BATH —Undefeated Pastime (6-0) jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings and went to defeat Smith Tobey, 9-0, in an American Legion baseball game Wednesday. Pastime used five pitchers to get the job done, with Mitch Davis getting the win on mound. Pastime’s 11 hits were more than enough to overpower Smith-Tobey. Gage […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime slugs Rogers Post to remain unbeaten
Against Rogers Post on Tuesday night, they got on 23 times. Of those 23, 11 came across the plate to score, leading Pastime to an 11-1 win in six innings over rival Rogers Post. Pitcher Kyle Bourget helped lead the way for Pastime, giving up just one run on four hits while striking out seven. […]
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American Legion baseball: Zone 2 a challenge this season
The high school baseball season is over, but many players are entering the 2016 American Legion baseball campaign in mid-season form. Maine’s Legion baseball landscape is split into four zones. Due to lower player turnout this season, among other factors, the zones were again adjusted prior to the 2016 season. Some teams were consolidated, others […]
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Zone 2 Legion Tournament: Tri-Town rips 16 hits, eliminates Pastime Club, 11-1
AUGUSTA — The bashers showed up Thursday afternoon for Tri-Town American Legion baseball. All of them. Early and often. On the same day. With exquisite timing. Sixteen hits, six of them for extra bases, staked Tri-Town to an 11-1 rout of Pastime Club in an elimination game of the Zone 2 tournament at McGuire Field. “We’ve […]
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Zone 2 Legion Baseball Tournament: Pastime Club in familiar spot after loss to Augusta Elks
AUGUSTA — It’s a tradition dating back to the previous decade, when current Pastime Club players had big brothers, older cousins and other role models on the team. Lewiston’s representative in American Legion baseball customarily makes the playoffs interesting by digging its way out of the consolation bracket after the opening round. They’ll have to do […]
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Legion Baseball: Pastime knocks off Rogers Post to advance to double-elimination tournament
LEWISTON — American Legion playoff wins are nothing new for the kids in the Pastime dugout, but they are for the team’s coach. Pastime delivered first-year coach Andrew Cessario his first playoff victory in a 13-10 victory over Rogers Post in the first round of the Zone 2 tournament on Tuesday. The Lewiston-based American Legion team […]
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Legion Baseball: Zone 2 tournament field strongest in recent memory
Aside from determining home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs, seeding for the Zone 2 tournament may prove to be nothing more than just numbers. Parity has been the go-to word for coaches throughout the year when describing the 12-team zone. Following the 18-game regular season, the field has now shrunk to eight […]
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Legion Baseball: Pastime locks up home playoff game with split against Gardiner
The Lewiston-based American Legion baseball team made sure of that with a 6-0 victory over Gardiner in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday at Oak Hill High School. Gardiner won the opener 9-0. The split, coupled with Franklin County’s sweep of Locke Mills, makes Pastime (13-5) the No. 3 seed in the zone tournament, […]
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Pastime hands Bessey Motors their first loss
Pastime completed a comeback a week in the making Friday night, handing Bessey Motors its first loss of the American Legion baseball season. Brock Belanger came around to score in the bottom of the 12th inning on a Caleb Dostie double to lift Pastime to a 9-8 win over Bessey. With the win, Pastime improves […]
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Legion Baseball Notebook: Plenty of intrigue as season comes down to final week
The Zone 2 regular season is down to its last week of games and there’s still plenty to sort out before the start of the zone tournament on July 21. It’s going to be a hectic sprint to the finish line for some teams, especially Rogers Post, which has to play six games in six days. […]