WATERVILLE -- Messalonskee Post 51 coach Paul Jacobs said it with a laugh, but he wasn't entirely joking. When the Eagles have all their players, they're pretty darn good. When they don't, it's hit or miss.

Messalonskee got the good and the ugly in Saturday's American Legion baseball doubleheader with Madison at Thomas College. The Eagles looked sharp as Nick Booth tossed a two-hitter in Messalonskee's 5-2 win. Then the Eagles ran out of pitching, and Madison took the nightcap, 15-2.

Madison is now 11-3, and has to be considered one of the surprises of Zone 2. The Post 39ers have assembled a pitching staff that keeps them close enough to have a chance every night.

"We've battled all year," Madison coach Barry Lacasse said. "They're dedicated. Every day they come out to play. They understand the game."

Madison brought 14 players to Thomas, and that extra depth showed in the second game. After being held to two hits in the first nine innings of the day, the 39ers had 16 in the final four innings, including 12 runs and 10 hits in two innings against Messalonskee's bullpen.

Every starter for Madison had a hit in the second game. Ezra Gourley was 4 for 5 and pitcher Scott Hunnewell added three hits and three RBIs.

Hunnewell, a Valley High School graduate, was in form on the mound as well. After allowing four hits in the second inning, he gave up just two the rest of the way.

"Scotty, he's a competitor," Lacasse said. "He understands how to pitch and when to mix them up."

Booth needed only 90 pitches for a complete-game two-hitter with 10 strikeouts in the first game. Booth also went 5 for 7 at the plate for the day, and added three stolen bases and a diving catch in left field in the second game.

"He can basically do it all," Jacobs said. "He can hit. He can run. He can throw. He can play about anywhere on the field."

Sam Dexter had three hits and drove in three runs for Messalonskee (5-5) in the first game, while Ray Bernier went 2 for 2 after going 4 for 4 against Augusta on Friday. Madison's two hits were back-to-back -- an infield single by Nick Billington and a home run by Cody Vigue.

The best play of the day, though, was probably by Madison first baseman John Little in the first game. Messalonskee's Brandon Hall reached on an error by Gourley, who bobbled the ball at shortstop and made no throw.

Little, however, did a marvelous acting job in stretching for a throw. Hall thought he was out and started to walk back to the dugout, then realized too late he was safe and was tagged by Little diving back to first base from foul territory.

Waterville 5-4, O'Brien Oil 0-5: Errors were a key in each game as Waterville and the Oilers split a doubleheader at Colby College in Waterville.

The opener was a pitcher's duel between Waterville's Tim Locke and O'Brien Oil's Nick Grady. Locke finished with a three-hit shutout and 12 strikeouts. Grady had a no-hitter until Waterville's Joey McLean singled with one out in the top of the sixth inning. McLean added an RBI triple in the seventh for Waterville (5-5).

O'Brien Oil (5-9) had five hits in the second game, but four of them and two Waterville errors were in the first inning.

Monmouth 14-10, Lincoln 2-2: Tyler Cobb bashed two home runs in Game 2 as Monmouth swept the doubleheader in Boothbay Harbor.

Cobb drove in five runs in the nightcap, and had six hits on the day for Monmouth (7-7). Forrest Dwyer earned the win in the opener and homered in the nightcap. Josh Prue added two hits in each game for Monmouth, which had 26 hits on the day.