BIDDEFORD — July 10, 2010.

A date that will live in infamy, at least to the members of the West Biddeford Little League All-Star team.

For the first time in three years, East Biddeford defeated West Biddeford 6-5 in the Maine District 4 Little League All-Star playoffs. East Biddeford moves on to play Kennebunk tonight at Bernier Field in Lyman for the right to play against South Berwick in the District 4 Championship Game on Wednesday.

Leading East Biddeford to victory was Nate Huot, who went 2 for 3 at the plate, with two home runs and four RBIs, and picked up the win on the mound, putting in over four innings of work.

“It feels good to beat West Biddeford, I know that,” Huot said.

East Biddeford took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, when Huot hit a two-run shot over the left field wall. East Biddeford added four runs in the third inning, when Garren Dewitt and Tom Green scored on wild pitches, and Huot smacked another two-run shot in almost the identical spot over the left field wall to give East Biddeford the 6-0 lead.

“I was just trying to connect [on the pitches],” Huot said.

West Biddeford showed tremendous fight, scoring four runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and one out, Corey Day scored on a wild pitch, right before Nick Ackerman smacked a towering three-run homer over the center field wall to bring the score to 6-4.

Brady Crepeau brought West Biddeford within a run in the fifth inning with a solo home run to make the score 6-5.

After Crepeau’s homer, Dewitt was brought in to get the final four outs of the ballgame. Dewitt induced a line out to end the fifth and induced two ground balls and a line out to end the game.

With the final out of the ballgame, East Biddeford rushed the field in celebration of its long-awaited victory over its cross-town rivals.

Huot said the win is the biggest the team has had in the tournament.

“They’ve beat us for three years, so we really wanted to beat them,” Huot said.

— Contact Dave Dyer at 282-1535 ext. 318.