NORTHAMPTON — There was no let up for Northampton Post 28 as it moved into the second phase of the American Legion postseason.

After sweeping Agawam over the weekend, Hamp kept the pedal down and rolled over West Springfield, 11-0, Wednesday at Arcanum Field.

The second round of the tournament is double elimination. Hamp moved into the winners bracket where it will face Westfield, Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Arcanum.

Westfield beat Aldenville, 11-6, Wednesday night.

Northampton starter Zac Brittain looked briefly vulnerable in the top of the first. Tom Heavron hit the first pitch he threw into right for a leadoff single and Brittain’s third offering hit Michael Paige in the leg.

But the right-hander settled down inducing a 6-4-3 double-play bouncer from Andrew Strange and then struck Brady Leclair out looking to escape the first unscathed.

“Double plays are always nice, obviously, but in that situation early in the game, you turn a good, clean one like that and all of a sudden the momentum switches,” Northampton coach Joe Zewinski said. “The confidence is up and everyone feels good about themselves.”

Hamp has been aggressive on the bases all season and with West Side using an inexperienced catcher, the home team pounced. Kevin Banas drew a leadoff walk and immediately stole second. It was the first of eight stolen bases by Hamp, which could have had more but stopped running when the score widened.

“We’ve been doing that all season. Everybody can run. We test the other catchers and pitchers,” Zewinski said. “We’re willing to take those gambles. We like to run.”

Joe Afflitto reached on an error and then stole second to put runners in scoring position. Pat Grygorcewicz brought them both home with a two-run single up the middle.

Playing its fourth game in five days, West Side’s pitching staff was beleaguered and Hamp took advantage scoring in all but one inning.

Post 28 added one in the third on Andrew Serio’s RBI single and three in the third, highlighted by a long RBI double by Derek Zewinski, to make it 6-0.

Will O’Connor had the game’s biggest blow in the fourth. With one run already in, he drove the ball on a low arc that was still rising when it got over the outfielder’s head deep into Arcanum’s cavernous center field.

O’Connor stumbled a bit rounding third and was winded by the time he crossed the plate, but completed the two-run home run easily.

“It was a 3-2 pitch. I was just trying to square up and make sure I didn’t go down on strikes,” O’Connor said. “I got into it pretty good. It’s really tough to hit it out here so any time you can hit it into a gap is pretty good.”

Well ahead, Joe Zewinski took out Brittain to save his arm for later in the postseason. Ian McNamara pitched the final three innings without allowing a hit.

Hamp added two more in the fifth to make it 11-0 and had runners on second and third, but stranded the potential mercy rule-invoking 12th run on third base.

O’Connor said Hamp is confident going forward.

“We’ve hit great all year,” he said. “Everyone rips the ball in our lineup and our pitching has been great all year too.”

Matt Vautour can be reached at mvautour@gazettenet.com.