BOSTON (AP) — Daniel Nava singled in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run eighth inning and the surging Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the stumbling Miami Marlins, 6-5 on Thursday night.
2012
LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Franklin County tops Madison
FARMINGTON — Jimmy Neal and Eli Capen combined on a three-hitter as Franklin County defeated Madison Post 39, 3-1, in American Legion Baseball Zone 2 action Thursday night.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Thornton pitcher wins honor
AUGUSTA — Julia Geaumont tried not to look at, or get awed by, the lofty statistics she put up for the Thornton Academy softball team this spring.
LEGION BASEBALL: Martin sparks Gardiner
GARDINER — While Oak Hill baseball struggled to a 3-13 record this spring, Josh Martin emerged as one of the better pitchers in Class B. It’s early, but it looks like Martin is using that as a springboard to a solid summer with Gardiner’s American Legion baseball team.
Morning Sentinel police log: June 22, 2012
IN ANSON, Wednesday at 1:56 p.m., a report of a past burglary was investigated on Madison Avenue.
Morning Sentinel corrections: June 22, 2012
In a story Thursday on page A1 about the hot weather, David Lavway’s employer should have been identified as the Maine Department of Agriculture. It was a reporter error.
Liberal group suggests Summers’ position could be conflict of interest
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Summers should resign his job as secretary of state to prevent conflicts of interest and political use of the office, a liberal advocacy group said Thursday.
Protest on proposed toll boost continues
SACO — Maine Turnpike Authority officials, listening to the same stream of opposition to toll increases that they’ve heard at two other meetings this week, had advice for those affected: get an EZ-Pass.
Heat affects probe of Monmouth meth lab
MONMOUTH — Two Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigators and a Monmouth firefighter were overcome by heat Thursday while they were collecting and processing evidence at the scene of a methamphetamine lab.
Clinton woman credited with saving a life
SKOWHEGAN — A Clinton mother of three was credited Thursday with pulling an unconscious man and his young daughter to safety from deep water at Lake George Regional Park.