WESTFIELD, Mass. – Nashua fell behind early, al­lowing a couple of base hits and errors to let East Lyme, Conn., pull ahead with three first-inning runs, but the Gate City squad’s defense and pitching settled down and its bats came to life en route to a 6-4 victory in Sat­urday’s Babe Ruth 14-year-old Regional Tournament at Bullens Field.

The Connecticut team would only manage four hits the rest of the game with its final run coming in the top of the seventh in­ning.

Nashua offense got roll­ing in the second inning with a hit by Jack Gauthier and a couple of walks to put pressure on East Lyme’s defense. Although Nashua didn’t manage to push runs across the plate in the sec­ond, it set the tempo for a big third inning.

Tom Cullerton walked, Tony Gallinaro singled, Hunter Routhier reached on an error, Zach Finkel­stein walked, Alex George stroked an RBI double, Seth Marcano had an RBI single, Brendan Aurian reached via error and all of a sud­dent it was 6-3 Nashua.

Later innings saw singles by Finkelstein, Cam Nixon and Spence Dozois, to keep the pressure on Connecti­cut’s defense.

Gauthier (four hits, two earned runs) got the start for Nashua, pitching 5-plus innings, and Routhier (two hits, one earned run) closed the game out.

Nashua awaits the out­come of Saturday’s late game between Pittsfield (Mass.) and Portland (Maine) to determine its op­ponent for 3:30 p.m. Sunday.