No. 20/29 Baseball vs. Suffolk | Wednesday, March 26 | 3:30 p.m. | Govoni Field
at Roger Williams | Thursday, March 27 | 3 p.m. | Paolino Field | Bristol, R.I.
WHAT TO KNOW
• After opening NEWMAC play with a victory over MIT on Tuesday, the Beavers will face back-to-back non-conference foes when it hosts Suffolk on Wednesday and travels to Roger Williams on Wednesday afternoon.
SERIES HISTORY
vs. Suffolk
• Babson is 27-18 all-time against the Rams in a series that dates back to 1977.
• The Beavers have won two straight and nine of the last 11 meetings between the teams.
• Senior
Luke McClintock struck out four over 6.0 innings and classmate
Matt Milone,
Zach Magee M'24 and junior
Zander Teator combined on a one-hit shutout as the Green and White defeated Suffolk, 2-0, on March 27, 2024, in Babson Park.
vs. Roger Williams
• Babson is 7-4 all-time versus the Hawks in a series that goes back to 2010.
• The Beavers have been victorious in two of their last three trips to Roger Williams with each of the contests decided by two runs or fewer.
• Babson followed up a 4-3 road loss to the Hawks in 2022 with a 4-3, 10-inning victory at Govoni Field last season, and four of the last five games between the teams going back to 2016 have been decided by one or two runs.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (8-3) has won three of its last four games and opened NEWMAC play with a 9-5 victory over MIT on Tuesday.
• Graduate student
Brant Savage hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs and classmate
Tanner Santos went 2-for-5 with two RBI for the Beavers, who erupted for seven runs in the second inning to win its seventh consecutive home opener.
• First-year
Gabe Cushner is batting .414 with two doubles, two RBI and five runs scored, sophomore
Ryan Liss is hitting .316 with a home run, five doubles, eight RBI and eight runs scored, and senior
Justin Guest has a .286 average to go along with on home run, four doubles, six RBI and eight runs scored.
• First-year
Chase Burrows is 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings over three appearances, classmate
Dillon James (0-0) boasts a 2.08 earned run average and has nine strikeouts in 8.2 innings of relief, and the duo of McClintock and Teator has combined for four saves and 13 strikeouts in 13.0 innings pitched to go along with a 3.46 ERA out of the bullpen.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
• Suffolk (6-10) suffered a 7-6 loss in the second game of a doubleheader at Roger Williams on Saturday.
• Chris Cimino went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and Max Martin, Cole Hillard and Colin Flynn each drove in a run for the Rams, who tied the game in the top of the ninth thanks to a bases-loaded triple by Max Iorio before allowing the game-winning run in the bottom of the frame.
• Alex Sorenti-Burns is batting .311with two home runs, a double, eight RBI and 13 runs scored, Martin is hitting .271 with four doubles, a homer, 10 RBI and nine runs scored, and Sam Armburster owns a .260 average to go along with two doubles, two triples, one home run, a team-high 11 RBI and six runs scored.
• Nick Arnett is 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 16.0 innings, TJ Dimitriou (0-2) has recorded 13 strikeouts while allowing 11 earned runs in 14.1 innings, and Jack Raimo is 1-0 with two saves in five appearances out of the bullpen.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS
• Roger Williams (6-9) has dropped two of its last three games after suffering an 11-9 loss at Wentworth on Tuesday.
• Nick Sheehan went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, Owen Hibbard singled twice and drove in two runs, and Ethan Keeney doubled, scored twice and knocked in one run for the Hawks, who jumped out to a 6-1 lead and were up 9-6 after Sheehan's three-run blast in the seventh.
• Sheehan is batting .316 with two homers, three doubles, six RBI and 18 runs scored, Weigel has homered four times to go along with two doubles and 13 runs batted in, and Will Florio checks in at .283 with two doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI and eight runs scored.
• Charles Ennis (0-0, 8.2 IP) boasts a 1.04 ERA and is holding opposing hitters to a .148 average in five relief appearances, Ryan Camp (1-0) has a 2.70 ERA and has recorded 15 strikeouts in 10.0 innings out of the bullpen, and Jonathan Quinn is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 11.1 innings of work this spring.
STREAKING BEAVERS
• Santos, graduate student
Thomas Parisi and senior
Walter Sadowsky all enter Wednesday's contest against Suffolk with at least one hit in four consecutive games.
• Cushner has reached base safely in each of his nine starts this spring, junior
Ryan Hvozdovic has been on base at least one in eight consecutive games, and both Santos and Guest have reached safely in seven outings in a row.
BEAVER BITES
• Savage has homered in two consecutive games and his 22 career dingers are tied for third in program history with Chris Kucher '13.
• During his five-game hitting streak, Parisi has recorded four doubles and a home run and has at least one extra-base hit in three straight outings.
• Liss, Guest and Hvozdovic lead the Green and White with four multi-hit games apiece, while Sadowsky leads the squad with four multi-RBI games.
• Senior
Jack Julian has scored a team-high 12 runs, which includes touching home plate at least once in four straight contests.
• The Babson pitching staff is holding opposing hitters to a .254 average over its first 11 games and has allowed two or fewer extra-base hits in seven contests.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have scored at least four runs in 10 of their first 11 games and are 5-1 when putting up at least six runs on the year.
• Babson is 7-0 on the season and 32-1 since the start of last year when leading after seven innings.
• The Green and White is 4-0 this spring in games decided by one or two runs.
• The Beavers are 7-0 this season when allowing five runs or fewer.
UP NEXT
• Babson welcomes Emerson to Govoni Field for a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.