On Thursday, Thornton Academy faced Sanford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Thornton Academy Trojans skirted past the Sanford Spartans 7-6. Winning may never get old, but Thornton Academy sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
The team relied heavily on Brayden Duane, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brennan Tabor, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Sanford's side, they got a good showing from Brady Adams, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Sanford saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Scott Robitaille Jr, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Beckett Barlow, who went 2-for-5 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Thornton Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Sanford, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-3.
Thornton Academy will take on Biddeford at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Thornton Academy will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive. As for Sanford, they will head out on the road to take on Falmouth at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Falmouth is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.7 runs per game this season.
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