NORTHAMPTON — Playing what was essentially a doubleheader on Wednesday after finishing their game with Longmeadow, the Generals made relatively quick work of a trip to Northampton.
Cam Harrington went four scoreless innings, striking out two and walking one. He allowed one hit. Roshan Warriar finished the game with a 1-2-3 fifth inning, striking out two
Offensively, Simon Mele was on point going 3 for 3 with three doubles and five RBI. Jake Duquette had a pair of hits and scored twice, while Ben Jacob stole four bases and scored three runs out of the leadoff spot.
Nick Brindle, Anthony Frieri and Jackson Almeida all doubled.s
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Pittsfield 300 44 — 11 10 1
Northampton 000 00 — 0 1 5
Taconic 10, Agawam 5
AGAWAM — Outside of the defense, it was a strong outing Wednesday for the Thunder.
Damon Pause went six strong innings, striking out eight and walking just one. However, the Brownies managed four unearned runs off him on four hits. Taconic made four errors in the game, three of them in a four-run second inning by Agawam that put the Thunder behind by one.
Pause responded by retiring 12 of the next 13 batters he faced.
Meanwhile, Taconic tied the game in the fourth, with Connor Paronto tripling and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Christian Aldrich. After a 1-2-3 bottom half by Pause, Gavin O'Donnell singled to lead off the fifth. Christian Salzarulo followed with a two-run homer. Quentin Christopher, Pause and Eddie Ferris then hit consecutive singles to go ahead 7-4. It wound up a five-run fifth inning.
Gavin O'Donnell was tagged for a run, but closed out the game in the seventh.
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Taconic 300 151 0 — 10 9 4
Agawam 040 000 1 — 5 5 1
McCann 20 Mohawk 3
NORTH ADAMS — Mohawk Trail pitching issued 12 walks and hit four batters in four innings on Wednesday at Joe Wolfe Field.
McCann Tech needed only six hits to score 20 runs, with the benefit of eight fielding errors on the other side. Brodie Hayden had two of those hits, including a double. He was 2 for 2 with two runs scored and three RBI.
Troy Tassone scored three times and had two RBI. Austin Buda had two RBI, while Ty Barrett scored four runs. Barrett was also on the hill for the win, striking out four batters over four innings. He allowed three runs on four hits and two walks.
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Mohawk 300 0 — 3 4 8
McCann (10)35 2 — 20 6 0
Mount Everett 10, Athol 0
ATHOL — Mount Everett got at least a run in all five innings of Wednesday's road win, while a committee day on the hill held Athol to a single hit.
An error, stolen base and two ground outs brought home Matt Lowe with a run in the first inning. A walk and a second error made it 2-0 and that was more than enough run support.
Heyden Cutlip went two scoreless in the start, striking out two and walking one. Matt Lowe followed with a scoreless third and fourth innings. Sean Warren pitched a scoreless fifth, allowing a single, but then a line-drive doubleplay to Lowe at shortstop ended the game.
Catcher Jacob Kreis was 2 for 3 at the plate with three RBI. Cutlip had two hits and scored twice. Brady Carpenter had a double. Lowe was 1 of 2 with two runs scored and an RBI out of the leadoff spot.
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Everett 222 31 — 10 8 1
Athol 000 00 — 0 1 2
Drury 12, Franklin Tech 1
MONTAGUE — Connor Hinkell had Franklin Tech off-balance all day Wednesday, striking out seven batters over five innings of work. The Eagles had one hit, one walk and scored an unearned run off him.
Lucas Hamilton closed the door with two scoreless innings of work, allowing no hits or walks and striking out three.
Offensively, the Blue Devils got all the run support they'd need in the top of the first inning. Carson Rylander led off the game with a single, and he was singled home by Jake Gladu. Julian Feliciano singled as well and scored with the help of an error and passed ball. It was 3-0 Drury after one.
Rylander wound up going 3 for 4 with a double and four runs scored in the leadoff spot. Gladu and Feliciano had two hits a piece, with Gladu driving in two and Feliciano scoring twice. Hunter Marceau was hitless, but worked three walks and scored two runs. Hamilton had two RBI as well.
Drury led 7-0 after three innings.
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Drury 313 011 3 — 12 10 4
Franklin 000 100 0 — 1 10 3
Turners Falls 11, Lee 1
MONTAGUE — The Wildcats struggled offensively against Turners Falls starter Kevin Stevens. Stevens struck out eight batters in five innings.
Kyle Kelly was charged with the loss.
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Lee 000 10 — 1
Turners 222 32 — 11
Longmeadow 4, Pittsfield 3
LONGMEADOW — In the continuation of a game that was suspended earlier this season, the Generals lost on a walk-off by Longmeadow.
The Lancers won on a bases-loaded walk in the 12th inning.
The game, which started on April 8, was tied 3-3 after eight innings and called for darkness. The teams finished Wednesday afternoon. Pittsfield got two men on in the ninth, but couldn't score, and did the same in the 12th. A two-out walk was followed by a single by Ben Jacob, but that was the extent of the PHS offense in the restart.
Matt Burega went 4 1/3 innings and was saddled with the loss, despite not allowing a hit or earned run. He struck out two and walked four. PHS made five errors in the game.
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