Nick Thibeault was efficient on the mound for Brunswick, shutting down the Bruno’s hitters over the first three innings, allowing only four hits and no runs with a solid defense behind him.
Bobby Lajoie made a standout diving catch of a line drive from Carter in the second to get Bruno’s out of a jam.
Brunswick got back into the scoring in the top of the third when Pearson Cost led off with a single, stole second and scored on a Parker single. Parker stole second and scored on a Wild single.
Wild stole second and scored on a throwing error after a Lowell grounder.
Brunswick added a run in the fourth when Wild scored on a Ryan Brescia groundout.
Ryan Dixon went the first five innings for Bruno’s giving up six hits and 10 walks and all eight Brunswick runs. Ryan Rublin finished out for Bruno’s, giving up no hits, with a walking one and two hit batsmen.
Parker came in to finished up, giving up not hits and no runs in four innings of mound work.
The state championship takes place at the University of Southern Maine this weekend, starting on Friday.
Brunswick, 6-5
On Sunday after an hour-long wait for umpires, Parker hit a double in the bottom of the seventh to plate two Brunswick runners for the walk-off 6- 5 victory at Edwards Field.
Brunswick started the scoring in the bottom of the second as Lowell led off with a double, advanced to third when a Brescia grounder skittered off the glove of a Bruno’s player. Thibeault doubled down the thirdbase line, scoring Lowell and Brescia.
Cam Heatley was hit by a pitch and both runners advanced on a passed ball. Glenn Cutliffe grounded out to second, driving in Thibeault for the third run of the inning.
Bruno’s struck back in the fourth inning when Joe Apon led off with hit, followed by a walk to Dixon. Two outs later, Silas Corman singled to score Apon and make it 3-1.
Bruno’s added another run in the top of the fifth when Aiden Bowe reached via an error, advanced on a Pete Hill single, and scored on Apon’s third hit of the game to make it 3-2.
Brunswick struck back in the bottom of the inning when Parker led off with a hit, stole second and scored when Wild hit a deep double into the left-center gap. Wild was thrown out attempting to stretch it into a triple.
Brunswick held a 4-2 edge going into the top of the seventh, but Bruno’s was not done, yet. Bowe opened with a walk, and a throwing error allowed Hill to reach, putting runners at first and second.
A Don Fagone base hit scored Bowe, and a passed ball left runners on second and third. Dixon lined a hit into center for the tying and go-ahead runs before Carter retired the last two hitters.
Carter opened the bottom of the seventh inning with a bloop single into center and promptly stole second base. Cost lined a hard shot into left field that moved Carter to third. Cost stole second base to set Parker’s mammoth blast to the deep corner of left field, scoring Carter for the tying run and Cost for the winning run as Brunswick kept its season alive.
Bruno’s 2-0
On Saturday, host Bruno’s defeated Brunswick 2-0 in the first game of the three-game series at Deering Oaks.
The game was a pitcher’s duel between Nick DePalma of Bruno’s and Parker.
DePalma came up with the win, going the distance and allowing only three hits, no walks, no runs and striking out 10.
Parker gave up just two hits, walked two, struck out 13 and allowed two unearned runs.
The game moved quickly along with neither side developing much of a threat until the bottom of the fifth when Hill led off with a hit up the middle and was moved over to third on a Corman hit.
Hill scored on a wild pitch and later in the inning Corman scored from third on a passed ball.
Brunswick posed a threat in the top of the inning when Wild and Cutliffe reached via errors and then advanced to second and third with two outs. DePalma managed to get a strikeout to preserve the win.
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