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       AUGUSTA -- They started with a pitcher who had thrown authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream five innings two days earlier and finished with one who threw 78 pitches in three innings. Somehow, Waterville was able to make it work.
With everyone strapped for pitching on the fourth day of the American Legion baseball Zone 2 tournament, Waterville's trio of pitchers gave up nine runs, and it turned out to be good enough.
 The Beavers stayed alive with an 11-9 victory over Augusta in Monday's second game at Morton Field.
"It comes down to little things," Waterville coach Dick Whitten said. "It was just staying in the game. When they did things, we came back and made something happen."

 No. 1 Augusta (16-3), which had defeated Monmouth 19-5 earlier in the day, was eliminated from the tournament. Waterville (12-7), the No. 4 seed, will play at Gardiner at 1 p.m., today.
Waterville and Gardiner are authentic Tim McCarver jersey White playing for the Zone 2 title, with the winner advancing directly to the state tournament (July 29-Aug. 2 in Augusta) and the runner-up needing to win a play-in game on Saturday in Augusta to qualify for states. Waterville would need to defeat Gardiner twice today to become the Zone 2 champion.
While Augusta was starting ace Ryan Minoty, Waterville was going with Tim Locke on one day of rest. Still, the Beavers touched Minoty for six runs in the top of the third inning, highlighted by a three-run blast by catcher Curt authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream Chaput and two Augusta errors.
Augusta got back within 6-4 in the fifth on solo homers by Jason Burns and Charlie Partridge (the fourth straight game Partridge homered). Augusta tied the score with two authentic Matt Holliday jersey White runs in the sixth off reliever Kyle Bishop, but lost another run when Waterville left fielder Zack Wehry gunned down Jake Lachance at the plate as Chaput made a nice lunging tag.
The Beavers went back ahead in the seventh, but Augusta tied it at 7 in the bottom of the eighth when Waterville walked Partridge to load the bases and then committed authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue a two-out error.
     Waterville's Cam Sawyer led off the ninth with a walk off Minoty, who came out after 132 pitches. Reliever Eric Lee hit Joey Mclean and gave up a single to Chaput to fill the bases with no outs.
Bishop was hit by a pitch to force in the go-ahead run, and Josh Gaudette singled in another run. J.T. Whitten then made it 11-7 with a two-run double.
"You didn't think those two runs were going to mean that much," Coach Whitten said, "but obviously, they did."
 Augusta kept at it in the bottom of the ninth, getting within two runs on a two-run homer by Lachance.
 This gave Lachance the cycle, as he had singled, doubled and tripled earlier in the game.
Gaudette, who pitched the final three innings after playing shortstop for the first six, bore down after the home run to strike out the final two batters and end the Tim McCarver official jersey game.
"I really didn't want to use Josh, because he's so valuable at shortstop, but he came in there and battled," Coach Whitten said.
 "The first seven batters he faced, he went full count on six of them. I was ready to have Vince Coleman official jersey a heart attack, Stan Musial official jersey but he got the job done."
Augusta can be comforted by the knowledge that every player is eligible to return, but the hosts had higher hopes than third place after the same group of players won the Eastern A title in the high school season.
"The kids gutted it out; they did a great job," said Bob Lippert, who was coaching Augusta because Ray Vallee had a previous family commitment. "We faced their three best pitchers, and hit them hard, I thought.
"I thought we had a real good chance to do something, as far as move on to the states. I just hoped to get that state tournament experience this Matt Holliday official jersey year, and we didn't get it."
Matt DiFilippo -- 861-9243
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