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HAVERHILL – Central Catholic certainly picked the right day to have its best couple innings of the season.

The 11th-seeded Raiders twice batted around Sunday afternoon at Northern Essex Community College in their Division 1 Round of 32, pounding No. 22 Lowell 16-1.

Central Catholic capped off a three-win week Friday, shutting out Lowell behind Francisco Melendez' six-hit, 10-strikeout performance. Nathan Kearney and Kyle Bishop each drove in three of the Raiders' seven run.

Central Catholic capped off a three-win week, shutting out Lowell behind Francisco Melendez' six-hit, 10-strikeout performance. Nathan Kearney and Kyle Bishop each drove in three of the Raiders' seven run.

Raymond Rojas' home run in the sixth inning proved to be the winning run in Lawrence's 9-8 victory over Lowell. Mario Martinez drove in five runs for the winners.

Ryan Radulski's fifth-inning single drove in AJ Lawrence with the game's first run then scored the final run on Aiden Lynch's ensuing double to power North Andover to a 2-0 victory over Lowell. Ryan Griffin struck out six and walked three while allowing three hits over six innings for the victory before giving way to Trevor Crosby, who earned the save.

Ryan Cloutier struck out nine over five innings, but the Central Catholic bullpen couldn't hold the lead, allowing Lowell to rally for five in the seventh in an 8-3 comeback win at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Josh Florence and Ryan Cloutier each had two hits for Central in the loss.

Ryan Radulski and Aidan Lynch each drove in four runs as North Andover earned a wild 19-10 win over Lowell on Monday. Trevor Crosby and Radulski each scored three runs and AJ Lawrence scored two runs and drove in two more.

Evan Brenner was 3 for 3 with three runs scored and four RBIs and pitched well in relief as Andover beat Lowell 10-7. Chase Lembo added two hits, two runs and two RBIs and Jon Besette scored twice for the winners.