Down two going into the bottom of the seventh, the Northampton softball team never made an out turning four hits and an error into three runs and a walk-off 7-6 win over Longmeadow, Wednesday.
Emilia Pelis led off the seventh with a single and Zoe Driscoll-Sbar followed with a two-run home run to right-center to cap her four-hit, three-run, three-RBI senior day, tying the game 6-6.
Abby Pelis singled and Amanda Mieczkowski reached on an error. Jill McGrath completed the rally with walk-off single down the left field line, plating Pelis.
Anna Kerwood allowed six hits and survived a hit-batter and eight errors behind her to earn the win. Seven of the miscues came in Longmeadow’s six-run third inning.
Granby 10, Palmer 1 — The Rams’ run toward a tournament berth continued with a third straight win in as many days.
Granby (9-9, 1-6 Bi-County East), which needed to win four of its five games this week, has to beat either South Hadley (3-16) on Thursday or Central (6-13) Friday to qualify. Both games are at 4 p.m. in Granby.
Kate Sullivan was 3-for-4 (double, triple) with four RBIs, while Kylie Biron was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Abi Beauregard struck out eight and walked two in the win. She helped herself with two suicide squeeze bunts.
Grace Sinclair added a hit and an RBI.
Sabis 14, Gateway 0 (6) — Erika Wolfe registered her 25th hit of the season in a home loss for the Gators (2-17, 0-11 Bi-County West).
Greenfield 14, Hopkins Academy 2 — Allison Markowski (RBI) had two triples and Macy Ring had two hits, including a double, in the loss for the Golden Hawks (3-15, 0-14 Franklin).
Easthampton 9, Ware 0 — Rachael Robinson allowed just one hit with eight strikeouts in the complete-game shutout.
Olivia Downer (run) and Charlotte Banigan-White (two runs) each went 3-for-4.
Lisa Sikop (run) and Michelle McDermott (run) each had two hits.
Samantha Sypek (two runs) walked three times.
McCann Tech 3, Smith Academy 2 — Maggie Hession hit a two-run double in the fifth inning for the Falcons, who lost on the road.
Erin Gilrein had three hits for Smith Academy (4-12, 4-6 Bi-County West).
Mary Whalen and Gilrein each had two hits and two runs in a 16-4 win over Ware on Tuesday.
Hampshire Regional 9,
South Hadley 0
South Hadley 000 000 0 — 0 1 2
Hampshire 023 040 x — 9 13 1
WP—McGan LP—Niemiec
Records: Hampshire Regional (14-4, 7-0 Suburban) South Hadley (3-16, 2-6)
Granby 10, Palmer 1
Granby 300 021 4 — 10 6 2
Palmer 000 010 0 — 1 6 4
WP—A. Beauregard LP—Cavanaugh
Records: Granby (9-9, 1-6 Bi-County East) Palmer (9-11, 2-6)
Sabis 14, Gateway 0 (6)
Sabis 012 029 — 14 21 1
Gateway 000 000 — 0 6 3
WP—Dow LP—Gamble
Records: Gateway (2-17, 0-11 Bi-County West) Sabis (10-9, 6-5)
Northampton 7, Longmeadow 6
Longmeadow 006 000 0 — 6 6 2
Northampton 100 030 3 — 7 12 8
WP—Kerwood LP—Mansfield
Records: Northampton (16-4, 7-1 Wheel) Longmeadow (8-9, 2-5)
Greenfield 14, Hopkins 2
Greenfield 201 200 9 — 14 17 0
Hopkins 001 001 0 — 2 6 4
WP—Joy LP—Quinlan
Records: Hopkins (3-15, 0-14 Franklin) Greenfield (16-2, 12-2)
Easthampton 9, Ware 0
Easthampton 006 020 1 — 9 14 0
Ware 000 000 0 — 0 1 2
WP—Robinson LP—Gauthier S—
Records: Easthampton (15-3) Ware (7-10)
McCann Tech 3,
Smith Academy 2
Smith Academy 000 020 0 — 2 9 3
McCann Tech 002 000 1 — 3 7 0
WP—Skawski LP—Goyette
Records: McCann Tech (12-7, 8-3 Bi-County West) Smith Academy (4-12, 4-6)
