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FARMINGTON — The first time Mt. Blue and Skowhegan met on a baseball diamond this season, a pair of Mt. Blue pitchers combined on a one-hitter and Lou Brock official jersey lost. When they played the rematch at Hippach Field on Monday, Mt. Blue\’s Brad Dority was almost as impressive, allowing authentic Bob Gibson jersey Cream just two hits.
This time, the dominant pitching was enough for the Cougars, who beat Skowhegan 4-0.
\”(Dority) was ready to go today. He had a long time off,\” Mt. Blue coach Craig Collins said. \”He hasn\’t thrown in a week, and he felt stronger today than he authentic Keith Hernandez jersey Blue had since the beginning of the year. He got stronger as it went.\”
Dority struck out nine against Skowhegan (7-4), including the last five hitters he faced, and walked two. Dority felt he had command of all three of Albert Pujols official jersey his pitches.
\”Curveball, (and) slider was working pretty good at the end. Fastball, I was spotting it pretty well,\” Dority said.
Dority had just one jam, in the third inning. Skowhegan\’s Cody Vigue led off with authentic Albert Pujols jersey White a walk and Marcus Morin reached on an error.
Dority walked Jake Knowles to load the bases with nobody out, then went to a 3-0 count on Nick Billington. Keith Hernandez official jersey After Bob Gibson official jersey a trip to the mound by Collins, Dority fought back to strike out Billington before a pop up and a fly out ended the inning.
Escaping the mess was more mental than physical, Dority said.
\”Not getting my head involved. I just had to relax and calm myself down,\” Dority said.
Added Skowhegan coach Rick York: \”That Dority kid, we knew he was a decent pitcher, and he authentic Albert Pujols jersey Grey kept us off balance. He pitched a fine ballgame. Bases loaded there and we didn\’t get a run. When you have opportunities like that you have to score runs.\”
Mt. Blue (6-5) took a 1-0 lead replica Albert Pujols jersey Blue in the first inning, when Tim Smith scored on an Alec Wallace sacrifice fly to right field. Wallace added all the insurance Dority and the Cougars needed in the third inning, when he hit a first pitch fastball from Vigue for a three-run home run.
\”(Vigue) was a little wild at the beginning, so I didn\’t think he was going to be throwing any offspeed pitches right away. So I sat dead red,\” Wallace said.
Vigue settled down after giving up the home run, and finished the game with four hits and five walks allowed to go with 11 strikeouts.
John Little had both Skowhegan hits, a single in the fourth inning and another single in the sixth.
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