McLain scored when Cosgrove reached on an error, and Leeman on a Brandon Reilly single.
Hitting for Lincoln was Reilly with 2 singles, and Cosgrove and Everett Martin a single each. Hitting for Camden were Taylor Hall with a double and 2 singles, Keegan Pieri, Conor Hart and Caleb McFarland with 2 singles each, and Carlson, Landwehr and Kyle Ollehnik with a single each.
Alex Cosgrove collected the win in six innings of work (0B, 5K, 7H), and Reilly pitched the final inning (1H, 2K). Isaac Durkee took the loss (6H, 3K, 0B).
Lincoln led 4-0 after three innings. Reilly hit a solo homerun in the 1st and Merritt Wotton a solo blast in the 2nd. Dalton Leeman singled, and Reilly hit a two run homerun in the 3rd.
Medomak scored one run in the top of the 4th when Chris Benedict doubled and scored on a Kyle Durkee single. Lincoln scored two runs in the bottom of the 4th. Jeff Lamb walked, Mardy Alden singled, Leeman drove in a run on a fielder’s choice and Cosgrove singled in a run.
Alex Greenleaf scored for the Panthers in the 6th when he singled, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Mike Kee double.
Hitting for Lincoln were Reilly with 2 homeruns, Alden 2 singles, Wotton a homerun, and Leeman, Cosgrove, Everett Martin, and Lamb a single each. Hitting for Medomak were Kee with a double and single, Benedict a double, and Isaac Durkee, Kerry Madden, Isaac Greenrose, Alex Greenrose and K. Durkee a single each.
“AJ did another super job for us in another hard luck loss. Offensively and defensively they didn’t support him like they should” have. “It has been a really long week. It’s taken a toll. Six games in six days, coach Greg Rice commented.
Waterville scored all three of their runs in the top of the 5th inning. Ryan Vellieux walked, Cam Sawyer singled, JT Whitten drove in a run on an error and Kyle Bishop singled in a run and Tyler Bouchard sacrificed in a run.
Hitting for Lincoln were Wotton with a homerun and single and Leeman a single. Hitting for Waterville were Bishop with a double and 2 singles, Vellieux 2 singles and Mark Beckum a singled.
The Tigers led 1-0 at the end of the 1st inning. Lead-off batter Dennis Meehan walked, stole to third and scored on a Spencer Allen sacrifice fly.
Lincoln tied the game in the top of the 2nd. Kyle Scherer was hit by a pitch, moved over on a Jeff Lamb walk and scored on a Mardy Alden single. The Eagles took the lead with a four run 5th inning. Merritt Wotton singled, Scherer reached on an error and Lamb walked to load up the bases for a two run single to Alden and RBI fielders’ choices to Bo McLain and Alex Cosgrove.
Lincoln broke the game open and ended the game mercifully with a six run 5th inning. Scherer was hit by a pitch for the second time in the ball game, and Lamb walked for the third time in the game, to set up an RBI single to designated hitter Alden. McLain was hit by a pitch, Leeman and Cosgrove (RBI) reached on fielders’ choices, and Brandon Reilly and Everett Martin hit a two run single each.
Lincoln out hit the Tigers 8-4, with every hit a single. Alden led the charge, going three for three with 3 RBI. Also hitting for Lincoln were Reilly, two, and Cosgrove, Martin and Wotton one each. Hitting for Gardiner were Meehan, Ouellette, Brandon Chaput and Oreneiller with one each.