SOUTH PORTLAND—By any means necessary. That’s how you win playoff games and South Portland’s baseball team, state champions a year ago but essentially a new squad this spring, found a way to put decisive pressure on the visiting Deering Rams in a Class A South preliminary round playoff game Tuesday afternoon at Wainwright Farms. South Portland 6 Deering 2 D- 100 000 1- 2 3 3 SP- 000 303 x- 6 5 1 Top 1st M.
Lawrence singled to center, A. Lawrence scored. Bottom 4th Blais scored on Charltray’s squeeze bunt.
Metcalf and Healy scored on error. Bottom 6th Healy tripled to center, Metcalf scored. Charltray singled to left, Healy scored.
Babineau scored on wild pitch. Top 7th Cook grounded out, Lauture scored. Runs: D- Lauture, A.
Lawrence SP- Healy, Metcalf 2, Babineau, Blais RBI: D- Cook, M. Lawrence SP- Charlray 2, Healy Triples: D- A. Lawrence SP- Healy Stolen bases: D- A.
Lawrence SP- Metcalf 3 Left on base: D- 10 SP- 5 A. Lawrence, Lauture (6) and M. Lawrence; Lewis, Mains (6), Healy (7) and Barrett.
D: A. Lawrence (L) 5.2 IP 5 H 6 R 3 ER 2 BB 7 K 1 HBP Lauture 0.
1 IP 0 H 0 R 1 BB 1 K 2 WP SP: Lewis (W) 5.2 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 4 BB 6 K 1 WP Main 0.1 IP 0 H 1 R 1 ER 3 BB 1 K Healy 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 0 K Time: 2:02 Deering Season preview Deering 8 Scarborough 7 Deering 10 Kennebunk 9 South Portland 3 Deering 2 Deering 3 Westbrook 0 South Portland Season preview Falmouth 7 South Portland 0 South Portland 3 Deering 2 The resurgent, 10th-seeded Rams delivered an early haymaker, .
