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A South prelim: #11-Portland vs. #6-Biddeford

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

BIDDEFORD 4, PORTLAND 2

Alexis Matteau struck out three batters and added an RBI single at the plate to help the Tigers (11-6) defeat the Bulldogs (5-12) in a Class A South prelim in Biddeford.

The Tigers (11-6) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning as Makayla Jean-Paul drove in Taylor Wildes on a sacrifice fly. Jean-Paul added an RBI double in the fourth before Anna Lavigne’s RBI double in the sixth and Matteau’s RBI single made it 4-0.

Portland scored on a throwing error and wild pitch in the seventh.

Biddeford advances to play at No. 3 Noble (14-2) in the Class A South quarterfinals on Thursday in North Berwick.



Records1234567RHE
Portland5-120000002251
Biddeford11-60101020481
Batteries—P, Joyce and Lerch; B, Matteau and Bouchard.
WP—Matteau (10-5).
LP—Joyce.
2B—B, Bouchard, Lavigne.
Repeat hitters—B, Wildes, Lavigne.