Dirigo picks up Saturday win, Standings Updated

On Saturday in Hampden at the little league baseball complex, the Dirigo Slipform majors team took over first place with a 10-5 victory over Verizon. Dirigo improved to 6-3 on the season with the victory.

Jackson Gilmore had three singles, and Ben DiSalvatore and Dustin Ramsey each had two singles to lead Dirigo. Keegan Quigley was the winning pitcher.

Verizon was led by Forrest Spang with a double and single, David Manzo with two singles, and Cam Scott with a double.

Here is the updated standings through Saturday, May 24 of all games reported:

DIRIGO 6-3
FA PEABODY 5-2
DYSART'S 5-4
HRH 3-5
KIWANIS 3-5
VERIZON 1-6

Team & Individual photos schedule for May 29

The Dirigo Minors team photo taken Saturday, May 24, 2008. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

A reminder post for teams having their Individual and Team photos taken this week:

LAFAYETTE Minors Softball, Thursday, May 29 at 4:45pm

EDWARDS Minors Softball, Thursday, May 29 at 5:00pm

SARGENTS Minors Baseball, Thursday, May 29 at 5:30pm

The Rivertown Minors softball team photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
(Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Game Schedule for May 26 - May 31

Here is this week's (May 26-31) game schedule for Little League baseball and softball. Any postponements, cancellations, etc. will be noted here upon notification from HNLL team managers or coaches.

BASEBALL-MAJORS

FA Peabody vs Kiwanis (Tuesday, May 27-Majors Field)
Dirigo vs HRH (Tues, May 27-Minors Field)
FA Peabody vs Dysarts (Wed, May 28)
Kiwanis vs Verizon (Thur, May 29)
Dirigo vs Dysart's (Fri, May 30)
Verizon vs FA Peabody (Sat, May 31 9:00am)
Kiwanis vs HRH (Sat, May 31 11:00am)
FA Peabody vs Dirigo (Sat, May 31 1:00pm)

BASEBALL-MINORS

Bornstein vs VFW (Wed, May 28)
Snowmans vs Sargents (Thur, May 29)
Edward Jones vs VFW (Fri, May 30)
Dirigo vs Sargents (Sat, May 31 9:00am)
Dirigo vs Snowmans (Sat, May 31 11:00am)
Bornsteins vs Edward Jones (Sat, May 31 1:00pm)

SOFTBALL-MAJORS

Hampden at Hermon 2 (Wed, May 28 6:00pm)

SOFTBALL-MINORS

Rivertown vs Sportshoe (Wed, May 28)
Edwards vs Lafayette (Thur, May 29)
Lafayette vs Rivertown (Sat, May 31 1:00pm)

Dysart's grabs 2 wins in 2 games on Saturday

Saturday at the Hampden Little League baseball complex, the Dysart's major league team picked up two wins on the day to move to one game over .500.

In their first game of the day, Dysart's defeated Verizon 5-4. Noah Parker pitched five strong innings, and Ryan Manning closed the game and picked up the win. Michael Ward of Verizon had a strong outing as well.

Parker led Dysart's with a Home Run and a single, and he scored two runs. Daniel Good had a single and scored two runs. Clark Bjorn drove in Manning on a fielders choice for what would become the game winning run in the top of the sixth inning.

Ward led Verizon with two singles and two RBIs.

In the second game of the day for Dysart's, Daniel Good, Ryan Manning, and Joey Doyon combined for 17 Runs Batted In to lead Dysart's to a 20-14 win over HRH. The Dysart's victory improved them to 5-4 on the season.

Over the first three innings Dysart's held an 8-7 lead, but exploded for 12 hits over the final three innings.

Manning had a Home Run, two doubles, and a single with seven RBIs to lead Dysarts. Doyon added a double and three singles with four RBIs, and Good had a double and two singles with six RBIs. Noah Parker had four singles and Clark Bjorn added two singles. The Winning Pitcher was Good.

Matt Closson had two doubles and two singles with four RBIs to lead HRH. Bill Campbell added a double and single with two RBIs, Will Houston had a double and single, and Eric Armstrong had a double.

Walmart falls to Glenburn in Junior League baseball action

Cam Libbey of Walmart makes a running catch of a foul ball in the first inning. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Sunday morning at Bordick Park in Hampden, Brandon Thayer went 5-5 with three doubles and two singles and Grady Hayes had a home run and a double with four RBIs as Glenburn routed Walmart (Hampden) 15-3 in Junior League baseball action.

Glenburn held a 6-0 lead after two and a half innings before Hampden got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the third. Glenburn came right back with five runs in the top of the fourth highlighted by an Inside-The-Park home run from Hayes with two runners aboard.

Cooper Antone of Walmart steals second base in the third inning of Sunday's game at Bordick Park. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Two more runs in each of the final two innings put Glenburn on top 15-2 before an RBI double by Hampden's Cam Libbey plated the final run of the game in the bottom of the seventh.


Thayer had five hits including three doubles with an RBI and four runs scored, and Hayes had a double and home run with four RBIs to lead Glenburn. Andrew caitlin added three singles and an RBI, and both Mike Nickerson and Devon Romain chipped in with a single.

Third baseman Sam Good makes a diving stop of a ground ball to save a run in the sixth inning. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Libbey and Andrew Closson each had a double and an RBI to lead Hampden, and Cam Blood added a single.

PITCHING

Brandon Thayer (WP) 5.1 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 9BB, 4K
Luke Phillipon 1.2 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K

Maine Sports Report Score Board

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
GLENBURN	2	1	3	5	0	2	2	15	12	0
WALMART	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	7

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Random game action photos from Saturday, May 24

A great job by this catcher getting the glove on the ball with his eyes closed!
(All photos by Skip Hawkes)

Saturday at the Hampden-Newburgh little league complex was a busy day, as is every Saturday during the little league season, and below are a few of the random game action photos taken today. Click on the link below to see more random photos from some of Saturday's action.

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Barteaux and Huston hurl NO-HITTER in HRH victory

Jack Barteaux of HRH readies to deliver a pitch in the fifth inning Friday night against FA Peabody. Barteaux combined with Ben Huston to no-hit Peabody for a 4-1 win. (Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Friday night in Hampden, Jack Barteaux and Ben Huston combined on a no-hitter as HRH defeated F. A. Peabody 4-1 in Majors baseball little league action. HRH improves to 3-4 on the season, while FAP falls to 5-2.

(Photo by Skip Hawkes)

HRH scored two runs in top of the first, led 2-0 in the fifth when they added one more run, and after FAP scored their only run of the game in the bottom half of the fifth, HRH regained their three run lead with a final score in the top of the sixth.

(Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Barteaux, with only three strikeouts in the game, got a lot of help from the flawless defense behind him before giving way to Huston in the sixth with one out after reaching the 85 pitch count limit.

(Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Riley Eastman led HRH at the plate with a double and two singles, and Matt Closson added a double.

(Photo by Skip Hawkes)

Maine Sports Report Score Board

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R
HRH	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
FA PEABODY	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

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