Alex Dragon struck out five in seven shutout innings, as the South Hadley baseball team handed Frontier Regional its first loss, 11-0, Friday in South Hadley.
Justin Kleeberg, James Foley and Colin Paleologopoulos drove in two runs each for the Tigers (7-1, 1-0 Hampshire West).
Evan Bourque, Seth Gewanter, Ben Arnold and Baily Powers had hits for Frontier (8-1, 0-1 Hampshire West)
Turners Falls 4, Hopkins Academy 2 (8) — Down a run in the bottom of the seventh, John Earle hit a sacrifice fly to left to send the game to extra innings for the Golden Hawks (5-2).
In the eighth, James Fritz hit a go-ahead, ground-rule double as the Indians (4-5) won in a walk-off.
All nine Hopkins batters got a hit, including two from Earle and Patrick Michalak. Michalak struck out seven in 72 innings of work.
Granby 4, Palmer 0 — Noah Bleakly threw a two-hit shutout and hit an RBI triple in the Rams’ road win.
Mike Sosa added two hits for Granby (8-2), while Tristan Guzik and Joe Desormier also drove in runs.
Westfield 5, Amherst 4 (9) — Jake Balderston had three hits, but the Hurricanes lost in extra innings.
Amherst (2-5, 0-3 Valley) scored all four of its runs in the sixth inning, including a two-RBI single by Seth Bella-Hunter.
Mohawk 1, Smith Academy 0 — Kevin Banas allowed three hits over six innings, but Seth Donovan had a triple and the game’s only RBI to secure a win for Mohawk.
Thomas Hammond and Jack Hession were both 1 for 3 for Smith (0-8).
Southwick 22, Gateway Regional 0 (6) — Joe Jones and Brett Turban each had one hit in the loss for the Gators (1-6).
Belchertown 4, Greenfield 2 — Jack Kamins pitched five innings and struck out three in the Orioles’ win.
Jason French had two hits for Belchertown (6-2).
Turners 4, Hopkins 2 (8)
Hopkins 000 100 10 — 2 12 1
Turners Falls 002 000 0 2 — 4 4 2 0
WP—Doyle LP—Michalak
Records: Turners (4-5) Hopkins (5-2)
Granby 4, Palmer 0
Palmer 000 000 0 — 0 2 2
Granby 100 201 x — 4 7 1
WP—N. Bleakley LP—Handzel
Records: Palmer (4-6) Granby (8-2)
Westfield 5, Amherst 4 (9)
Amherst 000 004 000 — 4 7 3
Westfield 110 100 101 — 5 7 2
WP—Kroll LP—Edwards
Records: Westfield (4-4, 2-1 Valley) Amherst (2-5, 0-3 Valley)
South Hadley 11,
Frontier Regional 0
Frontier Regional 000 000 0 — 0 5 1
South Hadley 009 200 x — 11 7 1
WP—Dragon LP—Patterson
Records: Frontier (8-1, 0-1 Hampshire West) South Hadley (7-1, 1-0 Hampshire West)
Southwick 22, Gateway 0 (6)
Southwick 302 31(13) — 22 15 0
Gateway 000 000 — 0 2 0
WP—Stratton LP—Rutherford-Bean
Records: Southwick (7-3) Gateway (1-3)
Mohawk 1, Smith Academy 0
Smith Academy 000 000 0 — 0 4 1
Mohawk 010 000 x — 1 3 1
WP—Hallenback LP—Banas
Records: Smith Academy (0-8) Mohawk (6-2)
Belchertown 4, Greenfield 2
Belchertown 012 001 0 — 4 12 0
Greenfield 000 200 0 — 2 7 3
WP— Kamins LP—Vasquez
Records: Belchertown (6-2) Greenfield (5-3)
