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Saturday, April 16, 2022

PORTLAND 4, BIDDEFORD 3

Andrew Legere’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Portland a 4-3 victory over Biddeford in an SMAA season opener Saturday at Hadlock Field.

Legere, who also doubled twice, singled through the hole between shortstop and third, scoring Grant Crosby and Andrew Brewer.

Portland’s winning rally started when Crosby barely reached first to avoid a game-ending double play. After Brewer was hit by a pitch, Kalvin Camire threw a wild pitch that advanced both runners.

The Bulldogs scored first when Aidan DiMillo tripled leading off the bottom of the third and starting pitcher Colby Winship brought him home with an infield single.

Biddeford went on ahead with two runs in the fifth. Josiah Aranovitch hit an RBI single, and Caden Petit’s groundout with the bases loaded drove in a second run.

In the bottom of the sixth, Legere tied the game with an RBI double that drove in Brewer. Biddeford regained the lead in the top of the seventh when Kyle Dion doubled home Drew Smyth.

Henry Bibeau, who had three hits, was the winning pitcher in relief.



Records1234567RHE
Biddeford0-10000201363
Portland1-00010012482
Batteries—B: Dion, Camire (6) and Petit; P: Winship, Bibeau (5) and Becker.
WP—Bibeau (1-0).
LP—Camire (0-1).
2B—B, Clark, Bibeau; P, Legere 2, Bibeau.
3B—P, DiMillo.
HR—none.
Repeat hitters—B, Dion; P, Legere 3, Bibeau.