BATH — The Bath Middle School baseball team has been busy of late, winning three straight games over Mt. Ararat, Leavitt and Brunswick.
Against Mt. Ararat, the game went nine innings with the Destroyers coming out on top, 6-3.
Down 2-0 in the fifth, Thomas Warren and Jackson Walker walked. Both came home on a double by Asa Hodgdon to tie the game. Bath claimed a 3-2 lead when Walker drove in Warren with a single.
Ben Freeman scored to tie the game on a double by Damon Austin for the Eagles in the bottom of the seventh, but Bath claimed the win in the ninth. Isaak Flaming singled, Austin Magliozzi walked and Lukas Osterhout walked to load the bases. Warren followed with a tworun double.
Hunter Lohr pitched well for Mt. Ararat, fanning six in three innings of work.
In a 15-3 win over Leavitt, the Destroyers racked up 14 hits. Flaming was 3-for-4 (double, two singles), Magliozzi 2-for-4 (double, single), Osterhout 2-for-4 (two singles) and Warren 2- for-3 (two singles). Nicco Bartone added a double.
Walked pitched four innings for the win, retiring the side in order three times and striking out four. Ethan Testa threw two solid innings.
In a tight 9-6 win over Brunswick at Kelley Field, the Destroyers claimed a 3-0 lead in the first, with Walker, Magliozzi, Osterhout, Warren and Hodgdon each singling.
Warren struck out 10 of the first 12 batters he faced.
Brunswick made a run in the fifth. Tony Cilea picked up the first hit for the Huskies, followed by two walks and a hit batter (Sam Sharpe) to get Brunswick on the board. In all, Brunswick plated six runs, four unearned.
Bath answered with a run in the fifth on a double by Bartone, who scored on a bunt by Arius Eich.
The Destroyers put up five runs in the sixth to seal the win. Flaming and Magliozzi each singled. Warren ripped a double, with Hodgdon dropping a bunt to score Warren. Caleb Jackson added a single.
Bartone closed the door in the seventh with two strikeouts.
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