Justin Libbey’s one-hitter was enough for Bangor West to beat Bucksport’s Little League All-Stars 20-1 Thursday at Thirteenth Street Field in Bangor.
Hampden defeated Coastal 8-6 in another District 3 All-Star Little League game.
Bangor West faces Brewer on their home field at 6 p.m. today, and the winner will take on Hampden Tuesday.
Coastal will take the field against the loser of today’s Old Town-Bangor East game on Monday.
In the Washington County league, Calais will play Sunrise, and Moosabec faces Machias. Northward, Katahdin will play Millinocket.
Little League softball playoff games feature Old Town at Bucksport and Machias at Bangor West today.
Highlighting the senior league will be matchups between Bangor and Machias, and Acadia and Bucksport.
Bangor West 20, Bucksport 1
At Bangor, Justin Libbey tossed a one-hitter, striking out 10 and walking one, to lead Bangor to the victory.
Derek Watson led Bangor with two home runs, a single and five RBIs. Charlie Makris had a home run, double and a single. Eben Sypitkowski had three doubles and a triple, Danny Vanidestine had three singles, Chris Sayers had two doubles and a single and Kevin Procter had a double and a single for Bangor.
Bucksport’s only hit, a double, came off the bat of Jason Harvey.
Bangor (1-0) 353 405 – 20 21 2 Bucksport (0-1) 001 000 – 1 1 4
Libbey and Makris; Nason, McHale (5), Giroux (6) and Giroux, Sutherland (6)
Hampden 8, Coastal 6
At Hampden, Travis Hewes’ two-run homer and Andrew Williams’ two-run single keyed Hampden’s six-run fifth inning rally that erased a 3-2 deficit.
Derek Cano had a double and a single for the winners and Jim Campbell had a double.
Justin Boyce had two singles for Coastal while Ben Babcock and Simeon Allen each doubled.
Williams picked up the win and Campbell had the save.
Hampden (2-0) 200 060 – 8 9 3 Coastal (0-1) 300 030 – 6 6 4
Williams, Campbell (5) and Hastings, Sporacio (3); Chittenden, Baroody (4) and Bannister;
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