Sunday, June 22, 2008

Walmart Junior baseball sweeps Glenburn twin bill

Sam Good of Hampden rips an RBI single in the first inning of game one on Sunday in Glenburn. Hampden swept the twin bill 13-5 and 14-7. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Sunday in Glenburn the Hampden Walmart Junior League baseball team pounded out 23 hits and scored 27 runs as they completed a double header sweep of Glenburn. Hampden took the opening game 13-5 in six innings, and won the second game of the twin bill 14-7 as three pitchers combined on a 2-hitter.

In the opening game Cam Blood and John Pond combined for four hits and four RBIs to lead Hampden to the win.

Hampden took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, but Glenburn rebounded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning. Glenburn scored two more in the second to take a 4-3 lead. Hampden battled back with two runs in the third for a 5-4 lead, but Glenburn answered with four straight singles in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at 5-5.

Andrew Closson of Hampden steadies himself after making a diving catch of a line drive late in game one. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Hampden scored two in the fourth on RBI singles by Blood and Cooper Antone to take a 7-5 lead and never trailed again.

Hitting for Hampden in game one was Blood (two singles, two RBIs), Pond (double, single, two RBIs), Cam Libbey (two singles, RBI), Sam Good (single, RBI), Caleb Nelson (single, RBI), Antone (single, RBI), and Ryan Dunton (single).

Providing the offense for Glenburn was Andrew caitlin (double, single, RBI), Devin Romain (two singles, RBI), Grady Hayes (single), Zach Blodgett (single), and Tyler Omler (single).

HAMPDEN PITCHING

John Pond (WP) 3IP, 6H, 5R, 0ER, 1BB, 1HB, 1K
Cam Libbey (SV) 3IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K

GLENBURN PITCHING

Brandon Thayer (LP) 4IP, 8H, 7R, 5ER, 4BB, 3K
Zach Blodgett 2IP, 2H, 6R, 3ER, 4BB, 3K


Maine Sports Report Score Board
Team1234567RHE
HAMPDEN WALMART302242X13105
GLENBURN 221000X574


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In game two Andrew Closson, Cam Libbey, and Cooper Antone combined on a two hitter as Hampden gained a 14-7 win.

Like the opening game of the day, Hampden scored three runs in the top of the first to take a 3-0 lead. They would never relinquish the lead as they scored in every inning. Seven walks, two hit batters, and four Hampden errors allowed Glenburn to score throughout the game.

Cooper Antone of Hampden looks to first base before throwing out the base runner during game two. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Hampden hitters were Antone (double, two singles, RBI), John Pond (two singles, two RBIs), Closson (two singles, RBI), Cam Blood (two singles, RBI), Sam Good (double, RBI), Libbey (single), Hank Bartlett (single), and Tim Coston (single).

Andrew Gatchell of Glenburn gets hit by a pitch in the sixth inning of game two. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Hitting for Glenburn was Chris McCue (double) and Tyler Omler (single).

HAMPDEN PITCHING

Andrew Closson (WP) 4IP, 2H, 4R, 2ER, 4BB, 1HB, 1K
Cam Libbey 2IP, 0H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 1HB, 1K
Cooper Antone 1IP, 0H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 0K

GLENBURN PITCHING

Nick Sherwood (LP) 4.1IP, 10H, 10R, 5ER, 3BB, 7K
Andrew Gatchell 1.2IP, 2H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 1HB, 0K
Chris McCue 1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K


Maine Sports Report Score Board
Team1234567RHE
HAMPDEN WALMART322123114134
GLENBURN 1021111726


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