Box Score KEENE, N.H.--Jared Hopkins' RBI groundout in the top of the ninth inning proved to be the difference as the Keene State College baseball team fell to visiting Springfield College 4-3 at Owl Athletic Complex on Tuesday.
KSC dips to 9-19 overall, whlie the Pride improve to 20-13.
The loss spoiled Julian Haddad's effort on the mound for KSC. The sophomore, who was making his second start of the season, scattered seven hits over six innings of work, allowing three runs with four strikeouts and no walks.
Springfield got a strong start from Alex Williams, who limited the Owls to four hits in seven innings.
The game was scoreless until the sixth inning, when Hopkins led off with a single down the rightfield line and moved to second on Billy Peterson's groundout. After Haddad got Shane O'Leary to fly out to center, Frank Calabrese hit his first home run of the year over the fence in left center to put Springfield up 2-0.
Sean Smith and Brent Poulin singled to continue the inning, and Steve Starr made it 3-0 with a single to left. Haddad got out of the inning by getting Billy Paskowski to ground out to third.
Keene Stated tied it in the bottom of the eighth. Joe Libby and Matt Boulay led off with consecutive singles, and Cody Dube got KSC on the board with a double to left field. Trevor Chapin evened the score with a 2-RBI single to center that brought in Boulay and Dube.
Springfield took the lead back in the next inning when Adam Zandri doubled, moving to third on a wild pitch. Hopkins grounded out to Chapin at third base, bringing Zandri across.
Tanner Chase led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk, and moved into scoring position on Nick Reed's sacrifice bunt, but was stranded when Libby flew out to left and Boulay struck out to end the game.
Joe Libby and Tanner Chase each had two hits for KSC. Steve Starr and Sean Smith did the same for Springfield.
The Owls end the season with an LEC doubleheader against UMass-Dartmouth on Friday that begins at noon. Springfield travels to Nichols College on Wednesday for a 3:30 pm start.
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