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2006 NE Regional ~ Game Results

Manchester 13s drop one to Maine
By STAFF REPORT

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006

Westbrook, Maine, moved one step closer to making its second straight World Series appearance as the defending Little League regional champs rallied to defeat the Manchester Ray Lebel 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars, 8-6, in the New England Regional winners’ bracket final.

Westbrook, which went to Williamsport last summer, will wait for the winner of today’s 4:30 p.m. Burlington, Mass.-Manchester winner. The first championship game will be played tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Westbrook will need to be beaten twice.

With Manchester leading, 5-4, in the fifth inning, Westbrook pushed four runs across the plate on five hits as Scott Heath, Zack Collett, Nick Finocchiaro and Sean Murphy all singled while Jake Gardner doubled in the rally.

“It was a tough loss,” said Manchester manager Tony Doucet. “Our kids battled hard. Lots of credit goes to the Westbrook team. They hit the ball real hard today after their bats came alive.”

Westbrook had taken a 4-0 lead with two outs in the third. Heath, who had three hits, and winning pitcher Zack Gardner both singled in the frame while Murphy delivered two runs with a double.

Manchester answered with four runs of its own in the bottom of the third with Joe Stisser’s single and a two run double by Seth Stone. Manchester went on top, 5-4, in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single down the left field line by Travis Sylvia.

Stisser and Stone sparked Manchester with two hits apiece.

Sunday, August 6, 2006
Westbrook rolls past Augusta 12-1 to open Babe Ruth regional
By From staff reports,
Copyright © 2006 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.

AUGUSTA — The pomp and circumstance that goes with playing in high-profile baseball tournaments is nothing new to the Westbrook Babe Ruth players who took the field in the 13-year-old New England Regional championships Saturday afternoon. The parade of players, ceremonial first pitches and special renditions of the national anthem, these kids have seen it all.
Augusta's 13-year-old all-stars have not.
Last summer, 10 of the players on Westbrook's Babe Ruth all-star team reached the Little League World Series. Those players showed poise Saturday, cruising to a 12-1 win over a jittery Augusta team at Morton Field in a game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule.
"I think it was the intimidation factor again," Augusta Manager Gary Lapierre said. Augusta lost to Westbrook 10-5 in the opening game of the state championship tournament last weekend. "I think the kids are intimidated."
Westbrook moves into the winners' bracket and will play Waterford, Conn., at 2 p.m. today at McGuire Field. Augusta, the tournament host, falls into the losers' bracket and will play Essex, Vt., at McGuire at 10 a.m.
Westbrook entered the tournament as the favorite and with a target on its back. One game into the tournament, it's proven it can handle the pressure.
"People say stuff about us, but we try to ignore it," said Westbrook starting pitcher Joe Royer, who threw five innings and allowed one unearned run on four hits. "This is a totally different game, on a bigger field. What we did last year doesn't matter."
Westbrook has taken to the bigger Babe Ruth field just fine, thanks in large part to a strong lineup. Westbrook pounded out 13 hits Saturday and took advantage of two walks and four Augusta errors.
After a scoreless first, Westbrook scored once in the second and lost a run when it was ruled that Mike Mowatt missed third base. It came back with two in the third on an RBI single by Sean Murphy and an RBI double by Nick Finnochiara. Three more runs in the third and six in the fifth put the game away.

Westbrook, Gorham Babe Ruth teams advance
By Keith Wehmeyer
Sports Writer

WESTBROOK AND GORHAM (Aug 2, 2006):
“Westbrook's 13-year-old Babe Ruth baseball all-star team will play in the Eastern regional tournament in Augusta beginning this weekend.

The team – with eight members from last year’s Westbrook squad that went all the way to the Little League World Series – won the state championship Monday in Skowhegan with a 7-1 win over Franklin County.

The winner of the regional tournament will advance to the World Series, to be played Aug. 17-25 in Hamilton, N.J. …”

Based in Westbrook, Sports Writer Keith Wehmeyer can be reached at 207-854-2577 or by e-mail at kwehmeyer@keepmecurrent.com.

SKOWHEGAN — The boys from Westbrook are at it again. Not quite a year after it became the first Maine team in 34 years to play in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., Westbrook has won another state baseball championship, taking a step toward making a trip to another World Series.
Westbrook cruised to a 7-1 win against Franklin County on Monday to win the Babe Ruth state tourney for 13-year-old baseball players at Memorial Field.
However, the boys from Westbrook are not getting ahead of themselves.

8/7 - New Hampshire vs. Maine, 8 - 6 (Westbrook).

Westbrook plays next at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 8/9 (Morton Field). New Hampshire plays Burlington, MA tomorrow (8/8) @ 4:30 p.m. (Morton Field), winner will play Westbrook on Wed., loser is out. Fyi, eliminated so far are: Rhode Island, Vermont, Westfield, MA, Augusta, and Connecticut, in that order.

8/6 - Connecticut vs. Westbrook ~ 10 -8 (Westbrook)

8/5 - Augusta vs. Westbrook - 12 - 1 (Westbrook)