Ben Arnold singled in the fifth inning to drive in Connor Waitkus to give the Frontier Regional baseball team a 1-0 win over Hopkins Academy Tuesday in Hadley.
Waitkus walked, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. The single blooped over Hopkins’ shortstop and fell out of the Golden Hawks diving left fielder’s glove.
Kalen Evans picked up the win in relief for Frontier (6-2, 2-0 Hampshire West). He struck out three and allowed just two hits with no walks in five innings.
Noah Scanlon-Dean, Trevor Fil, Justin Butterfield and Jack Feltovic all hit singles for Hopkins (3-5, 0-2).
Jon Morrison pitched for the Golden Hawks, allowing just one hit in a complete-game loss. He struck out seven and walked eight.
“You could feel he didn’t have his best stuff today,” Hopkins coach Dan Vreeland said.
Mohawk 12, Easthampton 3 — Nathan Morse had two hits and an RBI in a road loss for the Eagles (1-6, 0-2 Hampshire East).
Hampshire Regional 5, Monson 1 — Senior Ben Fitzpatrick tossed a complete game with no earned runs in a road win for the Raiders.
Fitzpatrick gave up two hits, struck out four and didn’t allow a walk.
Camden Kelly led the offense with three hits and four RBIs while Steve Moussette went 2-for-4 for Hampshire.
Fitzpatrick added a couple hits for Hampshire (4-6).
Smith Vocational 9, Sci-Tech 2 — Hunter Brooks had two doubles and three runs scored in a home win for the Vikings (6-4).
Ryan York had three hits, while Matt Hewes and Aidan Pike each scored two runs.
Baseball
Frontier Regional 1,
Hopkins Academy 0
Frontier 000 010 0 — 1 1 1
Hopkins 000 000 0 — 0 4 0
WP—Evans LP—Morrison
Records: Hopkins Academy (3-5, 0-2 Hampshire West) Frontier Regional (6-2, 2-0)
Mohawk 12, Easthampton 3
Easthampton 010 101 0 — 3 7 3
Mohawk 032 610 x — 12 13 1
WP—Donovan LP—Parrish
Records: Mohawk (7-2, 2-0 Hampshire East), Easthampton (1-6, 0-2)
Hampshire Regional 5, Monson 1
Hampshire 102 020 0 — 5 8 3
Monson 010 000 0 — 1 2 2
WP—Fitzpatrick LP—Nodell
Records: Hampshire (4-6); Monson (3-8)
South Hadley 14, Belchertown 0
Belchertown 000 000 0 — 0 0 1
South Hadley 222 404 x — 14 12 1
WP—Mooney LP—Jenks
Records: Belchertown (4-4); South Hadley (5-3)
Smith Voke 9, Sci-Tech 2
Sci-Tech 000 100 1 — 2 6 0
Smith Voke 440 001 x — 9 12 0
WP— O’Connell LP—Andino
Records: Sci-Tech (6-4); Smith Voke (6-4)
