Westbrook Little League

SCORES for the week ending June 13:

Phoenix Welding 10 – Lions 7

Eagles 15 – Messer 5

Sappi 4 – Tickets 1

Kiwanis 20 – Dairy Queen 5

Eagles 7 – Lions 3

Messer – 8 – Phoenix Welding 3

Kiwanis 8 – Sappi 3

Tickets 15 – Dairy Queen 0

Final standings

Kiwanis 11-4

Sappi 11-4

Tickets Unlimited 9-6

Eagles 8-7

Messer 8-7

Pheonix Welding 6-9

Lions 6 – 9

Dairy Queen 1-14

PLAYOFF GAMES

June 14

Pheonix Welding 6 – Tickets 3

Sappi 7 – Lions 1

Eagles 9 – Messer 6

Kiwanis 4 – Dairy Queen 3

June 15

Messer 5 – Dairy Queen 3

Lions 6 – Tickets 3

Kiwanis takes regular season crown

Kiwanis defeated Sappi on the final night of the regular season to win the Westbrook Little League regular season championship. Kiwanis, which tied with Sappi for the best record in the league (11-4), earned the top seed heading into the playoffs, as they defeated Sappi twice during the season.

In the big game, Kiwanis was led by a great pitching performance from Zack Bean. He was touched early for a run and then settled down to go five strong innings. The offense was sparked by a beautiful bunt from Nick Zabenko to move two runners in scoring position. Noah Collins had a multiple-hit game and Bean and Derek Breunig hit home runs for Kiwanis.

Kaleb Kent pitched three strong innings for Sappi and the offense was led by Andrew Lamson, DJ Henrickson and Alec Hazlewood, who all doubled. Kyle Hebert continued his strong rookie campaign with a nice hit as well.

Kiwanis 20

Dairy Queen 5

Kiwanis also defeated Dairy Queen 20-5 earlier in the week. Kiwanis was led by a strong pitching performance from Noah Collins, who also had two key hits in the game to get Kiwanis going. Hits by Gregory Buotte and Nick Zabenko sparked the offense and homers by Zack Bean and Derek Breunig provided much-needed run support.

Sappi 4

Tickets Unlimited 1

Earlier in the week, Sappi defeated Tickets Unlimited 4-1 behind the pitching of Hazlewood and Josh Ames, who combined for a three-hitter. Offensively, Hazlewood hit a home run (his first) and Marty McInnis chipped in with two hits. Derek Bouchard and Logan McCarthy were the only players for Tickets Unlimited to get hits against Sappi.

Tickets Unlimited 15

Dairy Queen 0

Playing for the third place spot in the regular season, Tickets went on to defeat Dairy Queen 15-0 to close down the regular season under the lights. Marty Pena had the big night for Tickets, going 3-3 with two walks. Pena also pitched four strong innings, striking out eight batters. Tickets had 17 hits including multiple hits by Bailey Sawyer, Austin Blake, Curtis Knapton, and Bouchard who added his fifth homerun of the season.

Eagles top Messer, Lions to move into fourth

The Eagles won two games as well in the final week to move into fourth place. In their first game, the Eagles defeated Messer 15-5 as they pounded out 16 hits. Blake Fillmore led the charge with five hits and Keigan Sears with four hits. On the mound, Brenden Richardson, Ethan Nash and Alec Jacobs combined for a six-hitter. Gage Champagne and Patrick Weimer were repeat hitters for Messer. The Eagles also defeated the Lions 7-3, to improve their record to 8-7. Alec Jocobs and Ethan Nash were repeat hitters for the Eagles while they used five pitchers to hold the Lions to only four hits. Collin Joyce and Nick Minor had extra base hits for the Lions.

Playoffs get underway in Westbrook

The Westbrook Little League Playoffs started on June 14 with four games. In the opener, it was Pheonix Welding upsetting the No. 3 seed Tickets Unlimited 6-3. Kyle Heath paced Pheonix Welding both on the mound and at the plate as Phoenix advanced to the winner’s bracket.

Sappi 7

Lions 1

In game two, it was the No. 2 Sappi team defeating the Lions 7-1. Sappi started the game off with the first five batters all getting hits. Adam Blackmore led the way with a base hit up the middle. Repeat hitters for Sappi were Marty McInnis, DJ Henrickson and Kaleb Kent. Kent, Hazlewood and Josh Ames combined for a two-hitter.

Eagles 9

Messer 6

In the 3rd game, it was the Eagles coming from behind to defeat Messer 9-6. Messer took the early lead, scoring twice in the second and third innings for a 4-0 lead. Andrew St Clair and Gage Champagne had the key hits to lead the way. The Eagles came back with two of their own in the bottom of the third to cut the lead in half. Brenden Richardson had an RBI single in the third. The Eagles then broke it open in the fifth, scoring five times with three straight hits, the biggie being an RBI double by Ethan Nash. Corey Walker added an RBI single for an insurance run. Chandler Todd pitched five strong innings, giving up only two hits and one earned run. Blake Fillmore picked up the save.

Kiwanis 4

Dairy Queen 3

In the final playoff game of the day, Amber Gerdaro pitched a great game for Dairy Queen, going five strong innings. She was backed by some great defense led by Jack McCullough at shortstop. He made several fine plays during the course of the game. Dairy Queen jumped out early with a 3-0 lead in the first, Kiwanis was led back in the game by a Noah Collins ground rule double to plate an RBI in the first. Kiwanis then scrapped out a run in the third. In the bottom of the fifth Kiwanis, had a hit batter (Greg Buotte) and a clutch two-out two-run home run from Zack Bean to go up 4-3 and Derek Breunig came in to relieve in the sixth and pitched a scoreless inning for the save.