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Moses Leads Force to Win in World Series Opener

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FLORENCE, Ala. – Gianna Moses went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in a run on Friday to lead the Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team to a 7-3 win over Davidson, N.C., at the Babe Ruth World Series.
 
The Force got just one other hit, a single from Cassidy Flynn, who finished with a pair of RBIs, on a day when it took advantage of five Davidson errors.
 
Berkshire jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, when Moses doubled and scored a run.
 
The Force led, 7-0, going to the bottom of the fifth before Davidson was able to put three runs across. The game ended after five due to the tournament’s time constraints.
 
Flynn and Olivia Archambault split time in the circle for the Force, combining to strike out seven, walk three and allow two earned runs.
 
The Force starts pool play with a record of 1-0 and continues on Saturday morning against the squad from Mexico. Berkshire wraps up pool play on Sunday with a double-header.
 
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PIttsfield Little League Bows Out at State Tourney

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ANDOVER, Mass. – Melrose’s Dylan Cote drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday to give his team a 6-5 win over the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars in an elimination game at the State Tournament.
 
Pittsfield rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead after trailing for three innings.
 
But Melrose came back with a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie it and force extra innings.
 
After a scoreless seventh, Pittsfield went down, 1-2-3, in the top of the eighth, giving the Section 3 champions a chance to win it.
 
Weston Wigglesworth started the game with a solo home run, but Melrose answered with a run in the bottom of the first to tie it.
 
In the second, Spencer Kotski, Jacob Knauth and Logan Slater each had a single in a two-run rally for Pittsfield.
 
But Ryan Silva doubled in a three-run rally for Melrose in the bottom of the second that gave it a 4-3 advantage.
 
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