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BIDDEFORD SACOourna♦Trojans capture third straight/By STEVEN DANDYAssistant Sports EditorSANFORD—Who says a pitcher has to work in a regular rotation to be effective0 Thornton Academy's Harry Hadiaris, starting his first game on the mound since little league, fired a five-hitter yesterday and stroked two hits, leading the Golden Trojans to a 2-1 victory over Sanford High at Goodall Park The w in was the third in as many starts this season for TA, and kept them firmly entrenched in first place in the Telegram League's National League Hadiaris, who was aided by three double plays in the contest, seemed to strengthen as the innings went along yesterday. After giving up a second inning run and a hit in each of the first four innings, the senior righthander went 18 batters without allowing a hit, giving up only three walks in that stretch and wiping out one of them on a double play.Although only striking out two batters. Hadiaris kept the ball low on most of the hitters, inducing a number of ground balls and pop ups In addition to the three double plays Hadiaris also got help with a couple of sparkling fielding plays Third baseman Craig Gardiner turned in one with an excellent catch of a foul ball with two runners on in the third The other was performed by shortstop Jeff Harper After making three errors in the first three innings. Harper came up with the play of the game, as he grabbed a low liner off the bat of Conrad L Heureux with a backhander, leading off the seventh Thornton struck first on the scoreboard.pushing a run across in the first inning.With two outs Craig Gardiner walked, and came around to score on a long double down the left field line by Hadiaris The Redskins countered in the second when Jim Brown reached on an error, stole second and scored on Gerard Perreault s double to center The winning run came in the eighth Scott Gardiner worked Sanford s Bob Chenard for a walk, and Tom Gallant went in as a pinch runner Harper fanned, but Bob Plummer laced an opposite field double dowm the right field line and Gallant, who was moving on the pitch, came around with the deciding runSanford's last attempt came in the ninth when I/Heureux doubled with two out. but Hadiaris got pinch hitter Andv Adams toground to short ending the mini-threat The hard luck story of the game was Chenard The Redskin hurler went the distance. giving up four hits and seven walks, striking out 16 In two outings this season, Chenard has worked 17 innings, given up six hits and six runs, struck out 31 and has an 0-2 record on the ledger as his mates have managed only one run behind him, Deering blanked the Skins 4-0 in the season opener.Thornton heads for South Portland today for a meeting with the Red Riot, while Sanford looks for its first win against WestbrookThorntonHarper, ss Plummer, ofab r h2 0 0 4 0 2Biddeford-Saeo Journal, Wednesday, April 27, 1977—13»% * O ‘tripSanfordC Gardiner. 3b210Perreault, c 4 0 2Hadiaris. p302I/Heureux. If 4 0 1Fogg, lb300Jack. 3b 2 0 0Guay, ph100Adams, ph 10 0Nunan, c400Watson. If300Totals 31 1 iLeolair rf300InningsS Gardiner. 2b100Thornton 100000010 -2Gallant pr010Sanford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 K Harper 3 PO A Thornton 27-13. SanTotalsSanford262ford 27 13; RBI Hadiaris. Plummer. Perreault; 2 BH Perreault, L Heureux,Auger. 2b Belanger, ssabrhHadiaris, Plummer; 3 BH Belanger; SB200Harper, Hadiaris 2, Fall, Brown. DP402Thornton 3. Sanford I; I,eft Thornton 4,Fall, lb300Sanford 8Thompson dh300in h bb soChenard. p000Hadiaris 9 5 4 2Smith pr000Chenard 9 4 7 16Young rf400WP Hadiaris: Winner Hadiaris; LoserBrown of410Chenard: T 2 35.
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Biddeford Saco Journal
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Wed, Apr 27, 1977
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