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At some point to win a championship, you just have to hit.

"We didn't," lamented Salem High baseball coach Dan Keleher after his club endured and rallied all afternoon, only to fall short in the Class L title game, 4-3, against Goffstown. "All day, it was like we were one hit away. And it just never came."

When Salem's Brad White singled in an insurance run late in Wednesday night's Class L semifinals, the first Blue Devil out of the dugout to pat him on the back was Greg Gardner.

Coach Dan Keleher has come to expect that.

Last night in the Class L state semifinals, Salem High stormed into Holman Stadium and finished the Gate City daily double, vanquishing No. 5 Nashua North, 3-1.

Gunning for their first Class L state title since 2003, the top-seeded Blue Devils will switch venues to Manchester's Merchantsauto.com Stadium Saturday at 5 p.m. against No. 3 Goffstown.

Larry Weymouth fired a one-hitter and Salem locked up the top seed in the upcoming Class L tournament with a 3-0 victory over Pinkerton.

Weymouth, now 5-0, struck out 10 and walked only one, outdueling Astro Doug Schultz, who was touched up for three runs in the first then slammed the door the rest of the way.

2007 record: 17-4, lost in Class L first round

Returning starters (9): Hal Landers, Sr., OF/P; Matt Hardy, Sr., OF/P; Peter Allain, Sr., 2B; Joe O'Dell, Sr., 1B/P; Brad White, Sr., 3B/P/C; Larry Weymouth, Sr., OF/P; Greg Gardner, Sr., C; Eric Perrault, Sr., P/OF; Josh Jones, Jr., OF