WESTFIELD, Mass. – Jackson Barnes drove in a run in the bottom of the seventh to break a 4-4 tie and send the Westfield 16-year-old Babe Ruth Baseball team a 5-4 win over Southern Berkshire in the Western Massachusetts Tournament on Friday night.

 

Cam Simmons and Kyle McMahon each went 2-for-3 at the plate for Southern Berkshire, which got a double from Gabe Ranzoni.

 

Cam Coon and Erik Miller split time on the mound for the Southern Berkshire Knights, combining to strike out three.

 

Westfield and Southern Berkshire play Game 2 of their best-of-three Western Mass playoff on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Memorial Field in Great Barrington.