KEENE, N.H.--Devin Springfield was 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored as the Keene State College baseball team cruised to an 11-3 win over Western New England University on Monday afternoon at Owl Athletic Complex.

Records

• Keene State: 14-18
• Western New England: 23-9

Up Next

• The Owls are slated to travel to Plymouth State University on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. 
• The Golden Bears will host MIT on April 26, also at 3:30 p.m.

How It Happened

• Keene State took advantage of four Western New England errors and scored in each of the first four innings.  KSC never trailed en route to their second highest run total of the year.
• Joe Libby was 2-for-3 and scored four runs, and Billy Hartmann drove in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies.  KSC starter Noah Rizio allowed one earned run in 4.1 innings of work.  Nate Pedersen picked up the win (1-1) with 2.2 innings of one-hit relief.
• The Owls got out of trouble in the bottom of the first, as Rizio induced an inning ending double play to get out of a two on, one out jam.  KSC then jumped on WNE starter Sean Halligan, as Libby led off with a triple and scored on Hartmann's first sacrifice fly of the game.
• Trevor Chapin walked and scored on Springfield's single through the right side, and Connor Longley brought in Springfield with another single through the right side.
• WNE got on the board on an RBI single by Adam vonFischer, but KSC made it 4-1 when Libby drew a one out walk, stole second, and came home on an error. Vinny Parilla had an RBI groundout in the third and Christian Bourgea drove in a run with a single in the fourth to extend the lead to 6-1 after four.
• The Golden Bears got another run back in the fifth on an RBI groundout by Brett Morgan.  Keene State broke the game open with a five-run sixth inning, sending nine batters to the plate.  
• Hartmann had another sacrifice fly, Springfield an RBI single, and WNE committed two more errors in the frame that accounted for three more runs.
• Halligan (1-1) was tagged with the loss, going three innings with five runs (three earned) allowed.