Bryan Mata shines in Sea Dogs 3-1 loss
PORTLAND — The motion is so natural and easygoing, it appears Bryan Mata is simply tossing the ball to home plate. Then the ball explodes into the catcher’s mitt. Mata’s first pitch of the Portland Sea Dogs’ game on Sunday sizzled in at 98 mph. Mata, 20, is indeed a legitimate pitching prospect for the Boston […]
Biddeford grad Hailey Allen overcomes knee injury, prepares for Division I field hockey
BIDDEFORD – Hailey Allen admits she keeps a video recording on her cell phone of the play that she ruptured her ACL so that she can show people who ask about the injury rather than talk about it. Almost nine months have passed since a Falmouth player collided with the Biddeford outgoing senior’s right leg […]
Rumble Ponies take opener against Portland Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — Coming off a three-day break for All-Star festivities, the Portland Sea Dogs managed to avoid a doubleheader sweep. The reprieve, however, may be temporary. Persistent rain and a wet Hadlock Field prompted suspension of the second game of an Eastern League doubleheader Thursday night with the Sea Dogs trailing the visiting Binghamton Rumble Ponies […]
Maine Amateur — Anderson closes it out
FALMOUTH — Cole Anderson said he used to cry after Little League losses. And it was clear he wasn’t happy after finishing second in the 2018 Maine Amateur, though he was mature enough to handle the setback with grace instead of tears. Anderson, 18, took a six-shot lead into Thursday’s final round of the 100th Maine […]
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