|
|
Article: Defense dictates split for Bangor Motor City earns win in first game
- Article from:
- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
BANGOR - It looked as though defense would be the key for Motor
City in Saturday afternoon's American Legion baseball doubleheader.
It was, but not the way Bangor's other Legion team hoped.
Defense was indeed the key - for both teams. Motor City combined
solid defensive play with timely hitting for a 4-1 victory over Zone
1 leader Bangor in the first game, but the Comrades turned things
around in the second by making Motor City pay dearly for a late
error and using it to spark a five-run seventh inning for a 9-4 win.
The split left Motor City 7-8 and Bangor 10-4 overall in the
tightly-bunched Zone 1 ranks.
In the first game, Motor City's Aaron Healey changed speeds
effectively and painted ...