Frontier's Ari Venegas, right, moves past Northampton's John Badalati to control the ball July 27, 2018 during a soccer game at the Florence Recreation Fields.
Frontier's Ari Venegas, right, moves past Northampton's John Badalati to control the ball July 27, 2018 during a soccer game at the Florence Recreation Fields. Credit: GAZETTE STAFF / SARAH CROSBY

Despite starting the game with nine players and playing the first half a man down, Frontier rallied to beat Northampton 3-2 in the Pioneer Valley Summer Soccer League regular season finale Friday.

Ari Venegas scored twice, while Connor Bagdon added a goal. Jake Hanieski stopped five shots for Frontier (8-2-1).

The playoff start Tuesday.

Baseball

Frontier 8, Northampton 2 (5) — Gabe Gochinski doubled and knocked in three runs, as Frontier moved to the winners bracket of the Mickey Mantle semifinals.

The game was shortened because of lightning and darkness.

Jack O’Neil added two hits and scored a run.

Ryan Campbell scored two runs.

Sam Dadmon (run) singled.

Xavier Santiago struck out four in five innings to earn the win.

Patrick Serio and Owen Shelffo singled for Northampton, while Jamie Berrios and Ben Fowler scored runs.

Northampton will play Mohawk in an elimination game at 10 a.m. Saturdy at Florence Field.

Frontier plays Dalton after at 1 p.m. in a winners bracket game. An elimination game between the losers will follow at 5 p.m.

The final two or three games, if necessary, are Sunday at Ziomek Field in Amherst.

Dalton 3, Amherst 2 — JB Mills had an RBI single, but Amherst will drop into the Mickey Mantle championships losers bracket.

Amherst faces either Northampton or Mohawk at 5 p.m. Saturday at Florence fields in an elimination game.

Eli Slovin and Thea Hanscom singled.

Frontier 8, Northampton 2 (5)

Frontier          400 40 — 8  8  1

Northampton     011 00 — 2  2  3

WP—Santiago LP—Serio

Dalton 3, Amherst 2

Dalton          100 002 0 — 3  4  2

Amherst     001 010 0 — 2  4  2

WP—MelleLP—Hanscom