Dirigo 1 For 3 At States

South Berwick 12 – Dirigo 1South Berwick handed Dirigo Little League baseball all-stars a 12-1 loss in their opening game of the state tournament on July 24 at the Hampden Newburgh Little League complex in Hampden.

Patrick Fallon (11K,2H,4B) pitched four and a third shut out innings for the win, and Ryan O’Neil collected the save (1R,2H,1B).

Devin Scherer (3 1/3I, 6K,4B,7H) took the loss for Jefferson, and Sawyer Pinkham (1 2/3I,3K,1B,2H,2R) and Jake Rideout (2H,1B,1R) pitched in relief.

South Berwick scored all the runs they needed in the first inning with four runs. Hunter Newsome hit a three run double in the rally. Ryan O’Neil doubled and scored on a Jake Lebel single in the second. CJ Davis hit a solo homerun in the third, and Lebel a solo blast in the fourth. Lebel hit a two run homerun in the fifth. Burt Dow drove in two runs on an error in the top of the sixth.

Dirigo spoiled the shutout in the bottom of the sixth. Rideout hit a double and scored on a Luke Peabody single.

Hitting for Dirigo were Rideout with a double and single, and Peabody and Scherer a single each. Hitting for South Berwick were Lebel with two homeruns and two singles, O’Neil with two doubles and a single, Newsome a double, and Jeremy Jacquest and Parker Williams a single each.Homerun contestMaine Little League held a homerun contest before the start of the tournament in Hampden on July 24. Jefferson’s Sawyer Pinkham placed first, and Whitefield’s Jake Rideout second.Dirigo 1 – Ellsworth 0Three Dirigo pitchers combined to shutout Ellsworth 1-0 in their second game of the State Little League 11&12 baseball all-star tournament in Hampden July 26. Sawyer Pinkham got the start (4 2/3I,6K), Jake Rideout got the win (1O,2K,1B) and Tyler Bailey the save (1/3I).

Pinkham hit a solo homerun in the top of the sixth inning to break the scoreless deadlock. Dirigo held Ellsworth in the bottom of the sixth to win.

Hitting for Dirigo were Pinkham with a homerun and single, and Dameron Rodrique and Caleb Barden a single each.Cumberland NY 10 – Dirigo 3Cumberland North Yarmouth eliminated Dirigo from the State tournament Tuesday night. Hitting for Dirigo were Pinkham with a triple and double, and Cummings, Bailey and Rideout a single each.