AUBURN — Edward Little’s 2-1 walk-off win against Lewiston on Tuesday was a battle of the sevens — jersey number and inning — at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

Both pitchers, Kassidy Lobb for the Red Eddies and Ava Dionne for the Blue Devils, wore No. 7.

The Red Eddies (10-6) scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, when Kylee Lebrun’s bunt allowed Allie Michaud to sprint home.

Lobb earned the win with eight strikeouts and one walk while scattering 11 hits over seven innings. Dionne struck out six batters and gave up 15 hits in six-plus innings for the Blue Devils (6-10).

“Ava pitched a great game,” Lewiston coach Ryan Cormier said. “It’s the same as last year — I don’t know what it is about this field, but she seems to let it fly on this field.”

Elaine Derosby, Edward Little’s head coach, said the Red Eddies weren’t surprised their rivals provided such a stiff test in both teams’ regular-season finale.

“Ryan, his kids are really good ballplayers,” Derosby said of Lewiston. “It’s always an intense game.

“We knew coming in that it was going to be a battle — Ava’s a great pitcher and she’s just a workhorse. We knew we were going to be challenged, so we needed to step up to the challenge.”

Lobb said the Battle of the Bridge rivalry was as strong as ever on Tuesday.

“They (Lewiston) always bring it with EL, because we’re rivals, so whenever it’s EL vs. Lewiston, we always know it’s going to be a tough game, no matter their record or anything like that,” Lobb said.

The last time the two teams faced, on April 24, The Red Eddies earned a landslide 14-0 victory in Lewiston. Tuesday’s sunny and warm temperatures were a lot different than the cold and windy conditions for last month’s meeting.

“We just asked them to put the first game behind us,” Cormier said. “The first game was brutal, with the cold temps and with the wind blowing — I mean, the ball was hit out to left field and ended up right field, so it was hard to adjust something to put on the ball that day.”

Lewiston started Tuesday’s contest with five different players getting singles — Isabella Enos, Aubrey Peer, Irelyn Ackley, Jersey Cunningham and Maija Raymond. Raymond drove in Enos for the Blue Devils’ only run of the game.

The Red Eddies played tight defense for the next six innings, holding Lewiston scoreless the rest of the way.

Lobb struck out three consecutive batters in the top of the second inning, which she said was her proudest moment of the game.

“When I got three strikeouts in a row, definitely then, because I came from a tough first inning, so I was able to bounce back,” Lobb said. “I think I’ve started to use my legs more, so my speed has gone up, and I practice my spins a lot and I’ve worked really hard this winter.”

Michaud, a freshman, scored Edward Little’s first run in the bottom of the second, tying the game at 1-1.

“We’ve had to build a little bit of depth,” Derosby said, “and they come in and work. And even the ones that don’t have big roles, their roles are very important, like Allie (Michaud), Payton (Newson), and Lairen Bolduc usually runs, too. Their roles may not seem important, but Allie scoring from second base in the beginning of the game was really important.”

The Blue Devils got runners on base throughout the game, threatening to break the tie. Lobb said moments like those allow her to “get all fired up,” but also require her to “remain calm and just look for the next out.”

Michaud said that tight games like Tuesday’s motivate the entire team.

“The coaches are very motivating, and they definitely have a lot of energy and they hype us up,” Michaud said. “The other girls do a really good job of hyping us up, too.”

With the score still 1-1, the was confusion in the Red Eddies’ half of the sixth inning when their batting lineup got out of order, and Cormier noticed it and informed the umpires.

Derosby called the situation a miscommunication between her players and her. The sixth inning miscue cost the Red Eddies two outs, but the seventh-inning strategic bunts saved the game.

Cormier said in addition to Dionne’s solid pitching, Enos played a great game “having a key at-bat, hitting it and scoring.” He also credited Peer, the catcher, “calling a good game, and playing well,” and said Marquis “made two or three plays, running catches out in the right field, that helped save runs.”

Derosby said the Red Eddies have shown “continued resilience” throughout the season especially with key starters missing games due to family commitments.

“Just their resiliency, their no-quit, we’ve seen that all year long,” she said. “Their continued fight, they want everyone to be better and for their teammates to succeed, and knowing that if it’s not their day, they’re their teammates biggest cheerleaders.”

Next up for both teams is the postseason. Edward Little appears to have earned the fourth seed in Class A North, while Blue Devils are the eighth seed.