'CLEARWATER, FLA. 3/19/04  - The Keene State College baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader (3-2 and 13-7) to Babson College, Friday in Clearwater, Florida.

Trailing 2-0, KSC scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to send the game into extra innings.  Bill Green's (Montgomery, N.Y.) sacrifice fly cut the deficit to 2-1.   In the seventh, Justin Hickman (Mont Vernon, N.H.) singled and moved to third base on a sacrifice. He came home on a pinch-hit single off the bat of John Grainger (Keene, N.H.) to tie the game.

The Beavers scored a run in the eighth inning to pull out the win.

Jim Slack (Manchester, N.H.) (1-1) gave up two earned runs and six hits during his six innings on the mound.  He fanned eight and walked two batters.  Former Swamp Bat pitcher Jason Kosow had eight strikeouts in his complete game win for the Beavers.  Matt Orszulak (Campton, N.H.) had two hits for KSC in the game.

KSC went ahead 4-0 in the second game, but could not hold on for the win.

Justin Hickman (Mont Vernon, N.H.) had a RBI single in the first and Green and Jeremy Schilling (Centerville, Mass.), and Pat Austin (Wallingford, Conn.) had consecutive run-producing hits in the second.

Babson scored four in the third and four more times in the fourth to go ahead for good.  Peter Bergeron (Keene, N.H.), who gave up four runs while fanning seven in his three innings on the mound, took the loss. His record dipped to 0-2 this season. Jason Shea (Hatfield, Mass.), Matt Brewer (Wiscasset, Me.) and Mike Cook (Dover, Mass.) each pitched an inning.

Green had two hits for KSC in the game.

KSC concludes its Spring Week trip with a twinbill against Colby College on Saturday.