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Biddeford-Saco Journal, Friday, April 29, 1977—11v.v.w*. ^v.’.v.v■—Harry Hadiaris, left, romes in with a pitch duringlate inning relief stint to preserve a 6-4 Thornton win for starter Dan MacLeod over Deering. TheThornton defense, offense mixes wellsenior rightie squelched an eighth inning rally, and photo right, Bob Plummer slides in safely with TA’s held the Bams in check in the ninth to get a save. In fifth run in the sixth inning. Deering catcher isReggie Hammond. (Photos by John Kwing)TrojansBv STEVEN DANDYwXssislant Sports FditorThornton Academy, breezing along with a comfortable lead, and getting solid pitching from Dan MacLeod, had to hold its breath in the late innings and rely on the fast balls of Harry Hadiaris. butw i nfourthgame/Amanaged a 6 4 victory over Deering vesterdav in a battle of division leaders in the Telegram League.The victory left the Golden Troians with a 4 1 record, the teams best start in recent memoryThe Trojans were in control throughout most of the contest, as senior Dan MacLeod breezed through the first seven innings with a five-hit shutoutBut the hard hitting Rams, American Division leaders, got to him in the eightfor all four runs to make matters closeRick Finks opened the inning with a bang, lashing a long home run to right center through a stiff wind. Mark Yde walked, and Reggie Hammond followed with a sharp single.Dale Grant doubled lor two runs, and the call went out to Hadiaris. The senior right hander had worked nine strong innings Tuesday to deteat Santord, andcoach Norm Trottier counted on him toput out the fire He struck out the* lirst batter he faced. Joel Anderson, but walked Fran DiDonato and gave up a single to Dave Kressler for the fourth Deering runlie came back to get the final two outs, and got through the ninth, although not without problemsAlter retiring the first two men in the ninth on ground halls. Hadiaris ran into some had luck, as the next two hittersreached on errors.Anderson stepped up with the tying run at first, and after running the* count full at 3 2. Hadiaris blistered a fast hall hv him to\'rend the gameThornton spread its run production out in the contest, starting with a first inning run on singles hv Jeff Harper andHadiaris.Offensively. Hadiaris had fhree hits in four official trips, and now hud 12 hits in 17plate appearancesTA pushed three more runs across in the third inning Craig Gardiner walked with one out. stole second, and scored on Hadiaris single to left One out later. Al Watson and Scott Leclair hit back-to-backsingles, and it was a 4-0 gameThe eveThorntonsixthntual winning runs came in theRob Hummer opened the inning with a single stole second, and sprinted home on a Craig Gardiner single Hadiaris followed with another single, and the Trojans had all tfie runs they would needMaclasHi got the win for Thornton, hissecond of the season, and Hadiaris picked iif) the save Rick Record was chargedwith the lossDelt;*ringHarper, ssHummer ofC Gardiner. 3bHadiaris. lb pGuay, dh Lemelin, ph Watson. If Leclair. rf S Gardiner, 2bNunan cMacLeod, p Corey, lbah45 44}15524001121h12I30 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 () 037 6 1ahrhSimpson, ss500Divilinsky. 2b500Finks, dh512Yde cf410Hammond, e5I3Grant, lb512Anderson, rf500DiDonato, It300Tolnan. pr000Kressler 3b402Record, p000Toner, p000Totals4149Totals InningsDeering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0-Thornton 10 3 0 0 2 0 0K Harper 2, Hadiaris 2, 0. Gardiner Record 2. Simpson; PO-A Thornton 27-14 Deering 24 4 2 BH Finks, Grant. Leclair RBI Finks Grant 2, Kressler. Hadiaris 2 Leclair, C Gardiner; 3 BH Hummer; III Finks; Left Thornton 12. Deering 11in h hhMacLeod 7 8 1Hadiaris , 2 I 1Record 3 2 3 6 5Toner 4 1/35 1Winner MacLeod: Loser Record; T2:5(
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Biddeford Saco Journal
Biddeford, Maine, US
Fri, Apr 29, 1977
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