'KEENE, N.H. 3/21/03 – The Keene State College baseball team (0-8) remain winless during its spring week trip in California after losing two games on Friday.  The Owls fell to Pomona-Pitzer 11-5 and were shutout by Claremont Mudd-Scripps Colleges 13-0 later in the day.

Ryan Kohler (0-2) took the loss for KSC in the opener.  The freshman pitcher from Alstead, N.H., struck out seven but gave up four runs on five hits in five-plus innings of work.

The Owls fell behind 11-0, before scoring all five of their runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Justin Hickman (Mont, Vernon, N.H.), Travis Muckle (Bennington, Vt.), Bobby Reilly (Corlandt Manor, N.Y.), and Nick Bujeaud (Lincoln, N.H.) had RBI hits for KSC.  Hickman and Bujeaud each went two-for-four in the game.

Keene State collected just five hits in its shutout loss to Claremont Mudd-Scripps. The hits came off the bats of Bujeaud, John Trubiano. Patrick Austin (Wallingford, CT), Hickman and Adam Whitney (Campton, N.H.).

Ben Tyer (Lee, MA.), the Owls' starter, struggled in his two and two-thirds innings on the mound. He gave seven runs on eights hits and walked four batters. 

The Owls will be looking for its first win of their trip on Saturday when they face the University of Redlands and Menlo College in Redlands, Ca.

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