Babe Ruth regular season concludes, playoffs on deck

Fri, 07/01/2022 - 11:30am

MIDCOAST — The Midcoast Babe Ruth baseball regular season has concluded with final contests being played June 28-30 around the Midcoast. 

Below is a rundown of final regular season game scores and a look at the league playoff schedule. 

June 28 Scoreboard
Damariscotta Lions 16, Granite Coast Orthodontics 16 — suspended after 7 by darkness; will not resume

June 29 Scoreboard
Rockland Ford 13, Tidewater Oil 2 (Game 1)
Rockland Ford 8, Tidewater Oil 1 (Game 2)

June 30 Scoreboard
Waldoboro 4, Rockland Ford 1
Damariscotta Lions 13, P.G. Willey 5
Granite Coast Orthodontics 22, Tidewater Oil 5

Final Standings/Playoff Seeds
1. Rockland Ford 9-1
2. Waldoboro 8-2
3. Damariscotta Lions 6-3-1
4. Granite Coast Orthodontics 2-7-1
5. P.G. Willey 2-8
6. Tidewater Oil 2-8

Tiebreaker Note: P.G. Willey and Tidewater Oil split their two games with P.G. Willey winning 9-5 and Tidewater Oil 17-14. Both teams split Granite Coast and were 0-2 against every other team. The tiebreaker as outlined in the Babe Ruth rulebook, according to league president Don Shields, states “if the results of the head-to-head cannot break the tie ... the team with that gives up the fewest runs is seeded higher.” P.G. Willey surrendered two runs in the two games between the two teams while Tidewater Oil allowed 23 runs. P.G. Willey will be the No. 5 seed and Tidewater Oil the No. 6 seed.

Playoff Schedule

Quarterfinals (July 6 at 5 p.m.) 
#6 Tidewater Oil at #3 Damariscotta Lions (Lincoln Academy)
#5 P.G. Willey at #4 Granite Coast Orthodontics (Marge Jones Field)

Semifinals (July 8 at 5 p.m.)
Tidewater Oil/Damariscotta Lions winner at #2 Waldoboro (Begley Field)
P.G. Willey/Granite Coast Orthodontics winner at #1 Rockland Ford (Morrill Field)

Championship (July 10 at 1 p.m.)
Semifinal #1 vs. Semifinal #2 (at highest remaining seed)