Nashua's Kyle Wolff (12) gets a warm greeting from his Silver Knights teammates after slugging a two-run homer during the Knights' 11-7 win Thursday night over Brockton at Holman Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA – Kyle Wolff said their was a different feeling around Holman Stadium when he and the rest of his Nashua Silver Knights teammates arrived Thursday afternoon to prepare for their FCBL matchup with the Brockton Rox.

Remember, the Knights hadn’t won in over a week, having lost six straight, including a walk-off loss at New Britain Wednesday after being up 7-3 heading into the bottom of the eighth.

“We just got to the park and there was a different feeling,” said Wolff, who homered and drove in three runs. “Last night was a big sting, we’ve been on a losing streak, I don’t know how many in a row. But tonight was definitely great to get back in the win column.”

Yes, Nashua’s streak is over, thanks to an 11-7 win that delighted a crowd of 1,482 but wasn’t as easy as it could have been after the home team jumped out to an 8-1 lead. Brockton had the tying run at third with two out and six runs in in the top of the eighth but Knights lefty reliever George Welch was summoned and fanned Brockton pinch-hitter Jack Doyle to end the threat.

Welch, the former Pinkerton standout who pitches for Southern New Hampshire University, tossed a scoreless ninth as well as the Knights now stand at 5-13 going into road games tonight back at New Britain and Saturday at Westfield (Mass.)

“Welch is great,” said Wolff. “He’s a great team guy. It’s good to see him back.”

Him and several others, no doubt. The bottom line is this is what this Knights team, with all of its late arrivals here, is capable of. They pounded out 13 hits, including a three-run homer over the short brick wall in left by Andrew Jemison, and got a great start from Welch’s SNHU teammate, Josh Roberge, who pitched five innings of two-hit, one-run ball, striking out six while walking three.

But the key was simply bouncing back in a big way from Wednesday’s error-filled loss.

“Huge, it’s a good momentum builder for us,” Silver Knights manager Kyle Jackson said. “Roberge set the tone. He didn’t want to come out, and it’s good to have that fire. He did it for us three years ago.”

Wolff’s blast over the billboards in left on a 3-1 offering from Rox starter Marshall Whitmer with a man on gave Nashua a 2-1 lead it wouldn’t relinquish. The first baseman from Andover, Mass., headed to Boston College after the season,is hitting .282.

“His swing’s getting better and better each time,” Jackson said.

Then the hit parade continued with Jack McDermott’s RBI single and a run coming on an error to make it 4-1. Jemison’s (2 for 4) three run homer made it 7-1 and Jack Toomey’s RBI single in the fifth gave the Knights a comfy 8-1 cushion. Zach Martin also had a 3-for-5 night.

Nashua infielder Jack McDermott tags out Brockton’s Jack Doyle at second during Thursday night’s game at Holman Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

“They came out, and they’ve been playing really well hitting wise,” Jackson said. “Things just haven’t gone our way, and a lot of the times we shot ourselves in the foot. But the bats are coming around, we’re not striking out as much, we’re drawing walks, being aggressive on the basepaths.”

Yet the last few games have taught Jackson that nothing comes easy yet with this team. Lefty Avery Mosseau came in and gave up a run and left with the bases loaded, and the usually reliable Zach Gitschier walked in a run and gave up a bases-clearing triple to Rox hitter Ryan Donnelly and then a bloop RBI single to Andy Martin and sudden that cushion was reduced to a pebble at 8-7.

But Welch, who just arrived a few days ago, saved the day. And, jsut as they responded to the tough loss the other night, the Knights responded with three runs in the eighth to build that cushion back up on RBIs by Carmelo Mussachia (double), Ray Velazquez (sac fly) and Wolff (single) for a four-run lead.

“It’s been tough, but we’ve been grinding day in, day out,” Wolff said. “We have all these guys ready to play.”

And ready, everyone hopes, to win.