South Portland 8
Gorham 3
The South Portland Red Riots took advantage of some defensive mistakes to get an 8-3 win on the road against Gorham on May 23.
The Riots (7-5) got a complete game win from pitcher Chris Gorham, who gave up eight hits while striking out six. Gorham’s Mustafa Jamal took the loss, pitching 6.2 innings, giving up 10 hits while striking out eight.
South Portland got on the board in the second as Mike Foley grounded to short, but a throwing error moved him to second on the play. Designated hitter Matt Lee made Gorham pay for the error as he smashed a long RBI double to right, scoring Foley.
After Brendan Horton was hit by a pitch, Travis Gulliver singled to load the bases. Gorham then allowed another unearned run as Lee scored on a passed ball, giving the Riots a 2-0 lead.
The Riots got another run in the third, once again taking advantage of another Gorham miscue. With one out, the Riots’ Ryan Curit hit a grounder to short, but once again the throw got by Gorham first baseman Alex Libby and Curit advanced to second. Curit scored on a Foley grounder as he broke for third as Foley was thrown out at first, the Rams attempted to get Curit at third, but the throw got past Gorham third baseman Kyle Butterfield and the Riots had a 3-0 lead.
After Gorham got two runs back in the bottom of the fourth, the Riots opened the game up in the sixth as Gulliver doubled in two more runs, part of a three-run outburst that gave South Portland a 6-2 advantage. The Riots would add two more runs in the seventh for the 8-2 win.
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