On Tuesday June 4, the
boys’ varsity baseball team hosted the Portland Bulldogs in the preliminary
round of the Maine Class A South baseball tournament. Windham came in as the
fifth seed after finishing the regular season with a 10-6 record.
Windham ace #22, Bryce
Afthim started off red hot striking out four of the first six batters he faced.
After a scoreless first two innings, the Windham bats came to life in their
bottom half of the third inning when #20, Ryan Sargent roped a line drive into
right field with the bases loaded that scored two runs for the Eagles. That
wasn’t it though, #2, Brady Afthim hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field
that scored #26 Caleb McCartney to put the fifth seeded Eagles up 3-0 going
into the 4th inning.
Portland was able to get
within one run of Windham in their half of the 6th before pitcher Afthim
recorded his 9th strikeout of the evening to keep the Portland bats at bay
heading into the bottom of the 6th. Score going into the 6th: Windham 3 -
Portland 2
After some impressive
defensive plays in the field from Portland, they came alive in the top of the
7th inning and took a 5-3 lead over Windham.
Windham needed two runs
to keep their season alive, but unfortunately fell just short despite giving it
their all. Final score: Portland 5 - Windham 3
Windham’s varsity
baseball season sadly came to an end, but it was without a doubt another
successful season for the Eagles, going 10-7 on the year and making the
playoffs once again.
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