WALTHAM, Mass.—First-year Ryan Hvozdovic (Hillsborough, N.J.) had a season-high four hits, producing a double and a season-high four runs batted in, and senior Michael O'Brien (Medford, Mass.) and first-year Chris Basile (Miami Beach, Fla.) knocked in two runs each as Babson College defeated Brandeis University, 13-2, in non-conference baseball action Wednesday afternoon at Stein Diamond.

With the win, Babson won its fourth straight game and 10th of its last 11 and is now 12-8 overall while Brandeis fell to 5-13.

Senior Jackson Kelly (Wenonah, N.J.) homered for the Beavers, classmate Michael Cook (Whitman, Mass.) had two hits and drove in a run, and graduate student Ryan Noone (Belmont, Mass.) and junior Luca Rubin (Los Angeles, Calif.) had one RBI each. Senior Adam Smith (Allentown, Pa.) allowed just one run over 3.1 innings to record his first career win and four relievers gave up just one unearned run over 4.2 innings with one strikeout each.

Senior Sam Nugent (Mansfield, Mass.) went 3-for-3 with a run scored for the Judges and classmate Drew Michaud (Madison, Conn.) and Steve Simon (Hanover, Mass.) each drove in a run.

After Babson got on the board in the second inning on Kelly's solo home run to left, the Beavers plated five runs in the third inning to take a 6-0 lead. Hovzdovic bounced a two-run single through the left side, Cook followed an RBI single to left and Basile brought home two runs on a bloop triple to right that got past the right fielder.

Smith allowed just one hit through three scoreless innings before Brandeis reached him for a run in the fourth on three singles, including an RBI knock by Michaud.

The Beavers came right back with four runs in the top of the fifth. Hvozdovic singled in junior Brant Savage (Charlton, Mass.), who had singled and stolen second, and later scored on a Brandeis throwing error. Noone and Rubin followed with RBI singles to extend the lead to 10-1.

Two Babson errors led to a Brandeis run in the bottom of the seventh before the Beavers closed out the scoring with three in the top of the eighth. Hozdovic sparked the rally with an RBI double and O'Brien hit a bases-loaded two-out single to left to bring home two runs.

First-years Theodore Dimitriou (Norwood, Mass.) and James Clark (Southborough, Mass.) and sophomores Cole Velis (Lexington, Mass.) and Matt Milone (Amston, Conn.) all had an effective inning of relief, combining to allow just three hits over 4.2 innings to preserve the win.

Babson returns home for a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader at Govoni Field against WPI on Saturday, beginning at 12 p.m. Brandeis hosts Emory in a four-game University Athletic Association weekend series beginning Friday at 3 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• Babson is 18-27 all-time against Brandeis in a series that dates back to 1976.
• Hvozdovic extended his hitting streak to seven games, batting .500 (14-for-28) with eight RBI in that span.
• Santos singled in the third inning to extend his on-base streak to 20 games, and Basile's triple upped his hitting streak to six games.
• The Beavers have walked at least three times in eight straight games.