2011 NH High School Baseball Season

Portsmouth beat Kingswood 7-1. Taylor had a strong outing. Double digit K's and 1 or 2 hits. Took Portsmouth bats a couple of innings to get going but then they hit in bunches. Slade Dore pitched for Kingswood and did a solid job.

BG 9 West 0. I don't believe there was an earned run in this game. It was 2-0 after 5 1/2 with single runs in 1st & 2nd on wild pitches. In the bottom of the 6th the West pitcher really got tired and the wheels came off the bus. For BG Cody Gilchrist pitched really well and was helped by a couple of very nice double plays.

Update: I've been told it was Clayton Welch that pitched last night for West.

Salem beat Spaulding 7-0 . Poore went complete game .2 hits 16 Ks . all damage done by 3-7 hitters. Majority of Ks looking.

Somersworth beat Bow 3-1. Junior lefty Josh Jaques went the distance, gave up 3 hits, no walks, struck out 7. Bow looked very good, only one error, Bow brought in a lefty pitcher in the 5th, who really shut Somersworths hitting down. Struck out the three and four hitters.He had a live fast ball and a very nice change. Does anyone know his name?

Heard Merrimack had a come back win to beat Concord 12-9. I'm telling you these guys are going to be much better this year watch out.

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Bow brought in a lefty pitcher in the 5th, who really shut Somersworths hitting down. Struck out the three and four hitters.He had a live fast ball and a very nice change. Does anyone know his name?
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Bruce Lacasse

How good is Portsmouth? I know they have won 63/4 games in a row, and the national record is 75. I would like to hear from coaches, are teams using their #1 or #2 pitchers against them? Or saving #1 and #2 for games they think they should win? With such a short season does that make sense? And if that is the case Portsmouth isn't seeing the best teams have to offer?

This is nothing against Portsmouth and their program but I thought a good topic.

I’m not a coach, but I can offer some insight into the two games they played against Bedford last year. The regular season game featured Jones for Portsmouth against Olen for Bedford. Olen pitched well for Bedford, going 6 and allowing 5 runs, but only 1 earned. He even received kudos on this blog from NHMonty based on feedback from Mike. Portsmouth got 2 key runs off the reliever in the top of the 7th. Jones was cruisng through the first 6 and then Bedford got to him in the botom of the 7th. Just as the reliever was scrambling to get ready, Bedford killed the rally themselves with a bad decision to try and take home from second on a sharp single to center with one out. Final Portsmouth 7-4.

The Class I final featured Jones again versus Maher for Bedford. A great pitchers’ duel with the pivotal stretch being the bottom 4th/top 5th when the bottom of Portsmouth’s order delivered 2-out clutch hits combined with a misplyed ball in the outfield and a wild pitch that clearly slipped out of Maher’s hand to score 3. Bedford loaded the bases in the top of the 5th and Jones worked out of the jam allowing a single run. Jones ended the game with a K stranding 2 Bedford base runnes. Final Portsmouth 5-1.

Jones was clearly the Portsmouth ace and his early success as a freshman at Wake Forest confirms just how good he is. Maher (Northeastern) and Olen (SNHU) were juniors but definitely Bedford’s 1-2 and you might even say 1a-1b. Portsmouth was a complete team as evidenced by the fact that it was the bottom of the order that delivered in the clutch in the Class I final. They were well coached and they didn’t beat themselves. Jones and Montville were sophomores when the unbeaten streak began and they carried the winning tradition forward with obvious help from other talented players along the way.

I think any team that would skip their #1 or #2 pitcher against Portsmouth wouldn’t have beaten them under any circumstances. I can tell you the Bedford players thorughly enjoyed their games against Portsmouth. They respected what they had accomplished, but they were not intimidated. The seniors from last year would have loved a re-match. The good news for Maher/Olen and the rest is that they have Portsmouth on the regular season schedule and hopefully a re-match at the “Merch” in June.

