Visiting Easthampton scored four times in the top of the seventh inning, ending Greenfield’s season with a 5-0 victory in an elimination game of the Western Mass. Summer Baseball League Senior Division tournament on Wednesday night at Vets Field.

Greenfield finished fourth in the tournament, as Easthampton advanced to the final day of competition along with East Longmeadow and Wilbraham Green.

“Now that it’s over and we’re looking back at the season, I’m very pleased to be able to do what we did to get these kids to play some baseball,” Greenfield coach Kyle Phelps said. “After all the disappointment with losing their high school season, some losing their first year of college (due to COVID-19), to get together for six weeks and be able to get on the field and kind of forget everything that was going on, I was very pleased to watch and be a part of it.”

Easthampton led 1-0 thanks to a run in the top of the first inning, and held that advantage until putting things out of reach in the seventh. Isiah Colon struck out eight in a two-hit, complete-game shutout for the visitors.

Connor Waitkus and David Carey had the two hits for Greenfield, which left runners in scoring position in the second, third and fifth innings. Matt Gardner pitched well in defeat, striking out nine in 6⅓ innings while allowing just three hits.

Frontier Koufax edges Brattleboro

Kyle Begos struck out the final batter of the game with the bases loaded, lifting Frontier to a tight 12-10 victory over Brattleboro in a Pioneer Valley Youth Baseball League Sandy Koufax game on Wednesday in Brattleboro.

Begos notched the save for winning pitcher Grayson Loos, who struck out two in three innings of action. Begos recorded three strikeouts without allowing an earned run.

At the plate, Tyler Cusson and Begos had two hits apiece, including a triple, and Davey Mazur also tripled in the victory. Cusson drove in two runs, while Begos scored three times and added an RBI. Also contributing with hits were Brayden McDonough (hit, RBI), Aidan Heffernan (hit, RBI, two runs), Owen Babb (hit, RBI, two runs) and Loos (hit, run). 

Golf

Ashfield Community Thursday League

Tony Warchol, Katy Benedetti, Diane O’Connell and Connie Szelewicki teamed for a low gross score of 32, good enough for first place in a four-person scramble at the Thursday Morning League at Ashfield Community Golf Club.

Janet Rogers, Bev LaBelle, Francie Hall and Terry Norwood took second with a 34.

CFC Senior Open Best Ball

Paul Nunez, Jim Ruschioni, David Laravee and Gerald O’Neill won a tiebreaker to take the low gross with a 64 as Crumpin-Fox Club held its Senior Open 4-Player Best Ball on Wednesday.

Tim Rice, Jim Fortsch, Joe Phillips and Rick Rabideau also shot 64 and settled for second place. In third place was the team of Joe Cocco, Joe Imelio, Joe Whalen and Joe Harding.

Net winners were Doug Taylor, Tom Bergeron, Jon Shea and Phil Phillips, who won a tiebreaker with a 59. Also shooting 59 were Erik Barnes, Brendan Creagh, Jason Wallace and Jake Cahoon. Brendan Creagh won three skins on No. 6, while Tim Brandl (four), Brett Barnes (two) and Mike O’Connell (three) also won skins.

CFC Women’s League

Jill Waldron and Pam Poissant tied for first place with plus-4 point quotas to top the field at Wednesday’s Crumpin-Fox Club’s Women’s League.

Julia Wallace was third at plus-3, followed by Michelle Burch, Sam Reuss, Joanne Wallace and Hedi Valk at plus-1. Closest to the pin on No. 3 was Reuss at 25 feet, while Julia Wallace was closest at No. 9 (21-3).

Thomas Memorial Women’s League

Jane Smith set the pace, firing a plus-6 point quota to win Wednesday’s Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club’s Women’s League in Turners Falls.

Delia Foster, Katelyn Mailloux and Anne Corrinet were right behind at plus-5. Sally Malloy and Smith had the lowest odd-numbered hole scores (22).

K of C League

The trio of Chris Sacco, Art Girard and Ron Lenois posted plus-5 point quotas to lead the way at Wednesday’s Thomas Memorial Knights of Columbus Golf League.

Tying for fourth place were Dave Dion, Bill Roussell Sr. and Kent McGahan at plus-4. Skins were won by Dion, Rod Demers, Mike Beauregard and Mark Duncan.

Greenfield Elks League

Keith Schempp and David McDonald took first place with 56½ points at Wednesday’s Country Club of Greenfield Elks League.

Bob Ferris and Vinnie Melendez wound up in second place with 49½ points, followed by Mike Larabee and Tom Rogers with 47½ points. Melendez was closest to the pin at nine feet.  

Running

Northfield Summer Series

Noah de Ruiter’s time of 21 minutes, 14 seconds led the way at Week 11 of the 3.3-mile Northfield Summer Road Race Series.

Bob Bezio was second at 23:25, followed in third place by Jeannie LaPierre at 26:09. Rounding out the top five finishers were Lucy Koester (27:37) and Bob Emberley (38:04).