Friday, May 30, 2008

Dirigo steals one from Dysarts, Quigley K's 12

Keegan Quigley threw 84 pitches and struck out 12 over six innings as Dirigo defeated Dysarts 4-3 on Friday night in Hampden. (All Photos by Skip Hawkes)

Friday night in Hampden, Keegan Quigley struck out 12 and went the distance for the win as Dirigo Slipform stole the game away from Dysarts with a come from behind 4-3 victory in majors baseball action.

Dysarts plated three runs in the bottom of the first as Quigley struggled through the inning, but over the next five innings he was throwing bullets as he went the distance with 84 pitches and 12 strikeouts.

Dirigo got one run back in the top of the third, but still trailed 3-1 heading into the top of the fifth. Tristan Gardner doubled in the fifth, and eventually came around to score the tying run. Quigley did his job shutting down Dysarts in the bottom half of the fifth leaving the game tied at 3-3.

In the sixth Brandon Maillet doubled and advanced to third. Maillet then caught Dysarts sleeping and took off for home plate and beating the tag to give Dirigo a 4-3 lead.

Brandon Maillet steals home plate in the sixth inning for the lead run.
(Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Dysarts would not go away, despite having just one out left. Joey Doyon doubled with two outs, and eventually took off for third base on a stolen base attempt. The throw down to third bounced past the Dirigo third baseman Maillet and rolled into shallow left field. Jackson Gilmore jumped on the ball and threw to home plate. The ball arrived in catcher Kyle Clifford's mitt forehead high, but two steps ahead of Doyon who was tagged out by Clifford for the final out of the game.

Maillet had a double and a steal of home plate for Dirigo, and Tristan Gardner added a double and scored the tying run in the fifth. Dakota Sudbeck added a single.

Ryan Manning had a double and single for Dysarts, and Doyon added a double, single, and an RBI. Dan Good had a single and an RBI, and Noah Parker added a single.

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