BASEBALL

A South opening round: #11-Sanford vs. #6-South Portland

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Monday, June 7, 2021

SOUTH PORTLAND 6, SANFORD 5

A run-scoring single from Richard Gilboy and a two-run double by Ryan Thurber staked the sixth-seeded Red Riots (12-5) to 3-0 first-inning in beating the 11th-seeded Spartans (5-8) in a Class A South opening-round matchup at South Portland.

South Portland added a pair of runs in the third inning, but Sanford cut the margin with four runs in the top of the fifth, featuring RBI hits from Dan Williams and Caden Fontaine.

Pinch-runner Alex Domingos scored an insurance run on a Andrew Heffernan squeeze to extend the lead to two runs, and Tim Curley scored in top of the seventh for the Spartans, who left the tying run on base.



Records1234567RHE
Sanford5-80000401593
South Portland12-5302010x682
Batteries—Curley, Gould (5) and Trembley; Hobbs, Heffernan (6) and McMains (7) and Dreifus.
WP—Nobbs.
LP—Curley.
2B—SP, Thurber.
3B—none.
HR—none.
Repeat hitters—S, Williams 3, Gill; SP, Gilboy 3, Thurber.