By STEVE MAZZONE

Sports writer

LINCOLN – Twelve innings, three victories, 47 runs.
That about explains it.
After a pair of four-inning, mercy-rule wins to begin pool play in the District IV Tournament, the Lincoln All-Stars did the same to Central Falls on Wednesday night, rolling to a 21-0 triumph at Randy Hien Field.
In the shortened contest that was delayed about 20 minutes due to the impending rain storm, Lincoln bashed out 19 hits including four apiece from Jeff Sheehan (three runs, three RBI) and Chris LeClaire (three runs, four RBI). All 12 players in Lincoln’s lineup had at least a hit.For good measure, Sheehan and Ryan Fournier combined for a ho-hum, no-hitter, facing just 13 total batters.
“They’re good,” said CF manager Tanya Montalvo, whose team dropped to 0-3 in the tourney. “What can I say? They deserved it. They played well.”

With the victory, Lincoln (3-0) clinched the top seed in Pool A and earned a trip to next Tuesday’s semifinals. The unbeaten All-Stars finish up pool play tonight when they travel to Glocester for a 5:30 match-up.
While he’s certainly content with another dominating affair, Lincoln manager Dale O’Dell was concerned about one thing as his players went to the concession stand for their post-game meal of free hot dogs and soda.
“It’s nice to score runs. It’s nice to get a lot of at-bats. That’s a positive,” O’Dell said. “The negative was the ball wasn’t put in play that much so we couldn’t work on our defense. That’s why we are practicing tomorrow morning; to get some work in and then go to Glocester to finish up pool play.”
Lincoln, which most onlookers are predicting will go far in the tournament, determined the outcome after just one inning with seven runs. In fact, Central Falls received its omen on the very first ball thrown by starter Arnold Koslowski, a pitch right down the middle that Sheehan blasted clear over the centerfield fence.
It didn’t get much better for Koslowski and Co. from there.  Lincoln sent 13 players to the batter’s box in the inning. Sheehan finished with two RBI in the frame with a single in his next at-bat. Fournier (single), LeClaire (single) and Tyler Duquette (walk) also collected an RBI.
Montalvo wasn’t surprised that Lincoln was able to generate its offense quickly against her winless CF squad.
“We knew it before we got here,” she said. “They’re just a really good team.”
Lincoln’s most productive inning was actually the second where it tacked on nine more runs and had seven of its 10 hits at that point. The All-Stars put the final daggers into their opponent with “just” a single run in the third and an additional four more (and six hits) in the fourth.
The score could have actually been much higher, but O’Dell, coaching at third base, held back more than a half dozen of his players from scoring in the final few innings.
“I was trying to keep the score down. You don’t want to embarrass the kids,” said the Lincoln coach. “In the same respect, we don’t want any of our players to get injured.”
O’Dell and his squad will now take on Glocester (1-2) in the final tilt of pool play. Glocester lost its two games to East Woonsocket and Scituate-Foster, two squads that Lincoln outscored by a combined score of 26-1.
It’s then on to the cross-over semifinals, where Lincoln has potential to face North Smithfield and C.J. Dandeneau, the hard-throwing pitcher who has a fastball in the 75 mph range. North Smithfield is currently second in Pool B with a 2-1 mark after beating Cumberland American (1-2) on Wednesday. Cumberland National (3-0) is presently the top seed in that pool at 3-0, courtesy of its win over Smithfield, also on Wednesday.
O’Dell plans to have his top two pitchers ready for the semis – Sheehan and Tyler Duquette.
“We’ll probably pitch Duquette on a 20-pitch limit (against Glocester) so I’ll have two No. 1s available,” he said.
As to the potential of facing Dandeneau next week.
“We are going to bring people that can throw,” O’Dell said. “We’re going to get ready to hopefully face the heat and have to make him work a little bit; try to make him feel like he is challenged. I think we’ll be alright.”