HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tyler Nevin hit a run-scoring single in the third inning, leading the Hartford Yard Goats to a 4-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday. The single by Nevin, part of a three-run inning, gave the Yard Goats a 2-0 lead before Colton Welker hit an RBI single later in […]
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Indians rally for five in 9th, beat Red Sox, 7-5
BOSTON – The Cleveland Indians had plenty to celebrate despite the late hour. Zach Plesac delivered a solid start in his major league debut and the bottom of Cleveland’s lineup led a wild ninth-inning rally as the Indians scored five and beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night. “I was proud of the whole […]
Area Roundup: Mt. Ararat tops Hampden in softball action
TOPSHAM — Amanda O’Neill, Ema Hawkes, Bella West and Jaden Lohr each singled in a run during a four-run second inning as the Mt. Ararat High School softball team hustled to a 7-0 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Hampden Academy on Monday. The Eagles are 2-13 and visit Brunswick today at 4 p.m. Megan Reed, […]
KVAC, WMC Track Championships held
BATH — Once again, the race for the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls title was a tight one. And once again, Cony had the finishing touch to take home the title. Cony, led by two wins and a runner-up finish from Anna Reny, repeated as conference champion Saturday at McMann Field in Bath, […]
Brunswick takes down Mt. Ararat in girls lacrosse, 9-2
BRUNSWICK — After scoring 24 goals in the last two games, including a 15-goal output in Wednesday’s win against Morse, the Brunswick girls’ lacrosse team was looking for more of that offensive prowess against Mt. Ararat on Friday. However, the Eagles were coming off a one-goal victory over Boothbay on Thursday and were carrying a little […]
HS Baseball: Sharpe leads ‘grand’ win for Dragons
BATH — As the high school baseball regular season nears its conclusion, the games seem to get bigger, with playoff lives often on the line. Such was the case for Brunswick, which visited rival Morse on Friday riding a three-game winning streak and holding down the eighth and final playoff spot in the Class A North Heal […]
HS Baseball: Greyhounds ramble on, down Winthrop
LISBON – Hunter Brissette has relished the role he has been given by Lisbon High School baseball coach Randy Ridley. Brissette serves as Ridley’s leadoff hitter, the man who sets the table for the big bats that follow. On Saturday in a key Mountain Valley Conference matchup with Winthrop, Brissette set the table for a big […]
HS Softball: Patriots ground Falcons
GRAY — Friday’s Western Maine Conference high school softball game was an important one with playoff implications. Freeport knew it. Gray-New Gloucester knew it. The heightened sense of awareness of where each other stood in the Heal Point Standings with so few games remaining might have played a role in the outcome, as did some calls […]
Boston homers past Indians, 12-5
BOSTON — Cleveland reliever Oliver Pérez broke a spike loose on his shoe, and three batters later, the Boston Red Sox broke the game open. Sandy León hit a three-run homer off Pérez after he caused an odd stoppage asking for new footwear, J.D. Martinez homered twice and the Red Sox beat the Indians 12-5 Monday. […]
Thornton Academy baseball holds off Biddeford
SACO — Even after Thornton Academy squandered most of its 7-1 lead, head coach Jason Lariviere was confident his Golden Trojans would find a way to win. Thornton (13-2) entered Saturday afternoon’s tilt with Biddeford (8-7) as the No. 2 seed in Class A South and built a six-run lead through five innings. Then, the […]