WALTHAM, MASS.  4/17/09 - Senior Jeff Perkins (Dunbarton, N.H.) racked up four hits, including a pair of doubles  and drove in  three runs and junior Keith Patnode (Keene, N.H.) added three hits and four RBIs to lead Keene State to a 14-10 Little East Conference victory over UMass-Boston at Yetten Field in Waltham on Friday.

Keene State improves to 15- 10 (4-4 LEC) while UMB falls to 11-16 (3-3 LEC).

The Owls jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on a two-run home run by Patnode, his fourth dinger of the season.  A two-run second inning included an RBI single from Perkins.

KSC used a two-run rally to score five more runs in the third to go up 9-0.  Senior Beau Darak (Londonderry, N.H.) and Perkins each knocked in a pair with hits.

The Beacons scored three in the third and fourth innings to make it 9-6.

The Owls came back with four runs in the sixth to push their lead up to 13-6.  Perkins, senior Jamie Chevalier (Amherst, N.H.), and Patnode had consecutive doubles and Darak had an RBI triple.

KSC final run came in the ninth on a RBI hit from Patnode.

Chevalier, sophomore Tyler DiPrato (Suffield, Conn.) and Darak also had a pair of hits in KSC's 16-hit attack. 

Sophomore Corey Vogt (Suffield, Conn.) started for the Owls, but left the game in the fourth after taking a come-backer off the shins.  Junior Ben Sonberg (Bow, N.H.) took over on the mound and picked up his third win (3-2) of the season.  He went 5 and two-thirds innings, giving up six runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

Keene State hosts Eastern Conn. in a key LEC doubleheader on Saturday (12 p.m.).