GREENFIELD — Tied 3-3 against Boston International going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Greenfield baseball team knew it had a chance to close things out in regulation with the top of its order coming up. 

After Caleb Thomas threw six strong innings to start the game for the 15th-seeded Green Wave in its MIAA Div. 5 Round of 32 contest, Michael Pierce came on and recorded three outs in the top of the seventh to keep the game knotted up. 

Deven Dubie led off the bottom of the frame and blasted a double. Chase Zraunig beat out the throw on a bunt to put runners on first and third and after the No. 18 Blue Terriers switched pitchers, Dubie scored on a wild pitch, sending Greenfield to the Round of 16 with a 4-3 triumph at Vets Field on Sunday.  

“I just thought about putting the ball in play to help our team out,” Dubie said. “It felt great coming off the bat. I knew I had at least a double. I was hoping we could get something going so we could get out of here. It felt like it was our time. We got out of the top of the seventh and knew we just had to hit to get the win.” 

Winning state tournament games isn’t anything new to Greenfield (11-10). The Green Wave made a run to the Div. 5 quarterfinals last year, but after a 3-8 start to the season, another run wasn’t a guarantee. 

Greenfield will look to put another magical run together when it takes No. 31 Westfield Tech, which pulled off a 4-0 upset over No. 2 Hopedale in the Round of 16. 

“Deven got that last inning going,” Green Wave coach Tom Suchanek said. “I had a feeling it was going to happen in the bottom of the seventh. When he started with the double, I said ‘we got this.’

“Obviously things went in our favor but when you look back at when we were 3-8 [through 11 games], you have to be happy,” Suchanek added. “The next one will be a tough one but we’ll get ready for it.” 

Thomas kept the Boston International (13-4) bats at bay throughout. The junior struck out 12 and scattered four hits, all four coming in the fifth inning. 

“Caleb started out and pitched very well,” Suchanek said. “He had that one inning where some walks hurt him. He stayed in there and fought.” 

Greenfield got itself on the board in the second thanks to some smart running on the base paths. 

Luca Siano cracked a single and made his way to third when Arthur Fitzpatrick was walked. With runners on the corners, Fitzpatrick went to steal second, drawing the attention of the Boston International infield. That allowed Siano to make it home, giving the Green Wave an early 1-0 lead. 

Greenfield tacked two runs on in the fourth. Thomas, Siano and Nick Prasol drew consecutive walks to load the bases with one out for Fitzpatrick, who grounded to short. The flip to get Prasol at second was good but the throw to first was offline, allowing Thomas to score from third and Siano to make it home from second, giving the Green Wave a 3-0 lead. 

The Blue Terrier bats woke up in the fifth, knocking all four of their hits in the inning to knot the game at three following a two-RBI double and an RBI single. 

Early in the inning Dubie made a big defensive play that ultimately kept the game tied. Thomas tried to pick a runner off at second, but the ball squirted into the outfield. Dubie was able to rocket a throw to third to get the runner, keeping the visitors off third in an inning Boston International had its bats going. 

“This feels great,” Dubie said. “It felt good getting that out. If he was at third, they probably score another [run].” 

After the fifth Thomas struck out a pair and got a ground out in the sixth before Pierce came on to record a ground out, a fly out and a strikeout in the seventh. 

Zraunig doubled in the first while Preston Lafleur, Dubie and Prasol added base hits in the victory for Greenfield. 

Div. 4 Round of 32

No. 10 East Bridgewater 4, No. 23 Frontier 1 — East Bridgewater scored three in the third inning while holding the Redhawks to just one run in the fourth, as the Vikings advanced to the Round of 16 with a victory on Saturday. 

Tyler Cusson pitched all six innings for Frontier, holding East Bridgewater to five hits while striking out two. Rosco Palmer singled and doubled, Ben Caron cracked an RBI triple while Jack Conlon and Cusson hit safely for the Redhawks. 

Div. 5 Round of 32

No. 4 Pioneer 4, No. 29 Hull 1 — The Panthers opened the scoring in the fourth and tacked three in the board in the fifth to advance to the Round of 16 with a victory in Northfield Sunday. 

Pioneer advanced to play No. 13 Bromfield at a date and time to be determined. 

Hugh Cyhowski tossed five innings for Pioneer, striking out five and scattering three hits. Jackson Glazier came on to record the save, not allowing a hit in two innings work. 

Ben Werner singled and drove in two runs, Jackson Campbell tallied a hit and an RBI, Alex McClelland knocked a pair of hits while Evan Tsipenyuk hit safely in the win. 

No. 11 Ware 16, No. 22 Turners 4 — Ware raced ahead 12-1 after three innings to pull away with a victory over the Thunder in Ware on Sunday.

Turners closes its season with a 13-6 record. 

Cam Burnett and Alex Quezada each singled and doubled, with Burnett driving in a run. Derek Wissmann knocked two hits and drove in two runs, Dylen Richardson tallied two hits and an RBI, Kainen Stevens cracked two hits while Jackson Cogswell tripled for Turners. 

Div. 5 prelim

No. 32 Cape Cod RVT 4, No. 33 Athol 3 — The prelim  between Cape Cod Tech and Athol resumed in the third inning on Sunday from a game suspended on Thursday. 

Tied 2-2 in the top of the third with bases loaded for Athol going in, the Bears took a 3-2 lead but Cape Cod stormed back to go ahead in the fifth and Athol was unable to get the tying run across, with the Bears falling on Sunday. 

 Athol closed out its season with an 11-8 record. 

“This group showed much improvement since last year and from March,” Bear coach Josh Talbot said. “We are disappointed to see it end and would love to have another opportunity to compete together. This is a great group of people and we hope to be back stronger in 2025.” 

Logan Cormier struck out seven while Noah Wein added four strikeouts for Athol. Ethan Heuer had the Bears’ lone hit and drove in a run while Eli Wein drove in a run in the loss.