Old Town rolls past Holbrook, headed to championship game

By Skip Hawkes
MaineSportsReport.com

Monday night at the Rod McPherson Field in Holden, Austin Lacadie had two hits and drove in three runs as Old Town eliminated Holbrook with an 8-5 win in the 9-10 All-Stars District 3 tournament game. Old Town (4-1) advances to the championship game against Houlton (4-0) at 5:30 on July 21. Old Town will need to defeat Houlton twice in order to win the District Championship.

Holbrook's Tyler Timms gets tagged out trying to steal second base by Old Town's Caleb Gifford for the final out of Monday's 9-10 All-Star game in Holden. Old Town eliminated Holbrook with an 8-5 win to advance to Tuesday's Championship game against No. 1 seed Houlton. Photo by Skip Hawkes

Lacadie drove in two runs in the first inning to put Old Town on top 2-0. A four run second inning gave Old Town a 6-0 lead, and two runs were added in the third putting Old Town on top 8-0.

Old Town's Baxter Smith gets hit by a pitch during the second inning of Monday's 9-10 All-Star game. Photo by Skip Hawkes

While Nick Siebert was shutting down the Old Town offense over the final three innings, Holbrook was able to put three runs on the board in the fourth to cut the Old Town lead to 8-3. After a scoreless fifth, Holbrook added two more runs in the sixth to close the scoring at 8-5 before Old Town catcher Cole Daniel threw out Tyler Timms trying to steal second base for the final out of the game.

Lacadie had two singles and drove in three runs to lead Old Town at the plate, and Nick Boutin and Ben Quimby each added a single. Nick Magoon picked up the win on the hill, pitching three scoreless innings and allowing just two hits while striking out seven.

Old Town's Nick Magoon delivers a pitch during his three innings of work Monday night in Holden. Magoon pitched three scoreless innings for the win and struck out seven. Photo by Skip Hawkes

Danny Davis, Tyler Timms, Sam Hafford, Nate Smith, and Austin Lufkin each had a single for Holbrook. Siebert came on in relief in the third inning to stop the Old Town rally, and closed out the game for Holbrook without allowing a hit over his three plus innings of work.

OLD TOWN (4-1) 2 4 2 0 0 0 - - 8
HOLBROOK (2-2) 0 0 0 3 0 2 - - 5

WP: Nick Magoon

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