AUGUSTA – Bessey Motors may have been a bit groggy Tuesday morning when its suspended elimination game with Hampden-Hermon resumed on a soggy McGuire Field.

Fortunately, Bessey’s bats were still wide awake.

Bessey pounded out 17 hits, and took 12 walks, to dismiss Hampden-Hermon, 14-5, and advance to play unbeaten Nova Seafood at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Morton Field.

Bessey led, 2-0, when play was suspended in the second inning on Monday due to rain. Concerns that the break in the action might break the momentum seemed warranted, particularly after Hampden-Hermon’s Nolan Turner made a great diving stop on a Travis Fillebrown liner to rob him of a hit and snuff a potential rally to start Tuesday’s action.

A little extra chatter from the dugout helped perk the offense up for the fourth inning, though, when RBI singles by Dan Millett, Brandon Chase (two-run), Evan Humphrey and Fillebrown broke the game open.

“The guys on the bench were great with their emotions,” Bessey Motors coach Shane Slicer said. “We needed them to do that because the rest of them are tired, because it’s a long trip every day for the last four or five days.”

D.J. Croy reached base in each of his six plate appearances, four via walk, plus a single and a double, and scored three times. Humphrey finished with three hits, while Chase, Cody Hadley and Dillon Trundy chipped in with two hits each.

“We kept the momentum going from (Monday) and stayed patient with the new pitchers,” Croy said. “We like to get out, stay ahead and keep the runs coming.”

Everyone in the starting lineup collected at least one hit, as did pinch-hitters Matt Verrier and Tucker Hill.

“They’re a dangerous team,” Hampden-Hermon coach Jason Folsom said. “They just come out and hit the ball, even when they have two strikes on them. They shorten up and drive the ball the other way. They hit the ball the other way probably the best I’ve seen in the tournament.”

Fillebrown, who threw a season-high 5 1/3 innings, blanked Hampden-Hermon on four hits through the first five innings. He walked five and hit a pair of batters, but the occasional wildness didn’t hurt him until the sixth, when he gave up two runs before giving way to Hadley in relief.

“Travis hasn’t pitched more than a couple of innings all summer, so he came in and pitched great,” Slicer said. “He threw more pitches than he probably had all summer (on Monday). There was no question whether he was going to pitch or not (Tuesday). He’s a pretty big, strong kid. Him throwing strikes was key, and defensively, we a lot better than the fiasco (when they made five errors in a 14-13 win over Kennebunk Monday). I think the guys are starting to play the game the way it should be played.”

Fillebrown took a little extra care making sure he kept his arm warm Tuesday morning.

“I was a little concerned about the cold (tightening) my arm up, so I just kept loose when I came in,” he said. “My arm was a little sore last night, so I warmed it up and massaged it and did a lot of stretches.”

Bessey stretched out its lead against reliever Brennan Perry, who walked 10 and struck out eight in 4 1/3 innings. Hadley retired the first eight batters he faced before giving up three harmless runs in the ninth.