'KEENE, N.H. 4/29/06 - The Keene State College baseball team scored a run in all but two innings on the way to posting a 16-5 non-conference victory over Becker College at Owl Athletic Complex on Wednesday.

Bouncing back from Saturday's doubleheader sweep against Southern Maine, KSC    (23-11) banged out 12 hits.  Greg Ford (Nashua, N.H.) and John Grainger (Keene, N.H.) led the assault with two hits and four RBIs each.  Jeremy Schilling (Centerville, Mass.) collected three hits and two RBIs, including his school record 60th hit of the season with a single to left in the bottom of the third inning.

The Owls took a 3-1 lead in the second inning.  Ford opened the inning with a solo home run, his seventh of the season, to left center. Joe Rousseau (Nashua, N.H.) was hit by a pitch and came home on an RBI double from Nick Arroyo (Northridge, Ca.)

The Hawk's Keith Renaud (Southbridge, Mass.) led off the third with home run, his second of the season, making it a one run game (3-2).

KSC came back with three runs in the bottom of the inning to go up 6-2.  Ford had the key hit, a two-run double.

Kevin Renaud (Southbridge, Mass.) and Devin Caron (So. Portland Me.) had RBI doubles to cut  KSC's lead to 6-5 in the fourth.

KSC went back up 9-5 with a three run fourth inning that included an RBI single by Grainger.  Schilling's first home run of the season in the sixth made it 10-5. The Owls broke open the game with a six run seventh inning.  Grainger and Shawn Howey (East Hartford, Conn.) had RBI doubles.

Kevin Renad had three hits and two RBIs to lead Becker (15-16).

Jake Tenney (Surry, N.H.) (4-1) struck out seven and walked three over seven innings to pick up the win. 

Jarrid Stearns (Warwick, R.I.) took the loss for the Hawks.

Keene State hosts UMass-Boston in a LEC doubleheader on Saturday (12 p.m.).