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Schneider Double Lifts Post 68 at American Legion Regional

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BRISTOL, Conn. -- Matt Schneider doubled home a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth Thursday morning to lead Pittsfield Post 68 to a 3-2 win over Portland, Maine, at the American Legion Baseball Northeast Regional Championship.
 
Sam Fick scattered 10 hits, walked one and struck out three to earn a complete-game victory for Pittsfield.
 
The win kept Post 68 alive in the double-elimination tournament. On Friday afternoon, it will face host Massachusetts State Champion Shrewsbury.
 
On Thursday, the Mainers jumped out a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and later stretched that lead to 2-0 before Pittsfield got on the board in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Brett Murphy started the inning by being hit by a pitch and moved up when Abdiel Cotto-Hernandez laid down a sacrifice bunt.
 
Chad Shade’s single moved Murphy to third, and he scored Post 68’s first run of the regional tournament on an RBI groundout by Jack Cooney.
 
Cooney started the game-winning rally in the eighth with a single and moved up when Matt Koperniak drew a walk.
 
A passed ball moved both men up a base before the Post 68 catcher and Wahconah graduate doubled to right-center field to give Post 68 the lead.
 
In the top of the ninth, Portland got men to second and third with two out, but Fick got the final out on a called third strike to end the game.
 
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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