BOXSCORE | POST-GAME NOTES

After allowing 27 runs in their previous 18 innings, the Silver Knights needed to adjust. They did just that on Friday night in a 7-1 win against the Pittsfield Suns at Holman Stadium.

“It’s all an attitude,” Nashua manager BJ Neverett said. “It’s just an attitude. It’s like, ‘Here it comes, I’m gonna come right at him.’”

Anthony Lupi started the game for Nashua, throwing seven scoreless innings. He struck out four and walked only one, earning the win.

“[Lupi] went out there and from the get-go, he established his fastball,” Neverett said. “He was moving in and out; his offspeed was very good tonight. He did a great job at getting ground balls, that was huge.

“A lot of those guys can hit the ball out of the park. He had a good night.”

Nashua eventually capitalized on its chances in the sixth, when the Silver Knights scored six runs. Ted Williams (Millersville) led off the inning with a walk, followed by back-to-back singles. He scored the first run of the game on a misplay by Pittsfield’s right fielder, and the hits didn’t stop coming.

The Silver Knights hit back-to-back doubles to score three later in the inning. Williams, who led off the inning, completed the bat-around frame with a fly out to left field.

Even in the eventual lopsided win, it wasn’t always smooth sailing for Neverett’s team. The Silver Knights didn’t score until the sixth and before that, Nashua squandered three key scoring chances.

In the first inning, Nashua had a runner on third, but failed to score. Again in the third, the Silver Knights stranded a runner on third base.

The fifth, the last scoreless inning of the game, was infuriating for Nashua. The Silver Knights had runners on second and third when Tom Blandini (SNHU), the next batter, hit a groundball to shortstop. Blandini was thrown out at first, and trailing runner Luke Tyree (Marymount) attempted to advance on the play.

Andrew Jaehnig, at third, didn’t run. When he did, it was too late. Jaehnig was thrown out at home, keeping the game scoreless.

“In that situation, the infield was playing in and we’re not supposed to run there on a groundball, Neverett said. “It’s gotta go through the infield and we got caught. Miscommunication.”

Neverett says that once Roberson collected his single to drive home Williams, the team clicked.

“We scored there and I think at that point guys started to get on more,” Neverett said. “We had the train running downhill -- that was a real good inning… That was really big.”

Nashua would score one more on a solo home run from Sullivan in the eighth inning, his seventh on the season.

With their win, the Silver Knights are back to .500, an important plateau for a team in the midst of a second-half playoff race.

“Especially the way the standings are in this league, you’re doing pretty good when you’re .500,” Neverett said. “Everyone else is either under or just above. The goal is just to win as many games as we can, try to get ourselves in the playoffs, and set ourselves up. That’s all we can do.”