Salem goes to 2-0 with a 7 to 3 victory over concord.Peters pitched 6 and carrol closed it. morin a triple short of the cycle. 2 thru 7 with the bulk of offense. defense especially looking very good this year.

BG won a 2-1 extra inning affair vs. Trinity. Well pitched on both sides - Trinity going with freshman Giampetruzzi and BG with Christian. Winning run scored on passed ball after a double steal. A more detailed write-up can be found at the NH Sports Forum in the Baseball/HS & Amateur section:

http://nhsports.forumotion.net/

Devildad - next week will be big for Salem - do you think they'll go with Poore vs. Turner on Monday? That'd be a great game to go see... Then it's off to Holman for a Wed. night game vs. BG.

Let me see, will Salem go with Poore against Turner... YA THINK !!

I've seen/heard of coaches that won't throw certain pitchers against certain teams in the regular season. They prefer to wait for the playoffs. I'm sure they have their reasons, but it does deprive us fans of a great matchup!

my guess would be that the coach as well as the north team know nick very well so I would be very surprised if he doesn't throw him.

I would agree, Salem (Poore) vs North (Turner); it will be a good game.

salem beats pinkerton 3-1 to move to 3-0. was surprised how well astros played, not to say they can't but was told they were a little down this year. what I saw was a good defensive team that hit and pitched pretty good.Salem was scoreless thru 5 and down 1-0. put up 3 in the 6th and breen closed it for loguidice. defense again solid with couple of double-plays and great work behind the plate yet again from treff. 2 more thrown out (runners are 0 for 4 so far ).big hit for stewart in 6th with 2 out to tie it,fouled off 4 3-2 count pitches before delivering. bouvier capped the inning with a bases loaded single to score 2.

Monday should have a few good games on the table worth checking out. Nashua North and Salem, Poore vs. Turner? Dover and Londoderry, freshman Ryan Maloney getting the start for Londonderry? And Manchester West at Trinity, Welch vs. Beaudet? Could possibly be a great day of NH baseball tomorrow.

Isn't Moloney a sophmore this year?

Just got word that North beat Salem 4-2. Looking forward to more reports from the game. Sounds like there might have been at least one interesting defensive play.

Yup, a good pitchers battle at Salem. Two errors in the same inninng led to four North runs. All four runs unearned. Both Poore and Turner pitched very well. Two very good teams who'll certainly probably meet again. I hear that Turner threw 139 pitches!

yes it is true the salem defense threw up in thier mouths in the 5th inning. shortstop overthrew firstbase with two outs and bases loaded , then 1st base overthrew third allowing all four runners to score. especially painful as the shortstop happens to be my son.on a different note, how a coach allows a pitcher to throw 131 pitches on a 55 degree day in april on the 4th game of the year is downright stupid. this is also the same coach who totally dtressed down his sophmore catcher (who I happen to think is a tremendous ballplayer ) ten feet from homeplate directly in front of parents. also spent entire game berating umpires for missed calls ( some of them warranted, such as the two balks by poore that weren't called. ). I am far from being a touchy feely guy but this man is WAY over the top. just my opinion.

Souhegan bounces back from an opening day loss to Bedford, shutting out Milford 3-0. Terry Dugdale took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Milford finally got their only hit of the game with one out. Dugdale went the distance and struck out 15 Milford batters with the lone single being the only ball that left the infield.

In watching the Salem North game I agree he threw a lot of pitches for early in the season but typically North coach will take his pitchers out in 6th. He didn't want to come out of the game. I didn't realize he threw that many pitches, he said 130. I thought Poore threw close to a 100.

Turner throwing 130+ pitches this early in the year is a bit insane, but Turner pleaded his case to finish the game. Whether or not the coach puts his foot down is his call.

Congrats to Souhegan's Terry Dugdale on his huge win last night, 15K's and one hit in a 3-0 win over Milford.

St. Thomas gets their first win over Goffstown 5-4, big confidence booster for the relatively young team.

Dover continues their torrid hitting by ten run ruling Londonderry 12-2. They are a big surprise team this year.

