Pittsfield AL picked up its second win in the winners' bracket and advanced to Saturday's championship round of the double-elimination tournament.
The Americans Saturday at Deming Park will face either Joe Schwartz or Amherst, who play the losers' bracket finale on Friday evening. If necessary, a winner-take-all title game on Sunday would be either in Worcester or Amherst.
On Thursday, Ben Jacob hit a one-out single and scored in the bottom of the first on Evan Blake's double.
The Americans tacked on four runs in the second.
Owen Salvatore drew a one-out walk to get things started. Walker Abdallah hit a two out single, and Nick Brindle and Jake Duquette each followed with hits in the rally.
In the third, Cam Sime and Abdallah each scored to push the lead to 7-0.
Blake, Salvatore and Roshan Warriar combined to strike out nine. Blake, who had the start on the hill, struck out the side in the top of the second.
11-Year-Old Tournament
AGAWAM, Mass. -- The Pittsfield American League 11-year-old All-Stars Thursday defeated Agawam, 11-1, to claim the Section 1 title and advance to the state tournament.
The Americans, who dropped a 6-3 decision to Agawam on Wednesday at Deming Park, came back to take the winner-take-all finale of the double-elimination tournament.
The Pittsfield AL will face the Milton National League on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Braintree in the semi-finals of the four-team state tournament. The winner of that game goes to Sunday's 2 p.m. state final, also in Braintree.
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