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)

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