Braintree silences Silver Lake

SCHOOLS

In a pitchers’ duel between two quality baseball programs, No. 12 Braintree came out victorious as John Tellier and Kyle Roach outdueled Silver Lake’s Michael Quigley to give the Wamps a 2-0 victory over the No.5 seeds in a Division 1 South first-round contest yesterday in Kingston.

“He set the tone early and threw a lot of strikes early. He battled against a good lineup.” Braintree coach Bill O’Connell said following 51⁄3 strong innings from his starter Tellier.

Tellier didn’t allow a hit in the first three innings while Quigley stranded five runners in the opening two frames. But the Wamps (129) finally broke through in the fourth.

With Quigley on the cusp of escaping another threat, Braintree junior Jack Collins and senior captain Alex Kennedy (single, two walks) each swatted clutch RBI singles to put the Wamps up. Marcos Carnes (two singles, walk) and Jackson Duffy (two doubles, single) got on a with a single and double, respectively.

In the bottom of the fourth, Silver Lake (13-7) looked to answer right back. Jake Armstrong one-hopped the left field fence, sliding into second for the Lakers’ first hit of the game. They soon loaded the bases with nobody out, but Tellier and his defense survived the jam, not allowing a run.

“Hopefully (the win) is a confidence booster,” said O’Connell. “The first game of the tournament is always the toughest one, especially down here in Silver Lake.”

Elsewhere in Div.1 South, senior pitcher Owen Langan went the distance, surrendering just two hits and two earned runs while fanning six, leading No.7 Xaverian (13-8) to a 4-2 victory over No.10 Barnstable (11-9) in a first-round matchup . ... Remy Dumont and Curtis Perry each drove in two runs as No. 11 Durfee (12-9) defeated sixth-seeded Taunton, 7-6 . ... Ian Nadeau tossed a complete game and outfielder Cole Sutherland came up with a huge defensive play as No. 2 Brockton (17-4) edged 15th-seeded Weymouth, 5-4. ... Tom Chmielewski tossed a complete game threehitter, striking out nine, as Will Foley drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth to lift No.8

Needham (13-8) to a 2-1 victory over No.9 Catholic Memorial (12-9) . ... Silas Reed and Casey Wisel combined to shut down the Hingham bats and Kyle Melo drove in a run as No.4 Brookline (156) prevailed, 2-1.

Bradley Collins fired a no-hitter and Jack Christian drove in two as No.13 Plymouth South (9-12) upset No.4

Bristol-Plymouth, 3-0, in a Div.2 South first-rounder . ... Stephen Kalinick tossed a no-hitter as No. 14 Nauset (712) defeated No. 3 Whitman Hanson, 3-0.

In Div.3 North first-round action, senior Nick Giammarco drove in a pair of runs in the seventh to lift No.2

Lynnfield (17-4) over No. 15

Saugus, 3-2 . . . . Cam Kelly pitched a complete game shutout and freshman Jeren Pimental belted a homer to give No. 5 Latin Academy (14-5) a 3-0 win over No.12

Bishop Fenwick.

Will Cournan drove in two in the bottom of the sixth to give No. 13 Cardinal Spellman (13-10) a 9-7 win over No.20

Foxboro in a Div. 3 South preliminary round contest.

Freshman Joe Mulhern tossed a complete game, striking out seven and driving in the only run as No.3

Coyle & Cassidy (16-3) edged No. 19 Westport (9-12), 1-0, in a Div.4 South prelim game.

Ryan Munzing and Jack Ploszay each hit a double and drove in a pair of runs for No. 3 Beverly (17-4) in an 8-2 victory over No. 14

Tewksbury (10-11), in Div. 2 North first-round play . . . . Josh Becker tossed his sixth shutout of the season, fanning seven and allowing four hits to lift No.10 Burlington (14-7) to a 2-0 win over No.7

North Andover.

Mikas Kulbis-Marino drove in the game-winning run in the ninth to give No. 1

Lowell Catholic (17-4) a 3-2 win over No. 16 Winthrop in a Div. 4 North first-round contest . ... Kyle Greenler struck out 10 in five innings for his fifth win as No. 9 Georgetown (13-8) cruised to an 11-0 win over No. 8 Matignon . . . . Alex Troncoso struck out eight in six innings and Raynel Alvarado drove in three runs to give No. 7 South Boston (11-6) a 7-3 win over No. 10 Cristo Rey.

Softball

Emily Reid tossed a nohitter and also went 4-for-4 as No. 9 Dighton-Rehoboth

(16-6) advanced to the Div. 2 South first-round with a 7-0 win over No. 24 Canton.

. . . Amanda Olbrys struck out six and went 3-for-3 to lead No.15 Norwood (13-6) to a 9-0 victory over No. 18 Sandwich.

Emma Healy had four hits and drove in three runs as No. 17 Plymouth North (13-10) rolled to an 11-2 win over 16th-seeded

Wellesley in a Div.1 South preliminary round contest. ... A Kayleigh Mankins RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning pushed No. 14

Bishop Feehan (13-8) past No. 19 Attleboro, 3-1.

In a Div.1 North preliminary round contest, Kate McGrath fired a two-hitter and Giuliana Kehayias scored both runs to propel No. 21 Boston Latin (11-10) past No. 12 Lincoln Sudbury, 2-1, in eight innings. . . . Kate Cardarelli went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs as No. 24 Waltham (912) rolled to a 12-1 win over ninth-seeded Chelsea.

In Div. 2 North firstround action, Samantha Klein tripled to lead off the bottom of the seventh and scored on a sacrifice fly by Erica Johnson, giving No.8

Arlington Catholic (15-6) a 2-1 victory over No. 9 Danvers.