BOSTON — On second thought, Kevin Cash wouldn’t have lifted AL ERA leader Charlie Morton from a one-run game with two out in the fifth inning. “He deserves that opportunity, and I wish I would have given that to him,” the Rays manager said after Tampa Bay coughed up the lead, then rallied to beat […]

SANFORD — Even though the Sanford Mainers sit in sixth place in the Northern Division standings, head coach Cejay Suarez has been proud of the effort they’ve put forth all season. On Tuesday, the Mainers fell just short of a second consecutive come-from-behind win, falling to the Valley Blue Sox 7-6 in 10 innings in […]

SANFORD — Even though Sanford is out of contention for the NECBL playoffs, All-Star second baseman Drew DeMartino said the Mainers are still going to fight until the last out of the season. Games like Monday night at Goodall Park show that the Mainers are capable of the task. Sterling Hayes broke a 3-3 tie […]

PORTLAND – The Maine Baseball Hall of Fame opened its doors to nine new members at the 50th anniversary induction ceremony on Sunday at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. Joey Drapeau of Biddeford High and the University of Maine was the first inductee introduced to the several hundred people in attendance, and […]

SACO — Playing the same team three times in one tournament has its advantages and disadvantages. The Saco Little League Baseball team did its best to expose their advantages as they beat Standish 2-0 in the championship game of the Maine state tournament for 8 to 10-year-olds in Westbrook. The teams faced each other twice […]

BOSTON — In his first public comments since a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic, former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said Monday that he is glad to be home from the hospital and told his fans: “Big Papi will be back soon.” Following an Instagram post with a statement issued through a Boston public […]

BOSTON — Didi Gregorius and Austin Romine each hit a two-run homer off Chris Sale, and Domingo Germán struck out nine Sunday night to help the New York Yankees avoid a four-game sweep with a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Five days after allowing a career-high eight runs to the Minnesota Twins, Germán […]

BOSTON — J.D. Martinez and Andrew Benintendi homered as the Boston Red Sox again hit balls all over and out of Fenway Park, battering the New York Yankees 9-5 Saturday. The Red Sox have outscored the Yankees 38-13 to win the first three of a four-game set. Boston ace Chris Sale goes in the series […]

ARUNDEL – Tom Welch has provided guiding services for a decade, but he’d never heard a request as unusual as the one he got this spring.  Welch, a Registered Maine Guide and the founder and owner of Magalloway Guide Service, LLC, received a phone call in late May from a man in South Carolina who […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots struck gold in 2009 when they drafted Kent State quarterback Julian Edelman in the seventh round and converted him to wide receiver. He has had two seasons with more than 1,000 receiving yards and was the MVP in February’s Super Bowl. Danny Etling is hopeful he can replicate […]