TORONTO — David Price returned to the Boston Red Sox with another outstanding performance against Toronto Blue Jays. The 33-year-old left-hander did not allow any earned runs over five innings in a 12-2 rout Monday that improved his record against the Blue Jays to 22-3, including 13-1 in 18 starts at Toronto. Price (2-2) had not […]
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Girls high school lacrosse: Messalonskee downs Brunswick, 15-9
OAKLAND – Kaitlyn Smith scored five goals to lead Messalonskee (3-5) over Brunswick (2-6), 15-9, in a girls Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference lacrosse game on Monday. Shauna Clark and Katie Seekins each had three goals and Sadie Colby made eight saves for the Eagles. Emily Cloutier scored five goals for the Dragons. MacKenzie Dorr, Amanda Cloutier, […]
High school girls lacrosse: Saints grab momentum, down Falcons, 17-13
AUBURN — Monday’s Western Maine Conference high school girls’ lacrosse contest between Freeport and St. Dom’s had momentum swing after momentum swing. The Saints didn’t let the Falcons go on a big second-half run, and St. Dom’s came away with a 17-13 victory in a Class C showdown on Monday. St. Dom’s was led by Charlotte […]
High school softball: Freeport, Poland play to 5-5 tie
FREEPORT — Freeport and Poland High Schools played to a 5-5 tie in five innings in Western Maine Conference softball on Monday before a brief heavy rainstorm left the field at Hunter Road Fields unplayable and the game was called. “Look at the fields, we can’t continue to play on that, the umpires called it,” Freeport coach Jason Daniel […]
Golden State beats Blazers, 119-117, in OT for 4-game series sweep
PORTLAND, Ore. – Experience bred confidence for the Golden State Warriors, even when challenged by the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. No matter how far they were down, they’ve been through too much to ever think they’re out. “We just really understand what we’re capable of on both sides of the basketball,” Draymond Green said. “We’re never […]
Reading sweeps Sea Dogs
READING, Pa. — Mickey Moniak scored on a groundout in the first inning, leading the Reading Fightin Phils to a 5-4 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Sunday. With the victory, the Fightin’ Phils swept the four-game series. Moniak scored on the play to give the Fightin Phils a 1-0 lead after he reached base […]
Polar Bears fall in NCAA women’s lacrosse tourney
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team saw its season come to an end in an 18-9 loss to Middlebury in the third round of the NCAA Division III Championship Saturday afternoon. The 14th-ranked Polar Bears closed a fantastic season with a record of 10-8. The third-ranked Panthers (19-1) extended the nation’s longest winning […]
Koepka wins PGA Championship
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — His place in PGA Championship history finally secure, Brooks Koepka draped both arms around the top of the Wanamaker Trophy and let out a deep sigh. The stress was more than he wanted. The satisfaction was more than he imagined. Koepka lost all but one shot of his record seven-shot lead Sunday. Then […]
Red Sox snap Astros’ 10-game win streak
BOSTON — Michael Chavis pointed to a young boy in the press box, letting him know how impressed he was that a 5-year-old announced his name so well. Boston’s rookie sparkplug then stepped to the plate and gave the kid something extra to be excited about. Chavis homered on the next pitch after acknowledging the boy, […]
High school boys lacrosse: Oak Hill pulls away from Shipbuilders
WALES — Just when it looked like Morse might get back in the game, the “well-greased machine” that Shipbuilders coach Jay Paulus called Oak Hill/Monmouth/Lisbon pulled away in a big way. The Raiders ended the first half with five straight goals, started the second half with the next four and ran away with a 19-6 boys […]