SANFORD, Maine -- Joshua Kopetski allowed one run in six innings of work to lead Sanford to a 9-1 win over the North Adams SteepleCats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League playoffs on Friday.

 

Sam Miller went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 13-hit attack for the Mainers, who took a 1-0 lead in the teams' best-of-three series.

 

Gabriel Natividad led the SteepleCats at the plate, going 2-for-4.

 

Sanford and North Adams will meet on Saturday at 6:30 at Joe Wolfe Field for the second game of the series.