PEMBROKE, N.H. — When Thursday\’s game was over and the Portsmouth (N.H.) baseball team had secured the national record for consecutive victories by beating Pembroke Academy 10-2, Portsmouth pitcher/outfielder Keegan Taylor admitted to feeling a sense of relief. He insisted there was no sense of satisfaction, however.
\”It\’s definitely, definitely relief,\” Taylor said. \”It\’s always nice to have something off your back, but to me we\’re not done. It\’s more than just this. Definitely not satisfied yet. We want to be the last team standing.\”
The theme coming from the Portsmouth players following Thursday\’s contest seemed to be this: They still haven\’t achieved their No. 1 goal, which is a fourth consecutive state championship.
The victory over Pembroke Academy stretched the program\’s winning streak to 76 games, one more than Homer (Mich.) won in 2004 and 2005. The 2005 Homer team featured pitcher Josh Collmenter, who made his Major League debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier …………
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