Championship edge: Dover wins first Legion title since 2000
By John Doyle, Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
"I really wouldn't have liked it any other way," said Denis, who surrendered five hits and walked two while throwing 121 pitches. "It's always good to have a nice championship game, you know? Obviously, with us coming out on top."
"We've tried to stay focused for nine whole innings," said Dover coach
Gagne went 3 for 4 for
"I was just really hoping for an error," Gagne said. "I knew we really needed some insurance runs there. I was just hustling down the line to score."
With two outs in the fifth inning,
"Just trying to be an aggressive baserunner," Sheldon said. "Trying to score as many runs as we can. I knew it was going to be a low-scoring game because both pitchers were great. Just trying to be aggressive and thankfully there was an error."
Post 9 beat
"Two really good teams squaring off against each other," Derry coach
Derry cut
Derry threatened again in the eighth inning.
Denis did everything he could do to keep Post 9 at bay, and got plenty of help from his defense. Denis struck out three, walked two and scattered five hits. He retired the side in order in the second, sixth and seventh innings. In the eighth inning, with the potential tying run in scoring position, Derry's Chace Allen Spears drilled a high-fly ball to deep center field, but Gagne was there to make the running catch.
"When I saw it off the bat, I knew it was going to be over my head, so I just turned and started sprinting and looked up," Gagne said. "It landed in the glove."
Derry starting pitcher
Denis, making his first start of the tournament, earned the Chris Tonrey award as the tournament's outstanding pitcher. In the ninth, he retired the first two batters, issued a two-out walk, then got the final batter to pop out to Lupi at first to clinch the championship and punch Post 8's ticket to
Batteries: Do.-Denis and Rittenhouse; Do.-Yaratz, Cahill (6) and Albertelli. HRs: None. LOB: Do.-11, De.-7.
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