MANSFIELD, Conn. - Junior right fielder Greg Ford (NASHUA, NH) and sophomore center fielder Jeff Perkins (DUNBARTON, NH) each totaled three hits and three RBIs as the second-seeded Keene State College baseball team defeated fifth-seeded University of Massachusetts at Boston 11-6 in a Little East Conference Baseball Tournament elimination game Friday night at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
 

The Owls (27-12/2-1) advanced in the losers' bracket to meet the University of Southern Maine (27-14/2-1) in an 8:30 elimination game tonight. The Beacons (18-19/1-2) were eliminated.
 

Keene State College broke a 2-2 tie with a four-run fifth inning. Ford hit a two-out, two-run home run for the third and fourth runs of the inning. Sophomore second baseman James Chevalier (AMHERST, NH) had an RBI double and senior catcher John Grainger (KEENE, NH) an RBI single in the fifth. Grainger went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBIs.
 

Keene State scored four runs in the ninth to increase its lead to 11-4. Perkins had a two-out, bases-clearing double scoring Grainger, freshman first baseman Beau Darak (LONDONDERRY, NH) and junior outfielder Ben Fournier (CENTER HARBOR, NH).
 

In the bottom of the ninth, UMass Boston senior first baseman Jaime Soto (PEABODY, MA) hit a two-out, two-run home run for the five-run margin of victory. Soto and senior right fielder Sean Ketterer (PLYMOUTH, MA) each totaled two hits and two RBIs.
 

Junior right-hander Phil Mabey (WILLIAMSTOWN, MA) went 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs (three runs), six hits and two walks to record the win. Mabey (3-1) struck out two.
 

University of Massachusetts at Boston left-hander Mike Andriano (MASSAPEQUA, NY) was the losing pitcher, allowing seven runs, 10 hits and two walks. Andriano (5-3) struck out two.