Marblehead baseball punches ticket to Div. 2 Round of 16

MARBLEHEAD — Thanks in part to a three-run bottom of the fifth inning, the No. 14 Marblehead baseball team was able to punch its ticket to the next round of the state tournament with a 6-2 win over No. 19 Canton in a Division 2 tournament Round of 32 game at Seaside Park Monday afternoon. 

Craig Michalowski and Liam McIlroy both went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored in the win, while Schuyler Schmitt went 1-for-4 with a triple and one RBI. Brady Lavender went 1-for-2 with a double and one RBI to round out the offensive attack.