Wilson reached on a two-base error in the second as the left fielder dropped a fly ball and she went to third on a wild pitch before Mihm drove her home with a ground ball base hit off the glove of the third baseman, who ranged far to her left to try to cut the ball off. Pivotal plays: Designated hitter Audrey Mihm and left fielder Maddi Wilson came up with clutch two-out, run-producing singles in the second and third innings to stake Messalonkee to a 3-1 lead. “Our bunts weren’t as effective as they were on Friday night.” “They defended the bunt well,” said Bangor coach Maureen Barron. “It worked really well,” said Wills, who was very quick pouncing on the bunts. “I told Coach (Samantha Moore) they were going to keep bunting so I asked her if we could keep the first baseman (anchored) at first and I would field everything down the first base line. “In our last game (vs.Brunswick), they bunted, our first baseman charged, our second baseman covered second and we overthrew the ball,” Wills said. The Rams tried to play small ball against Wills as they did with some success in the win over Hampden Academy.īut Messalonskee cleanly fielded all five bunts with Wills handling four of them. “For having pitched Friday night and now again today, she did really well,” said Messalonskee left fielder Maddi Wilson. “I was a little tired but the adrenaline gets you through.” I threw a lot of dropballs,” said Barron. Linda Coan O’Kresik | BDNīarron allowed only five hits and just two of the runs off her were earned. Bangor’s Gabby Goding shows the umpire that she has the ball after making a diving catch in the Class A North semifinal game against Messalonskee at Bangor High School on Saturday. Messalonskee had a day’s rest as it won its quarterfinal game over top seed Brunswick 4-2 on Thursday. “She threw hard and had good location,” said Bangor senior pitcher Lane Barron, who turned in an impressive performance in defeat on short rest following Friday night’s 4-0 win over Hampden. “She worked around the zone well and all of her offspeed pitches worked well. “She is probably the best pitcher we’ve faced all year,” said Bangor junior catcher and lead-off hitter Streams. “The playoffs are a different environment.

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