The Easthampton Post 224 American Legion baseball team powered past Longmeadow, 8-2, Wednesday at Daley Field.

Easthampton pulled away in the fifth behind a grand slam by Brandon Bennett.

Tim Fay added two hits for Easthampton.

Bennett pitched four innings and allowed four hits, two walks and one earned run for Easthampton (5-3).

Agawam 16, South Hadley 0 (5) — Ethan Fleming and David Adams had hits for Post 260 in a road loss.

Kyle Gemme walked twice for South Hadley.

Northampton 9, Monson 4 — Derek Zewinski hit a double and a single, and added three RBIs and a run for Post 28.

Kevin Banas had three hits and an RBI. He scored three times.

Ian Ostberg also added three hits and an RBI with two runs scored for Northampton (6-1).

Mickey Mantle

Amherst 11, Dalton 1 (5) —Ryan Dwyer (run) had a double, a triple, a run scored and an RBI for Amherst.

J.B. Mills drove in two runs, while Eli Slovin and Quentin Moliterno each had one hit, one run and one RBI.

Luke Leonard picked up the win for Amherst, striking out six and allowing just three hits in five innings.

American Legion

Easthampton 8, Longmeadow 2

Longmeadow           011 000 0 — 2 4 0

Easthampton          104 021 x — 8 8 2

WP—Bennett LP—Pandolfi

Records: Easthampton (5-3); Longmeadow (2-3)

Agawam 16, South Hadley 0 (5)

South Hadley          000 00 — 0 2 4

Agawam          284 2x — 16 12 1

WP—Kavarakis LP—French

Records: Agawam (3-3) South Hadley (1-6)

Northampton 9, Monson 4

Northampton          300 024 0 — 9 11 3

Monson          011 000 2 — 4 5 7

WP—SzawlowskiLP—Prychycien

Records: Monson (2-6) Northampton (6-1)

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