Will Perkowski is scheduled to get the starting nod for the Silver Knights tonight in Lowell in the return of the Spinners. (Telegraph file photo by TOM KING)

The Silver Knights dropped to 0-2 on the young 2026 season Thursday morning, falling to the Westfield Starfires in a back-and-forth Bullens Field offensive battle that was highlighted by two homers by Westfield’s Will Briggs.

Nashua jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, scoring twice in each of the first two innings. Hudson Story (Bryant University) opened the scoring with an RBI single that plated Connor Smith (Gannon University), while AJ Kolb (Towson University) added an RBI groundout later in the first.

The Silver Knights added two more in the second inning when Sam Gettinger (Stonehill College) reached on a throwing error, allowing Smith and Noah Stead to score.

Dimitri Skourides (Brandeis University) started for Nashua, striking out three over three innings while allowing three runs. Malcolm Klingler (Northeastern University) followed with two innings of relief, surrendering one run while recording two strikeouts as Westfield evened the game at 4-4.

Nashua briefly regained the lead in the fifth after capitalizing on a fielding error that allowed Gettinger to score and make it 5-4.

Westfield answered in the seventh behind Will Briggs (UMass), who launched his second home run of the game — a go-ahead three-run shot off Noah Durham (Stonehill College). Durham was charged with the loss after allowing four runs in the inning.

The Silver Knights will look for their first win tonight at 7 when they travel to face the Lowell Spinners in the first meeting between the two organizations in Futures League history.

it’s the long awaited return of the Spinners, re-branded as an FCBL franchise after being part of the MiLB contraction in 2020.

Nashua’s Will Perkowski will get the starting nod at LeLacheur Park.