In Goffstown Babe Ruth action:
Red Wings 6 – Sea Dogs 5
Dante Distaso belted a walkoff home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the seventh as the Red Wings captured the minor league title with a win over the scrappy Sea Dogs.
Riley Palmer and Steven French held the Sea Dogs to three runs though six innings, but Matt Riehl delivered a tworun triple to tie the game at 5-5 and set the stage for Distaso, who also doubled in the contest.
French plated two runners, Shawn Bond and Jeremy Boucher both doubled, and Mark Misiorski and Mike Whintey added singles for the champs, coached by Dave French, Chris Misiorski, Steve Bond, Jeff Dorow and Bert Boucher.
Pat Naughton, Ryan Lange and Brian Yost each collected two hits for the Sea Dogs, coached by Jim Lange, John Riehl and Kevin Naughton.
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In Goffstown Junior Baseball action: NuWave Electric 11 – Northeastern Sheet Metal 0
Maxx Chambers and Thomas Hurley homered, and Zach Peters, backed by a fine running catch by Connor Anderson, pitched well in NuWave's win.
Paradise, Raymond & Jalbert CPAs 13 – Landscape Plus 9
Nic Larochelle singled and tripled, and Cameron Bond and Josh Lacerte each doubled and singled in the CPA win. Riley Rain, Vincent Dorow, Robbie Girardin and Ryan Richard added hits for the victors. Lacerte and Bond combined for 10 strikeouts, and Dorow pitched well to end the game. Trevor Smith doubled for Landscape, while Tyler Smith, Camden Gagnon and Brad Beleveau singled. Beleveau, Gagnon and Max Lapoint pitched for Landscape.
Paradise, Raymond & Jalbert CPAs 15 – Mansour Orthodontics 12
Cameron Bond hit a threerun home run, and Josh Lacerte clubbed a two-run double as the CPAs won a first-round playoff game. Jack Nordin added an RBI. Pitchers Lacerte, Nic Larochelle and Bond teamed for 12 strikeouts.
Casey Gervais produced a multiple-hit game for Mansour, including a triple, and Joe Lagasse, Cody Morel, Mike Pooler, Andrew Biron and Conor Sweisz added to the attack. Nathan Proulx shared mound chores with Gervais and Biron.
NuWave Electric 9 – Goffstown Physical Therapy 8
NuWave battled back from a six-run deficit, and Marcus Haynes delivered a go-ahead triple in the fifth inning as Nu- Wave escaped with a first-round playoff win.
Maxx Chambers pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, recording all seven outs via strikeout, to earn the win.
Thomas Hurley went 3-for-3 at the plate, and Dan Swift and Nick Zylak keyed NuWave rallies in the second and fourth innings.
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In Kearsarge Mountain South Goffstown Babe Ruth softball action: Goffstown NuWave 6 – Weare Kilar 4
In the first round of the U10 playoffs, Jasmine Colon, Nicole Anderson, Amber Davis and Megan Menard, who delivered a key hit and fine baserunning, led Goffstown to the win.
Makayla Fleming and Emma Campbell combined for 17 strikeouts, and their batterymates, catchers Olivia St. Jean and Jasmine Colon, also played well.
Chico’s Driving Center 10 – Goffstown Hardware 4
Chico’s Driving Center won the U-12 Babe Ruth softball championship on June 15, beating Goffstown Hardware, 10-4, to conclude a perfect season.
Emma Olson and Sidney Elithorpe each threw three innings, and they were backed by strong play from all of their teammates.
Olson also added two triples at the plate to help her own cause.
The game ended with a sterling catch in left field by Meghan Callanan, who received the game ball for her strong effort.