LEWISTON — The Brunswick Junior Legion baseball team defeated Lewiston 6-5 in preliminary playoff contest on Wednesday.

Brunswick starting pitcher Jason Carter went the distance, giving up seven hits, one walk and five earned runs.

Matt Poulin went six innings for Lewiston with Eddie Emerson closing the game with the dup giving up a combined six hits, three walks and six earned runs.

Brunswick started the scoring in the top of the first inning when Carter reached on an error, Pearson Cost walked and John Parker doubled to drive in one run. Ryan Brescia singled to plate another run.

Lewiston came back in the bottom of the inning as Nick Perreault received the only Lewiston walk of the game and was driven in by a Colt Bernier single.

Lewiston added two more in the second when Poulin singled, Cal Raymond singled and the Perreault doubled to score two more runs and take a 3-2 lead.

Brunswick scored twice in the top of the third as Parker doubled and was knocked in by a Parker Wild single. Wild took second when the throw went to the plate. Brescia reached via error, allowing Parker Wild to score and retake the lead, 4-3.

Lewiston came right back in the bottom half of the inning as Bernier singled, Mike Wong reached on a fielder’s choice, Evan Bourassa moved them over, and Poulin knocked them in for the 5-4 lead.

Both pitchers settled down with some fine defensive work until the sixth inning.

With one out, Nick Thibeault was hit by a pitch. Thibeault was forced out at second on a fielder’s choice, but a throwing error on the attempted double play allowed Carter to go to second. Carter scored as Cost singled to left field. Charlie Lowell walked and Parker reached first on an error to load the bases.

A Wild hit scored Cost for the go-ahead run, making it 6- 5 Brunswick.

This was the score going into the bottom of the seventh when Perreault reached on an error and Caleb Dostie singled when both runners advancing when Emerson popped a bunt to the pitcher and the attempted double play throw got loose allowing the runners to advance to second and third with one out.

Carter got the next two batters to pop out to shortstop, securing the win for Brunswick, which reached the playoffs as the final seed and now advances to play Bruno’s of Portland in a bestof three series starting this Saturday at 11 a.m. at Deering Oaks in Portland.

Brunswick 3-0

Eighth-seeded Brunswick defeated No. 3 Yarmouth 3-0 in an eighth-inning North Division play-in game on Tuesday.

It was a pitcher’s duel with Parker of Brunswick going the distance, allowing only three hits and four walks while three Yarmouth pitchers shared the mound duties, allowing only three hits.

Peter LaMagna started the game for Yarmouth, but had to leave the game in the top of the fourth with an arm injury and was relieved by Jordan Brown before John O’Gormon closed the game.

Yarmouth threatened first in the bottom of third inning when Matt Ingalls walked, Nick Nelsonwood reached on error and Kevin Holey bunted his way on to load the bases with no outs.

Parker got himself out of the jamb on a grounder back to the mound, a nifty play at third base by Brescia, and a strikeout to keep the shutout intact.

Brunswick was quiet offensively until the eighth inning when Bobby Lewis reached via error and was moved over to second by a Glenn Cutliffe groundball. Cam Berry was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second for Carter with one out. Carter’s grounder to shortstop forced Berry at second, but Lewis scored on a throwing error as Yarmouth tried to turn the double play.

Carter stole second and scored on a Cost line drive to right center. Cost stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error and scored on a deep Charlie Lowell double to the fence in centerfield.

Parker closed the game out for the Brunswick win in the bottom of the eight inning.

Cost had two hits for Brunswick, while Brescia, Thibeault, Andrew Kapocious, Wild and Lowell played well defensively.

Yarmouth second baseman Kevin Holey played a standout defensive game and had a double, while Ethan Perrier also stood out at first base and chipped in with a double.