TOPSHAM — Dylan Cyr’s RBI single in the sixth inning lifted the Mt. Ararat High School baseball team to a season-opening 3-1 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over “Battle of the Bridge” rival Brunswick on Wednesday.

“We have good pitching, so I expect our pitching to keep us in every game,” said Mt. Ararat coach Bob Neron after winning in his debut running the Eagles’ bench. “If we can pick up the hitting, we will be tough to beat.

“Dylan won a game for us in the preseason after sitting out last year with back problems, so this was a big game for him.”

Brunswick (0-1) jumped on top 1-0 in the first inning as Alex Emery singled, stole second and eventually scored on a balk.

Mt. Ararat starter Reid Drouin settled down from there, permitting just one more hit (Trent Anderson single) in his five innings of work (six strikeouts, no walks) before giving way to Torrey Charnock, who picked up the mound win by throwing two scoreless frames on one hit and three strikeouts.

“I thought we would swing the bats better coming into the season, with my concerns focusing on the pitching, but Jason Carter (6.2 innings, three runs, one earned, three hits, five strikeouts, five walks) did a great job today,” said Brunswick (0-1) coach Bill Ridge, whose team travels to Bangor on Friday at 1 p.m. “We didn’t field the ball well, making three big errors that allowed them to score their runs. Mt. Ararat never hit Jason hard.”

Mt. Ararat tied the contest in the fifth inning, setting up Cyr’s heroics as his single scored the go-ahead run, with an outfield error on the play allowed an insurance run to cross the plate. Brett Lancaster relieved for Brunswick, striking out the two hitters he faced.

Zach Lavoie also singled for the Dragons, while Joey Van Note and Trent Charnock added a single each for the Eagles, who host Mt. Blue on Friday at 1 p.m.