Manchester West defeats Trinity 9-5. Clayton Welch went the distance for West while striking out 9. Mike Beaudet went 6 allowing 7 runs, 4 unearned.
Heard this game was full of errors by both teams.

poore threw 87. you are reinforcing my point by saying he pleaded his case, I wouldn't expect him to want to come out, that is where the coach is supposed to be the rational one. you can post all you want with excuses, bad decision by coach.

I didn't realize I was posting excuses. It was a Big game for North to beat Salem away, with our best pitcher on the mound, who never has a sore arm, and by the way was getting stronger as the game got later in the innings. I tend to think Poore might have wanted to stay in his own game with the same situation. By the way I don't agree with many of the coaches decisions or instructional methods either but it is what it is and you get used to it. Lets end this it's done.

agreed, good luck the rest of the way.

The 130 is all on the coach.

My son pitches and he would never take himself out of a game, he will avoid the coach and run back out to the mound.

It would be rare to me to see any high school pitcher not try to stay in the game.

Don't blame the player for wanting to stay in, it's all the coach's decision.

at no point in any of my posts did I blame the player

Sorry if I was unclear earlier.

When I said don't blame the player for staying in it was meant as a general comment, not directed at any past posts.

It was just meant that all the responsibilty in a situation like this belongs to the coach. Teenage players want to compete and can not be expected to always makes the best decision. They are still teenagers.

Merrimack at 6-2 sitting in second place in Division 1. BG at 5-2.

Great turn arounds so far.

portsmouth 4-3 over st. thomas.

best class I game i've seen in a while.

I believe that puts Portsmouth within 4-5 games within the national record for consecutive wins. Think they are at around 70 in a row now....

I'm sure others know the exact numbers...

Pretty amazing!!

No doubt - an unbelievable streak!

They face Bedford Monday and I think that will be a couple games away from the record for them. St Thomas has had a couple of chances to end it over the past few years. I have not heard the details of the latest game, but must have been a good one.

Yes on both counts. It was a great game -- here's the writeup: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pb...39923/-1/FOSSPORTS03

Next Monday's Portsmouth-Bedford game should be the D-II game of the year so far, especially if it's Taylor/Maher (or Taylor/Olen). Portsmouth will need to get past Pelham and Coe-Brown this week, both of whom are having pretty good seasons.

It might have been a better game to watch had the portsmouth "fans" demonstrated some class... The entire game they were berating the STA players w/insults and ridicule. Especially the STA who live in ports. Meanwhile supposed adults from ports. did/ do nothing... this is par for the course. Shame on them! Total disrespect for the game.

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Originally posted by kpc89:
It might have been a better game to watch had the portsmouth "fans" demonstrated some class... The entire game they were berating the STA players w/insults and ridicule. Especially the STA who live in ports. Meanwhile supposed adults from ports. did/ do nothing... this is par for the course. Shame on them! Total disrespect for the game.

Don't go to a college game down south.

Don't go to a college game anywhere. I was at St. A's Tuesday when they played Bentley, and the St. A's fans were a hoot all game long.

I was also at the St. Thomas - Portsmouth game Monday with another Bedford dad, just to watch Taylor against Bean. It didn't disappoint. Great game. As soon as I got home I told my son how much class both teams showed during such a battle between rivals. Hats off to Keagan Taylor who never missed a beat after giving up a leadoff single and homer in the first to fall behind 2-0. Same for Jordan Bean who got hit hard in the 3rd but never lost his composure, getting the last out and then the remaining nine in order.

We were sitting on the Portsmouth side just past third base for most of the game and then moved to left field when the sun went down. We didn't hear any jibes at all from either side. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I'd assume it was an isolated few.

I was at the St. A's vs. Bentley game at Bentley didn't notice much going on.

(Friday upsets) South beats North 5-3 , Central beats Salem 2-1, Goffstown beats Bedford 6-4. Seems like any Team can lose any given night this year.