Coupeville Sports

Joey Lippo (3), seen during his college baseball days. (Timothy Goupille photo)

It’s like someone built a time machine and took the game back to the old days, when you could pitch until your arm fell off.

Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, who is filling some of his summer days playing another season in the Aroostook Men’s Baseball League in Maine, had no use for the bullpen last week.

Instead, the former Wolf chucked 146 pitches, going all the way on the mound for the Mavericks as they pulled out a come-from-behind 8-7 win over the Bad News Bears.

Lippo, who recently graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, whiffed seven across seven innings of work.

He also delivered two hits, two runs, and a stolen base while taking his own swings at the plate.

The Mavericks got Lippo the win when they rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh, walking things off with a two-run single from Aroostook League rookie Ben Thomas.

The nail-biter came on the heels of a 12-8 win over the Maineiacs, an expansion squad in the five-team conference.

That leaves Lippo and company in a first-place tie at 2-0 a week into the season.