B-R, Greater New Bedford get best of rivals

No. 4 Bridgewater-Raynham shook off five hitless innings at the dish before pushing across two runs in the sixth inning to provide ace Julia Ferry all she needed to secure the 2-0 victory against nonleague nemesis No. 8 Silver Lake.

Ferry logged a completegame shutout with eight strikeouts to outduel Silver Lake (12-3) righty Bri Belfort, who tossed six no-hit

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frames before being tagged with the only runs of the game.

In game one of the Rivalry Saturday doubleheader at UMass-Dartmouth, No. 12 Greater New Bedford used a 17-hit attack and two big innings to erase an early deficit and cruise to a 13-3 victory against South Coast Conference nemesis No. 13 Fairhaven.

Baseball

Tyler Hoey pitched a complete game four-hitter as Lowell (13-4) defeated North Andover, 4-1, in the Merrimack Valley Conference. Ray Velasquez had two hits, an RBI and several sparkling plays at shortstop.

Jack Christianson threw a three-hit shutout while striking out four as Essex Tech (9-5) blanked nonleague opponent Whittier, 1-0. … Jack Grafton finished with nine K’s while allowing one earned run as Cardinal Spellman (5-8) won 5-2 over Wahconah.

Ezra Kruckenberg allowed just two hits with 10 K,s and Christian Monahan-Dasilva went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three runs driveninas Malden (6-10) defeated Somerville, 6-2, in the East Boston Strike Out Cancer Tournament semifinals.

Cam Seguin allowed four hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts, as Austin Prep (14-1) topped St. Mary’s, 4-1, in Catholic Central League action.

Brady Ouellette fanned 10 batters and surrendered just three hits as Apponequet (12-1) dropped Somerset Berkley, 5-2, in a South Coast Conference matchup.

Boys lacrosse

Pat Keefe collected five goals and two assists and Michael Ott also scored five times as St. John’s Prep (13-3) took down nonleague opponent Needham, 14-10.

Girls lacrosse

Ciera Licare notched six tallies and an assist as Central Catholic (9-5) came from behind for a 17-15 nonleague victory over Newburyport.