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KEENE STATE OWLS
Baseball Postgame 4.14.2022
11
Winner Roger Williams RWU 19-3-1
1
Keene State KSC 6-16
Winner
Roger Williams RWU
19-3-1
11
Final
1
Keene State KSC
6-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Roger Williams RWU 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 11 13 0
Keene State KSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3

W: Ben Bonavita (2-0) L: Beayon, Josh (0-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ryan Hearn, Sports Information Assistant

Hawks Fly Out to Early Lead, Roll Past Keene State 11-1

Owls Fall into 5-0 Hole in Second, Never Recover

KEENE, N.H. – Roger Williams University took a 2-0 lead three batters into the game and expanded it to 5-0 after an inning and a half as they rolled to an 11-1 non-conference victory over the Keene State College baseball team Thursday afternoon at the Owl Athletic Complex.

Records
  • Keene State:  6-16
  • Roger Williams:  19-3-1
Postgame Interview with Coach Blood

How It Happened
Wyatt Daft (2-2, BB, HBP) and Brendan Eaton (2-4, RBI) each recorded multiple-hit efforts out of the top two spots in KSC's order, but the Owls were limited to five hits in the game and went 0-for-9 with RBI opportunities as their bid for a three-game winning streak was halted.  After Roger Williams' Brandon Jenkins doubled home a pair of runs in the first, the Owls had a big chance to answer back when Daft walked and Eaton poked a single to right to begin their first trip to the plate.  Josh Beayon then worked a second free pass of the inning to load the bases with one out against a laboring Ben Bonavita, but a 6-4-3 double play quickly ended the inning.  The Hawks' senior starter who also occupied a spot in the offensive lineup then settled in, allowing just one hit – a Daft single up the middle with one out in the third – over the next four innings.  He needed only 77 pitches to get 18 outs and, in particular kept Keene State to a 2-for-9 effort with runners on base to deny the Owls any chance of getting back into the game.  After Roger Williams got out of the first inning jam still in front 2-0, the first four batters reached base – two on bunt hits that were likely intended to be sacrifices – as they tacked on three more in the top of the second to go in front 5-0.  The first out was a sacrifice fly that accounted for the fifth run, and the Hawks had another in the fifth to make it 6-0.  That inning began with three straight hits, including another on a bunt, before Chris Flynn skied to center to drive in the run.  Mike Massaro's two-run single in the sixth made it an 8-0 game as RWU continued to pull away.

Looking for any kind of spark, the Owls again put the first two on in their half of the inning as Daft was plunked and Eaton singled, but two fly outs and a strikeout ended that threat quickly.  The Hawks added on three more runs in the seventh on three walks, a hit batter, an error, and only one hit to make it 11-0 before KSC broke up the shutout in the eighth when Nathaniel Hudson singled and Daft doubled to start the frame before Eaton bounced out to shortstop to plate the run.

The Hawks stole seven bases in the game, including six in the opening two innings.  Beayon (0-5) got the ball for the Owls and took the loss, allowing six hits and five runs with one strikeout.  Brendan Muhs (1 IP, 2 K) and Jack Lang (2 IP, 1 H, 1 K) combined for three scoreless innings.  KSC struggled to keep the leadoff man off base as the Hawks put him on in six of nine innings, four coming on something other than a base hit.

Bonavita (2-0) allowed only three hits and two walks in his six innings, three of which (1 H, 2 BB) came in the first inning when the Owls could not capitalize.  He struck out three.

Massaro finished 3-for-4 and drove in five runs for the Hawks, while Jenkins was 3-for-5 with two RBI.  He had RWU's lone extra-base hit in the game, as they otherwise had 12 singles – three on bunts.

Around the Horn
  • Daft is hitting .400 (14-for-35) in his last nine games and now .358 on the season with a .500 on-base percentage.
  • Muhs has 29 strikeouts in 25.1 innings of work.  He has allowed two earned runs and struck out 13 over his last 10 innings since a rocky outing against Rhode Island College on March 26.
  • The Owls are 4-5 when their pitching staff records eight or more strikeouts in a game this season and 2-11 otherwise.  They had five in the game today, three of which came from Muhs and Lang.
Up Next
  • Keene State travels to the University of Massachusetts-Boston (16-6, 5-0 LEC) for a Little East Conference doubleheader this Saturday (April 16).  First pitch is now at 1:00 p.m.  The Owls will look to end a 13-game losing streak in a series they lead 29-26 overall.
  • Roger Williams visits Western New England University (12-9-1, 3-3 CCC) for a pair of league games on the same day at 12:00 p.m.  Endicott College leads the CCC at 6-0, with Salve Regina University in second at 6-0-2.  Roger Williams is 5-2-1.
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