TURNER — Averaging 10 runs per game through its first four, undefeated Winslow brought its hit parade to Turner on Friday to face the KVAC’s other unbeaten team, Leavitt.

The Black Raiders kept bashing the ball, pounding out 11 hits to jump out to a nine-run lead early and ultimately mercy rule the Hornets, 11-1, in five innings.

Zach Guptill belted a three-run homer in Winslow’s seven-run second and Gabriel Smith went 3-for-3 with three runs scored to lead the Black Raiders (5-0). Pitcher Logan Hewes, meanwhile limited Leavitt (3-1) to two hits while fanning five and walking one to pick up the victory.

“It’s definitely been a good start,” Winslow coach Jesse LaCasse said. “Obviously today Logan threw a great game for us. Their pitcher struggled a little bit throwing strikes and when they did throw strikes, we definitely capitalized on it.”

Throwing strikes was a challenge for Leavitt starter Mitchell Davis, who walked four in the first inning. Two of those ended up scoring — on a Ryan DuBois sacrifice fly and a bases loaded free pass to Joe Hopkins for a 2-0 lead.

“We needed a quality start. Last time out, he pitched great. This time out, he scuffled,” Leavitt coach Dave Bochtler said. “When you’re trying to find the strike zone and throwing all four-seam fastballs against a team that can hit, they’re going to tee off on it.”

That’s what Winslow did in the second inning, when it sent 12 men to the plate. Singles by Taylor Roy and Smith got it started. With one out, Dylan Hapworth drove in Roy with a single. Guptill then launched a 1-0 fastball over the fence in left to make it 6-0.

“Zach’s known to be a selective hitter and that was definitely in his wheelhouse,” LaCasse said.

“I was just looking for my pitch. I saw it and made the most out of it,” Guptill said.

Roy hit a two-run double off reliever Gabe Seeley to make it 9-0.

Seeley settled down to retire 10 in a row after that, but the Hornets couldn’t get much going against Hewes, who wasn’t overpowering but had Leavitt out in front of  a lot of his offerings.

“We didn’t swing the bat real good,” Bochtler said. “We were a little too aggressive. Because he doesn’t throw real hard, they’re thinking BP (batting practice). But they weren’t necessarily getting their ideal pitches. That kid mixed it up. He was throwing first-pitch breaking balls and our kids are thinking fastball counts, so they’re swinging and he just kept throwing them.”

Tyler Hutchinson, who had both of Leavitt’s hits, tripled to lead off the fourth and scored on Drew Gosselin’s ground out. But Winslow invoked the mercy rule with two runs in the top of the fifth on RBI singles by Chase Colford and DuBois.

“We’ve focused a lot on hitting this year,” Guptill said. “We just take a lot of swings. We never take any sloppy swings or half swings, just good ones.”