Spring Sports

Playoff Picture: American Legion baseball teams have two weeks to fight for postseason spots

With two weeks left to go in the regular season, the battle for one of the eight postseason spots in the American Legion senior tournament is heating up.

Nashua has won three in a row to move into the fourth spot in District B.

With two weeks left to go in the regular season, the battle for one of the eight postseason spots in the American Legion senior tournament is heating up.

Here’s a look at where the teams in each district stand going into Monday’s games.

District A

Bedford (9-1)
Sweeney (8-2)
Lebanon (6-2)
Plymouth (6-4)

In contention: Milford (5-4), Goffstown (4-4), Concord (4-5).

Work to do: Keene (1-7), Jutras (1-9), Laconia (0-6).

Bedford has won nine in a row since its only loss of the season, a 1-0 setback against Sweeney on June 16. Post 54 has averaged 13 runs in those nine wins, while allowing a total of 27 runs in those games. … Sweeney’s two losses this season have come to Milford and Goffstown. Post 2 will have a chance at revenge against Milford on Monday. … The teams remaining on Lebanon’s schedule are a combined 49-40. Take out a game each against Keene and Laconia, and its 48-27. … Like Sweeney, Plymouth’s four losses have come against teams currently on the outside of the postseason, including a doubleheader sweep against Goffstown. Post 66 still has to play Bedford and Sweeney twice.

District B

Rochester (9-1)
Exeter (7-3)
Londonderry (7-3)
Nashua (6-3)

In contention: Hudson (4-3), Dover (4-5).

Work to do: Merrimack (2-5), Derry (2-5), Portsmouth (3-7), Salem (0-9).

Rochester’s only loss of the season was a 3-2 defeat at Nashua on June 26. Only one other time this season has Post 7 scored fewer than seven runs – a 4-3 win over Exeter in 14 innings on June 17. … After that loss to Rochester, Exeter won six games in a row, outscoring opponents 41-16. In its last three games (1-2), Post 32 has been outscored 22-18. … Londonderry’s three losses have come against opponents it had defeated the first time around, including a doubleheader split with Exeter on Sunday. Post 27 two teams its already defeated this week, Nashua and Salem. … Nashua has won three games in a row, after losing two straight. Before that Post 124 had won two straight after splitting its first two games of the year.