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DANVERS | The answer: pressure and losing.

The question: What two things do Danvers High senior right-hander Bobby Dean seem impervious to?

As the calendar turns to June and the stakes in high school baseball circles get greater with each new game, Dean remains as calm and carefree as someone laying on the beach of some remote island. He spun another gem yesterday, fanning 12 Tewksbury hitters in a complete game outing to lead the Falcons to a 3-1 triumph in a Division 2 North quarterfinal contest at the Twi-Field.

LAWRENCE | As the games and innings piled up around him this week, Ryan Walsh simply sat and hoped.

"I've been prepping for it all week, hoping it was going to happen," said Walsh who went only 2<1/3> previous innings in the week as the Warriors posted four straight wins. "It was nice to go out there and take care of business."

North Andover just can't seem to solve Tewksbury. Three recent meetings have led to three agonizing defeats. The most recent, prior to yesterday, was a setback in the first round of last year's Division 2 North tourney.

PEABODY -- Pat Dumas is accustomed to getting saves for the Peabody High baseball team. Last night, the junior closer's performance could be characterized as more of a rescue.

Facing a five-game week, Peabody coach Mark Bettencourt knew his pitching staff needed time to regroup for the stretch run. Dumas' complete-game victory -- in his first varsity start -- was just what the Tanners were looking for.

Either last Friday's loss to Methuen at Cooperstown angered the Tewksbury High baseball team, or they just want to send the league a message.

Maybe a little of both.

Two days after pounding MVC Large power Andover, the No. 1 Redmen smothered their top small division competition Haverhill, 7-0, yesterday here at the Stadium.

ANDOVER | A Warrior "stinker," enhanced by a Tewksbury lineup laden with voracious bats, ended any chance of perfection in the Merrimack Valley Conference.

Ranked No. 1 in Eastern Mass, the Redmen took it to Andover from the opening pitch at Aumais Field, 12-4, handing the Warriors their first conference loss.

Historic Doubleday Field brings out the best in the Methuen Rangers.

Methuen shocked Tewksbury, the top-rated team in Eastern Mass., 6-4, in the shadow of the National Baseball Hall of Fame behind another heroic David Koerner mound performance.