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BEVERLY — Usually when you read a box score and see a team only managed four hits, your first impression is that the lineup just couldn’t get it going. The pitcher was feeling it, the timing was off, or something else just wasn’t working, right?

Andover baseball picked up a pair of wins on Sunday, first beating New Hampshire's Bishop Guertin 12-9 before taking down Peabody 4-2 in 9 innings.

It was another strong out for Andover sophomore Josh Gruenberg. He threw a complete game shutout of Chelmsford allowing only four hits, and Dylan Melody blasted a two-run home run in the first inning to help the Warriors win 5-0.

Dan Gemmell singled, advanced to second on a bunt and third on a sacrifice fly then scored on a single by Caeden Dillman to give Andover a 3-2 walkoff win over Haverhill in nine innings.

With the tying run at third and the go-ahead run at first in the bottom of the seventh, Andover pitcher Alex Ladd threw to second baseman Caeden Dillman to pick the runner off at second, then Dillman fired home to catcher Phil Leblanc to catch the runner coming in from third to lock down the Golden Warriors' 8-7 win over Lawrence.

Down some arms due to injury, Andover's Tim Kalantzakos took to the mound for his first start of the year and shut out Lowell 5-0 with eight strikeouts. He also went 1 for 1 at the plate and drove in two runs to help his cause.

Josh Gruenberg pitched himself to a 4-0 lead through six innings for Andover, and was pulled to start the seventh. But when Dracut rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh, Gruenberg, who went to left field and never technically came out of the game, returned to the mound to get the final out in the Warriors' 4-3 win.

Shea Bruneau opened the scoring with a three-run double in the first, as Haverhill broke through with its first win of the season, beating Andover 6-4. Jake Dion and Kyle O’Neill each added an RBI for the Hillies.

Nick Salcito was dynamite for Londonderry in a cross-state matchup against Andover, pitching a complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts in the Lancers' 2-0 victory. Shane McNamara and Andy Ross drove in Londonderry's two runs.