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Down by five in the middle innings, Central Catholic chipped away and used a four-run eighth take the lead on Lincoln-Sudbury.

But the host L-S team had a four-run eighth inning rally of its own and overturned the Raider lead, ending Central's season with a 10-7, in the Division 1 North first round.

Pitcher Andrew Hamel threw 124 pitches over nine innings and allowed just one run on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 batters as No. 18 Central Catholic baseball won 5-1 over No. 15 Boston Latin at Harvard Stadium in the Division 1 preliminary round.

Closing out an incredible run of success on the mound, senior Paul Trabucco shackled a hard-hitting David Prouty of Worcester squad to just five hits in Central Catholic's 8-0 shutout victory. Trabucco allowed just one run over his last 28 innings of work in helping the Raiders make the state tourney for the 21st time in the last 25 years. Leadoff hitter Tucker Schell had three singles and a walk, scoring three times in the win.

Matt McDermott came up huge for Central Catholic as a pair of two-out singles drove in key runs in a 3-0 victory over Bishop Fenwick. Paul Trabucco tossed a solid four-hitter, allowing only two runners into scoring position, to raise his record to 3-1.

Paul Trabucco fired a four-hitter with eight strikeouts, Andrew Breen laced two two-run singles and rightfielder Matt McDermott made two fine over-the-shoulder catches as Central Catholic dumped Lawrence 7-1.

Central Catholic senior righty Paul Trabucco made his first start since the season opener, tossing a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 Central win over Dracut. Trabucco missed the last four weeks with a nerve injury in his elbow, according to Central head coach Marc Pelletier.

Andrew Breen drew a bases loaded, walkoff walk to lead Central Catholic baseball to a 4-3 victory over Andover. 

LAWRENCE — Andrew Breen drove in three runs and Liam Doherty allowed only two runners past first in a five-hit complete-game performance as Central Catholic knocked off city-rival Lawrence.

Corey Shepherd led off the ninth inning with a single, and scored on an error to spark a four-run inning that gave Methuen an 8-4 win over Central Catholic in extra innings. Shepherd also drove in two runs while Brian Reyes worked 2 2/3 shutout innings of relief for the win.

Nick Gorski, Bobby Angelo and Nick Delois each drove in three runs as Central pounded Dracut 18-2 in a six-inning, mercy-rule shortened game.