MANCHESTER – Nashua Post 124 is still alive in the New Hampshire American Legion Baseball Tournament, defeating Laconia Post 1 at Manchester’s Gill Stadium on Sunday, 13-6. Laconia got on the board in the third, as what seemed to be a routine pop fly turned into Post 124’s second error ...
NASHUA – Just like that, it seemed like everything clicked for the Nashua Silver Knights on Sunday night at Holman Stadium. Nashua had a pitcher last over three innings and look good; its bats didn’t put pressure on the pitching staff, if anything, it took the pressure off. Nashua scored ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Boston Red Sox are calling up third base prospect Rafael Devers after failing to find a better solution on the trade market. Devers will join the Red Sox in Seattle on Monday and make his major league debut against the Mariners on Tuesday, Boston president of baseball ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Los Angeles Angels made their five hits count Sunday. Luis Valbuena hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons also homered and the Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2. Valbuena hit his ninth shot of the season into short right ...
NASHUA – The Nashua Silver Knights have a new pitching plan, but you really couldn’t tell the difference Saturday night as their defense let down their arms, with four errors helping to lead to a 8-6 loss at the hands of the Bristol Blues before a Holman Stadium fireworks crowd of 1,455. Of ...
MANCHESTER – An old baseball adage says a walk is as good as a hit. Concord had plenty of both on Saturday. Post 21 pounded out 15 hits, drew 10 walks and earned a 15-9 victory over Nashua Post 124 on Saturday in the winner’s bracket semifinals of the American Legion state baseball ...
Another reminder of baseball’s methodical march into eternal darkness came Saturday at the state American Legion Senior Baseball Tournament. Exeter Post 32, my old hometown team, had to forfeit its game against Laconia because it couldn’t rustle up nine players. Apparently Post 32 has ...
MANCHESTER – They were just five outs away from staying in the winner’s bracket of the New Hampshire American Legion tournament on Friday. But Merrimack Post 98 couldn’t close the deal, falling 11-10 to Concord Post 21 in a three hour, 37 minute contest that featured 20 walks in the ...
Early to bed, early to rise makes some baseball teams healthy, winning and wise. That’s sometimes the case in the crazy celebration of the national pastime called the New Hampshire American Legion Senior Tournament, but not for Merrimack Post 98 on Friday. Game time for the tourney opener was ...
NASHUA – The Bristol Blues are back at Holman Stadium for the second time in three nights on Saturday night. And they’ve certainly got the Nashua Silver Knights attention. Silver Knights hitters have struggled with one of Bristol’s pitchers twice, Michael Genaro, but also know the Blues ...
NASHUA — It didn’t make headline news, so if you didn’t hear, Merrimack’s Tim Schaller signed a one-year deal to return to the Boston Bruins. And perhaps one of the people almost as happy as Schaller is Bruins/NESN play-by-play man Jack Edwards. “We nicknamed him “The Granite ...
Welcome back to the party, Nashua Post 124. The New Hampshire Senior American Legion baseball tournament gets underway bright and early at 9 a.m. at Manchester’s Gill Stadium on Friday, and the eight team field is almost exactly the same as a year ago – but with two exceptions: Concord ...
NASHUA – The Futures Collegiate Baseball League stretch run starts now, and the Nashua Silver Knights find themselves in a different position with two-plus weeks to play. Well, at least different for them. “Every year is different,” Nashua manager B.J. Neverett said. “No year is going ...
NASHUA – Of course the first thing you notice about Nashua Silver Knights All-Star second baseman Ted Williams is the name. “I definitely thought about that when I was coming,” the native of the Lancaster, Pa. area said, with the identical name the Red Sox legend. “I knew if I came here ...
NASHUA – Team USA general manager Eric Campbell was all smiles late Monday night. The reason? Well, first, the Team USA All-Star collegians topped Team Japan,3-1, in the deciding Game 5 of their 41st series between each other. And second, they did it in front of a large, enthusiastic Holman ...
Thank the Yankees for kicking off the trade deadline season with their alleged blockbuster with the White Sox. “Alleged” means that the principals were overshadowed by a who’s-who of who’s-thats. The major player was Todd Frazier, a corner infielder who, apparently, is ready to blossom ...
BOSTON – Hanley Ramirez finally ended another long night for the Boston Red Sox, and his teammates found just enough energy to celebrate his walk-off shot. Ramirez hit a drive out of Fenway Park in the 15th inning, giving the Red Sox a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a rain-delayed game ...
The most influential Boston basketball figure in a quarter century hung up the sneakers as a Celtic. Monday’s one-day deal was a symbolic bookend to the career of Paul Pierce, who famously led the Celtics to the team’s 17th championship. Earning NBA Final MVP honors during the title run ...
Pomeranz, Pedroia strong in Boston’s 5-1 win over Blue Jays By KYLE HIGHTOWER, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Dustin Pedroia drove in three, Drew Pomeranz pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Wednesday night. Pomeranz ...
NASHUA – The best baseball the city has seen in a while didn’t disappoint, with great drama the icing on the cake. It took Ole Miss fireballer Dallas Woolfolk to fan Team Japan’s Masaki Iwami with two out and the tying runs in scoring position to give Team USA a 3-1 win in the deciding ...