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The defending North Shore Baseball League champion Kingston Night Owls opened their season with a 6-3 win over The Freedom. Jeff Williams got the win and Sean Callahan got the save and Kyle O'Neil led the offense with two hits and two RBIs. Andrew Thibault also had two hits and Nick Skafas shined defensively behind the plate, throwing out one runner and picking off another.  

Nolan Schirmer had a two-run double in the sixth for Andover that proved to be the difference in a 5-4 win over Dracut.

Patrick Kelleher threw six innings of 5-hit ball with no walks and Elijah Moses got the save as Haverhill shaded Dracut, 4-3. 

Brett Dunham threw a no-hitter, and was one hit batter away from a perfect game, as North Andover blanked Dracut, 11-0, in six innings. After that fourth inning HBP, the Knights immediatedly turned a double play. Dunham threw a mere 55 pitches and helped his cause with three RBIs. Derrek Finn added two hits, three runs and two RBIs.

Ronnal Marizan gave Methuen the lead with a two-run double with two outs in the top of 10th inning, and Matt Pappalardo shut Dracut down in the bottom of the inning to give the Rangers a 10-6 win. Nick Avellani (fielder's choice) and Jomari Rosa (single) also drove in a run in the 10th for the winners.

Luis Tejada homered and finished the game with four RBIs and two runs scored to help Methuen crush Dracut 13-2 in five innings. Sam Kalivas scored two runs and added an RBI.