NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The North Adams SteepleCats scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but the Valley Blue Sox held on for a 7-5 win at Joe Wolfe Field in New England Collegiate Baseball League action on Friday.

 

Andrew Estrella went 2-for-5 with a home run and a double in an 11-hit attack for the visitors.

 

Darin Kuskie struck out four and allowed one run in five innings of work to earn the win on the mound.

 

For the SteepleCats, Monument Mountain graduate Jayder Raifstanger and Mount Greylock grad Derek Paris each doubled and drove in a run.

 

Taconic alum Sam Sherman went 2-for-3 and scored a pair of runs for North Adams.

 

And Pittsfield High grad Cam Sime was one of five pitchers for the SteepleCats.

 

North Adams (5-7) Sunday goes to Holyoke to play the Blue Sox.