CHANDLER, AZ.  3/21/09 - The Keene State College baseball team concluded its spring week trip to Arizona with an emphatic 18-7 victory over Concordia (Wis.) College on Saturday.

            The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Owls, who return home with a 6-6 record.

            Concordia led 5-2 after two innings before KSC bats exploded for eight runs on eight hits in the third.  Five Owls knocked in runs with freshman Cody Callahan (Seekonk, Mass.) having a pair of RBI doubles.

            KSC added two more runs in the fifth on a RBI triple by Beau Darak (Londonderry, N.H.) and run-producing double by Callahan. 

            Bobby Doyon (Keene, N.H.) blasted a two-run home run, his second of the trip, in the sixth inning.

            The Owls finished the game with 16 hits. Callahan went four-for-four at the plate, all doubles, with three RBIs.  Tyler DiPrato (Suffield, Conn.), Jeff Perkins (Dunbarton, N.H.), and Doyon drove in two runs each.

            Junior Jeff Raymond (Amston, Conn.)  picked up his first win for KSC.  He pitched five innings, giving up five runs on eights hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

            KSC Coach Ken Howe said it was a very productive week for his team.  "We learned the things we're good at and the things we need to work on," he said. "The guys swung the bats all week, but our starting pitching and defense are things we need to work out.  "It's tough playing 12 games in eight days."

            Keene State is scheduled to play at Springfield College on Wednesday.