Monmouth Academy scored eight runs in the first inning winning the Wolverines’ baseball home opener Tuesday afternoon at Wiscasset Middle High School. The game was called after five innings due to the 12-run rule. The shutout loss dropped the Wolverines to 0-4 in the Mountain Valley Conference.

Brian Foye who started the game on the mound for Wiscasset pitched two innings. He finished with two strikeouts giving up four walks. Casey Mills worked two innings in relief and Haiden Dunning pitched the final inning for WMHS.

The Wolverines stranded a runner on third base in the home half of the third inning. With one out Kyle St. Pierre drew a base-on-balls, advancing to second when a balk was called on the pitcher. J. Travis then grounded out advancing St. Pierre to third but the next batter struck out ending the inning.

Foye was robbed of a hit in the fourth inning when the Mustang pitcher gloved a hard-hit line drive up the middle.

The Mustangs scored six runs in the second, five in the third, and two in the fourth before adding seven more (five of those unearned) in the final inning of play.

Ramblers roll 12-1

Winthrop used five pitchers in five innings winning 12-1 over visiting WMHS Monday, April 29.

“Together they struck out 11 of our hitters,” Wolverine Coach Gregg Wood said afterwards.

Dunning started and pitched all four innings for Wiscasset. He struck out six, gave up seven hits (five singles and two doubles) while walking just three Winthrop batters.

Muhamad Khalique and Archie Brewer had back to back singles for the Wolverines. Both hits came in the top of the second; Brewer picked up an RBI and staked Wiscasset to a 1-0 lead.

The Ramblers answered with six runs in the home half of the inning. They added a pair of runs in the third and four more in the fourth. Ryan Baird was the winning pitcher for Winthrop. Dunning took the loss. The win improved the Ramblers’ MVC record to 2-0,  and WMHS fell to 0-3.

Roadrunners too much

The Wolverines averted a shutout but lost 16-1 to Mt. Abram last Wednesday, April 24 at Strong.

Dunning singled and doubled driving in the Wolverines’ lone run. He started on the mound and pitched three innings allowing six hits and finishing with six strikeouts and five walks.

Brian Foye and Casey Mills pitched in for relief for WMHS in the fourth inning. Foye gave up three walks and a single. Mills walked three and allowed one hit. 

C. J. Robert singled and doubled for Wiscasset. Nate Luce picked up the win for the Roadrunners allowing just four hits while striking out seven. He helped his own cause with a pair of singles. Trevor Phelps had a single and a double for the 2-1 Roadrunners.

Falling student enrollment dropped WMHS to class D athletic status, although the Wolverines continue playing a class C schedule.

WMHS was set to host Boothbay Region High School Wednesday. On May 3, WMHS will travel to Dixfield to play Dirigo. The Cougars’ one win this season was a 13-2 romp over Boothbay Region High School. WMHS will host Lisbon May 6. The Greyhounds started the MVC season with three wins.