Adam Regan had another good night at the plate for the Silver Knights, going 2 for 4, but Nashua lost at Westfield to fall further behind in the FCBL playoff race. (Photo courtesy of Nashua Silver Knights)

WESTFIELD, Mass. — The Nashua Silver dropped a 6-2 decision to the Westfield Starfires at Billy Bullens Field on Friday night, unable to overcome a pair of multi-run innings by the hosts.

The loss,coupled with Norwich’s win over Worcester, puts Nashua 3.5 games out of the last FCBL playoff spot. The Sea Unicorns’ magic number to clinch that spot is now 5.

The Starfires struck in the third on a Ryan Ventrelle (Notre Dame) two-run home run to score Tommy Hennessey (UMass). Nashua cut it to 2-1 in the fifth when Adam Regan (Endicott) singled home Caleb Vacchiano (University of Southern Maine), but Westfield pulled away with two runs in the sixth on Easton Sanders (Louisiana Tech) RBI singles and two more in the seventh on another Sanders two-run single to make it 6-1. Hunter Troiano (Gannon) scored an unearned run in the ninth to set the final at 6-2.

Chase Carder (Wentworth Institute of Technology) took the loss, allowing 2 runs in 2.1 innings. Matt Walling (Salem State) earned the win, tossing 5 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts.

The Silver Knights fall to 22-30 as the Starfires improve to 18-30. Nashua returns home Saturday night to host the Vermont Lake Monsters at Historic Holman Stadium at 6:03 p.m.

Meanwhile,at Holman last night the Police beat the Fire 7-5 in the annual Heroes Cup Game.