BOSTON (AP) — J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 28th home run, Steve Pearce added a two-run shot and Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 5 2/3 innings on Monday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the Texas Rangers and their seventh straight win. The Red Sox won for the 14th time […]
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H.S. softball: Greely edges Gray-NG 1-0 in Class B South semifinal
Gray-New Gloucester shortstop Lydia Espling tags out Greely’s Kelsey Currier trying to steal second during the Rangers’ win in a Class B South semifinal in Gray on Saturday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Mistakes are magnified during a pitchers’ duel, and even more so in the playoffs. Greely was the beneficiary of “one little hiccup,” […]
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H.S. softball: Defiant Spruce Mountain falls to Greely in B South quarterfinals
Spruce Mountain pitcher Hannah Turcotte goes into a windup against Greely during a Class B South softball preliminary in Cumberland on Tuesday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) CUMBERLAND — Greely High School coach Rob Hale found the Spruce Mountain Phoenix to be a pesky bunch who took pride in annoying his Rangers. But Hale and his persistent […]
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H.S. Baseball: Traip pulls away from St. Dom's
Traip’s Charlie Driscoll slides head first into second with a stolen base before the ball gets to Saint Dominic’s Hunter Hughes during Friday afternoon’s game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Traip pounced early and often en route to a 11-2 victory over St. Dom’s in a Western Maine Conference baseball contest Friday. Charlie […]
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Sale fans 12, Boston tops Texas 6-1
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chris Sale wishes he could be on the mound for the Boston Red Sox in their next series at Yankee Stadium. Sale will have to settle for a spot along the dugout rail to watch the highly anticipated showdown after his 12-strikeout performance for the Red Sox, who beat the Texas […]
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Kimbrel quickest to 300 saves as Red Sox come back twice to beat Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Craig Kimbrel became the quickest pitcher to reach 300 career saves, closing out a 6-5 win by the Boston Red Sox after they rallied and got the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning at Texas on Saturday night. Kimbrel worked a perfect ninth for his ninth save this season. […]
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Porcello’s 8 Ks, Betts’ 13th homer lead Red Sox to win over Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rick Porcello went on to win 22 games and the AL Cy Young Award the last time he started a season 5-0 — like he now has again this year. “Two years ago was a long time ago now it feels like, so it’s hard to compare,” Porcello said. “We’re doing […]
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H.S. softball: Greely rallies past Gray-New Gloucester, 4-3
Greely’s Kelsey Currier, left, beats out a throw to first as Gray-New Gloucester first baseman Jordan Grant reaches to catch the ball during a 4-3 Greely win in Gray on Friday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) GRAY — Kelsey Currier didn’t get to finish her at-bat in the top of the sixth inning, and it turned out to […]
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H.S. softball: Eddy pitches Traip past Buckfield in opener
KITTERY — Traip Academy pitcher Reilly Eddy had a dominant first start of the season, striking out 16 Buckfield batters and taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning of a 3-0 victory in a softball season opener. The Bucks (0-1) broke up the no-hitter on a Cara Merrill triple in their final turn at the […]
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ECHL: Maine Mariners partnering with New York Rangers
The Maine Mariners will begin play in the ECHL this fall as an affilate of the National Hockey League’s New York Rangers. Portland’s new minor league professional hockey team made the announcement Monday afternoon. “It’s a classy organization,” said Danny Briere, vice president of hockey operations for the Mariners, who are scheduled to take the […]