No. 6 Minnechaug 4 — No. 7 Agawam 2
(Western Mass. Class A Semifinal)
Sam Przybyl pitched seven complete innings Monday, giving up just two earned runs, to lead the No. 6 Minnechaug baseball team to a 4-2 win over No. 7 Agawam and a spot in the Class A championship.
Minnechaug will move on to play top-seeded Pope Francis for the final Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a game at MacKenzie Stadium in Holyoke.
Przbyl gave up seven hits and two walks while striking out nine in his seven innings of work on the mound.
Bryce Barlow, meanwhile, led the Falcons offense, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run scored and a double. Aiden Rodrigues and Andrew Grasso also picked up a hit and a run each in the win.
Agawam’s Gavin Shlosser and Vincent Catelotti had two hits and a double each in the loss. Shlosser had an RBI, while Catelotti scored a run.
No. 1 Drury 10 — No. 5 Athol 2
(Western Mass. Class C Semifinal)
Carson Rylander struck out seven Monday to lead the top-seeded Drury baseball team to a 10-2 win over No. 5 Athol in the Western Mass. Class C semifinals.
With the win, Drury will move on to play No. 3 Greenfield in the championship game Wednesday at MacKenzie Stadium at 7 p.m.
Rylander earned the win on the mound, giving up just three hits and two runs (none earned) with three walks over seven innings of work.
He also scored twice.
Brayden Durant led the team’s offense, going 1-for-4 with one run scored, three RBIs and a double. Colby Malloy also picked up a double, while Lucas Hamilton, JJ Prenguber, Julian Feliciano, Brayden Canales and Noah Arnold all had an RBI apiece.
Arnold additionally went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Eli Wein produced the bulk of the offense for Athol, going 3-for-3 with a run scored in the loss.
