NEW YORK — Chris Sale threw an 0-2 fastball at the letters past Gio Urshela in the fourth inning and didn’t get the call. He raised both arms as if to say, “What’s wrong?” and muttered at plate umpire Mike Estabrook. Sale’s outing in a doubleheader opener spun out of control from there, just like […]

NEW YORK — DJ LeMahieu homered twice off an enraged Chris Sale, who screamed and pointed at the plate umpire when he was removed during a seven-run fourth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Red Sox 9-2 on Saturday in a doubleheader opener that extended Boston’s longest losing streak since 2015 to six […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A pair of Kenyan runners celebrated victories in Maine’s most anticipated road race on Saturday. Alex Korio won the men’s championships while Joyciline Jepkosgei won for the women at the annual Beach to Beacon 10K race in Cape Elizabeth. Korio’s time of 27 minutes 34 seconds was just six seconds short of […]

SANFORD — Aaron Izaryk made a lasting impression on Trevor LaBonte during the right-handed pitchers post-graduate year at Bridgton Academy in 2014. So much that when Izaryk, the current general manager of the Sanford Mainers, offered LaBonte a spot on the 2019 roster, LaBonte jumped at the opportunity.  “I couldn’t turn down the chance to […]

NEW YORK — Once again, the box score for James Paxton looked ugly after three outs. The eye test told Yankees manager Aaron Boone something different. “I thought he threw the snot out of the ball in the first inning,” he said. Gleyber Torres wiped up Paxton’s mess with a grand slam, and the hard-throwing […]

On July 31, the Red Sox were in third place in the Eastern Division of the American League. After they had drubbed the Yankees in the first three games of their series last weekend, many Red Sox fans began to believe that their team could still go all the way and give them their second […]

BOSTON — The Red Sox stood pat during Wednesday’s trade deadline, and then the Tampa Bay Rays gave Boston perhaps its most crushing loss yet during a disappointing World Series defense. Rookie left-hander Brendan McKay struck out seven, Mike Zunino and Austin Meadows homered, and the Rays beat the Red Sox 9-4 Thursday night to […]

SANFORD — For designated hitter Elliott Curtis, his time purpose in the New England Collegiate Baseball League this summer with the Sanford Mainers was to improve each day.  His hard work paid off in the Mainers final game of the season Thursday night against North Adams in Sanford at Goodall Park. Curtis finished with two […]

JENKINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A summer filled with unforgettable moments has come to a valiant end on the diamond for a local Little League Softball team. The Biddeford All-Stars scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but left the bases loaded and lost a thrilling 16-14 contest to New York on Thursday […]