FARMINGTON — With 10 American Legion games slated for next week, Rogers Post 153 coach Dave Jordan was forced to shuffle his pitchers and the batting order against the Franklin Flyers under the lights at Hippach Field on Thursday night. Jordan wanted a majority of his players to see action to prepare for an American […]
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Rogers Post defeats River Valley in American Legion baseball opener
RUMFORD — Grant Hartley’s two-run home run in the seventh highlighted a four-run inning in Rogers Post’s 8-7 victory over River Valley on Thursday. River Valley made a come back in the bottom of the inning, scoring three times, but left the tying and go ahead runs on second and third. Rogers Post (1-0) scored […]
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Legion tournament: Yankee Ford dismisses Rogers Post
Anthony Degifico hit a single up the middle with runners on second and third, and a play at the plate went Yankee Ford’s way to score the winning run in a 7-6 win at Morton Field. “Just (looking for) a fastball. Just wanted to let it come in, see the ball well, just swing through […]
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American Legion Baseball: Rogers Club staves off elimination against Skowhegan
AUGUSTA — A day after playing a game-and-a-half worth of baseball, Rogers Post needed to dip into its pitching depth in an elimination game against suddenly surging Skowhegan on Saturday. Two young and inexperienced pitchers combined for a solid outing for Rogers Post, which pulled ahead late for a 6-3 victory at Morton Field on […]
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American Legion Baseball: Storms steal Rogers Post’s thunder for a day
AUGUSTA — There was thunder in Rogers Post’s bats, but there was also rumbles of thunder and lightning in the sky that put the American Legion team’s hot offense on hold for a half a day. The thunder and lightning not only caused a delay of Thursday’s second-round game of the American Legion state playoffs […]
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American Legion Baseball: Rogers Post overcomes miscues to beat Fayette-Staples in state opener
AUGUSTA — Defense. It’s the often-times forgotten aspect of baseball. Then one play here or there, good or bad, takes the spotlight and players in both dugouts remember how important defense can be. There were miscues from each team when Rogers Post of Auburn and Fayette-Staples of Saco squared off on the first day of […]
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American Legion baseball: Rogers roughs up Bessey
Rogers Post plated 11 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat Bessey Motors 13-1 in the American Legion semifinals at Auburn Suburban on Tuesday. With the victory, Rogers advances to the Zone 2 championship and clinches a state tournament berth. Defense ruled the first five-and-a-half innings of Tuesday’s game as second-seeded Rogers held […]
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Rogers Post holds off Highland Green, 6-4
AUBURN — Rogers Post has lived on the edge throughout this American Legion Zone 2 baseball season. Walks have been a problem for Rogers Post pitchers, and Monday against seventh-seeded Highland Green, 10 free passes nearly derailed the second-seeded squad in a quarterfinal at Auburn Suburban Field. Rogers Post coach Dave Jordan looked to Tyler […]
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Legion baseball: Rogers Post drops Highland Green
AUBURN — Throughout a baseball season, there are things teams consistently do well, while other areas are a work in progress. For Highland Green of Topsham, it is a lack of offensive punch at times and strikeouts that are struggles, with fielding normally the stand out throughout this American Legion Zone 2 campaign. On Tuesday […]
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Legion baseball: Pastime walks off past Rogers Post in doubleheader
After coasting to a 6-2 win in the opener, Pastime (15-0) had to bite its nails for a 9-8 victory for the sweep. Walks were the story from start to finish. In the opener, Rogers Post (12-3) starting pitchers Damien St. Pierre issued four free passes in a three-run first inning. Two of the walks […]