Little League Regional: Portsmouth rallies, but can't overcome Maine
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The Maine state champions scored eight runs in the first inning, which proved to be enough in a 10-6 victory over Portsmouth in an elimination game on Sunday at the New England Little League Baseball Regional in Bristol, Connecticut.
Portsmouth, which beat Bedford for the New Hampshire state title, finished 0-2 in the double-elimination tournament after falling to Vermont on Saturday. The Maine team (1-1), with boys from Gray, New Gloucester and Raymond, advanced to another elimination game on Tuesday.
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On Sunday, Portsmouth rallied after falling into an 8-0 hole. Held to one hit (a single by Gabe Fournier) through three innings, the Seacoast boys scored six runs in the fourth, highlighted by two-run doubles by Drew Cresta and Ryan Poulin. Ryder Raizes also delivered an RBI single.
But Maine held on from there, plating two insurance runs in the fifth off Cresta, who relieved starter Raizes in the first inning and held Maine down until the fifth. At the plate, Cresta finished 2-for-2 with a walk.
On Saturday, Portsmouth fell to Richmond, Vermont (Camel's Hump Little League), 1-0. Mickey Brown pitched a two-hitter for the victors. Bennett Smith was effective for Portsmouth, working 4 1/3 innings and allowing the one run on three hits.