Tuesday's local roundup, results: Leominster moves within win of Zone 4 title
Baseball
American Legion
Zone 4 playoffs
Leominster 7, Hudson 0: Adam Bessette and Trevor Robichaud combined on a one-hitter at McLaughlin Park, and Cam Marshall had three hits and two runs as host Post 151 won the winners' bracket final and moved within a victory of capturing the zone's berth in the American Legion State Tournament.
Thomas Rupp hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to double Leominster's lead at 4-0.
Leominster hosts the winner of Wednesday's Hudson/Shrewsbury game for the title. Hudson and Shrewsbury, each with one loss and needed three wins to take the zone title, plays at 5 p.m. at McLaughlin, with the victor taking on Leominster at 7:30. If Leominster loses the late game, a championship game will be played Thursday.
The state tournament at Mahan Field in Natick begins Saturday.
Shrewsbury 11, Northborough 1: David Escobar threw 3⅔ shutout innings, and Degon Miller went 2 for 2 with three runs and an RBI as Post 397 eliminated Northborough at Tivnan Field.
Little League
Majors state sectionals
Auburn 6, Milton National 1: The District 5 champions prevailed on the road in their first game of Section 2 pool play.
Auburn hosts District 6 champion Seekonk at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday and D7 champ Barnstable at 7 p.m. Thursday, with the top two teams of the four advancing to Saturday's final.
Futures Collegiate League
Norwich 4, Bravehearts 2: Visiting Worcester's ninth-inning rally came up short at Dodd Stadium, and the Sea Unicorns (31-16) moved to within a half game of the league lead with their seventh straight win.
Daniel Bucciero homered for the Bravehearts (31-15) in the ninth, and Marc Willi's sacrifice fly to center field scored a second run, but Kobe Stenson struck out to end the game with pinch runner Micah Dean on first.
International League
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5, WooSox 3: Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning at PNC Field, but visiting Worcester's six-game winning streak was snapped.
Wilyer Abreau also homered for the WooSox, who moved to 10-5 in the second half and tied with Norfolk for the IL East lead, with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a half game back.
Tuesday's results
LOCAL
Baseball
International League
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5, WooSox 3
Futures Collegiate League
Norwich 4, Bravehearts 2
Central New England Association
Lunenburg at Tyngsborough, ppd., rain
Oxford at Ronnie's, ppd., rain
Shrewsbury at Worcester, ppd., rain
American Legion
Zone 4 playoffs
Double elimination
Winners' bracket final
Leominster 7, Hudson 0
Elimination game
Shrewsbury 11, Northborough 1
Little League
Major Division
State sectionals
Section 1
Leominster 7, Rutland 0
Section 2
Auburn 6, Milton National 1
Girls' basketball
Auburn Summer League
At Auburn High
Auburn 18, Leicester 13
Grafton 34, North 33
Manny's (Sutton) 41, Bay Path 33
Tantasqua 38, Millbury 19
Uxbridge 32, Northbridge 31
Golf
Tournaments and results
At BLACKSTONE NATIONAL
WCWGA WOB
Championship Division
Gross: 1, Janet Neffinger, 88. 2, Annette O'Brien, 91. Net: 1, Linda Burton, 75. T2, Stacie Chandler, Danielle Gamache, Roberta Higgins, 76.
A Division
Gross: 1, Cindy Carrier, 93. 2, Beth Potvin, 99. 3, Deb Dauphin, 100. Net: 1, Cheryl Kingston, 74. 2, Laura Noble, 77. 3, Cathy Kuzmeskus, 79.
B Division
Gross: 1, Gina Mazzaro, 97. T2, Nancy David, Michele Holm, 106. Net: 1, Bridgette Koledo, 74. 2, Jean Warden, 78.
C Division
Gross: 1, Linda Burnett, 108. 2, Kathy Landers, 111. 3, Kathy Aberizk, 115. Net: 1, Cathy Giunta, 75. T2, Doris Gould, Sherry Kellaher, 80.
At QUAIL HOLLOW
Greendale Men's League
1, Ken Frost-Bob Gonyea-Ken Miller-Louis Gouin, minus 7. 2, Rick Wheeler-Dick Whippee-Kent Seith-Glen Wuerthele, minus 3. T3, Mike Ross-Steve Russo-Randy Ellis, Bill Gaudette, Bill Parsons-Gary Ward- Ron Parse, minus 2.
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