No. 20/29 Baseball vs. Emerson
Saturday, March 29 | 11 a.m. (DH)
Govoni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Following Friday's postonement, Babson and Emerson will play their doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. in Babson Park

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 28-1 all-time against Emerson in a series that dates back to 2011. 
•    The Beavers swept the Lions last season after dropping the middle game of a three-game set in 2023. 
•    The Green and White has scored 10 or more runs in 12 of its last 14 games versus Emerson dating back to 2018. 

LAST MEETING
•    Luke Tanner '24 tripled and drove in three runs, while sophomore Jason Finkelstein struck out nine over 5.1 shutout innings to help the Beavers complete a doubleheader sweep of Emerson with a 12-2 eight-inning victory on March 30, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Graduate student Tanner Santos singled, walked twice and had two RBI, classmate Brant Savage went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI, and sophomore Dante D'Avanzo was 2-for-3 with a pair of walks and three runs scored for Babson, which scored five times in the second inning to build a 7-0 lead. 
•    Justin Fields had an RBI single and Jake Okamoto and Ryan Herskowitz each added a base hit and scored once for the Lions, who left eight men on base in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 20 D3baseball.com/No. 29 ABCA Babson (9-4, 1-0 NEWMAC) suffered a 9-8 loss at Roger Williams on Thursday afternoon. 
•    Junior Ryan Hvozdovic and sophomore Ryan Liss both had four runs batted in and senior Justin Guest and first-year Gabe Cushner recorded two hits apiece for the Beavers, who scored four times in the eighth and loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth but were unable to push across the tying run. 
•    Cushner is batting .424 with three doubles, two RBI and five runs scored, Liss is hitting .370 with three homers, five doubles and 16 runs batted in, and Hvozdovic checks in at .324 with one home run, three doubles, seven RBI and 12 runs scored. 
•    Junior James Clark is 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 12.0 innings, sophomore Jason Finkelstein (0-0, 5.56 ERA) has held opposing hitters to a .244 average in 11.1 innings of work and junior Zander Teator has three saves and is holding opposing hitters to a .185 average in six appearances out of the bullpen. 

SCOUTING THE LIONS
•    Emerson (6-8, 0-1 NEWMAC) snapped a five-game losing streak with a 16-12 win over Rivier on Thursday afternoon. 
•    Jordi Arboleda went 3-for-6 with a pair of stolen bases and four runs batted in, Ethan Chanthompalit  was 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBI and four runs scored, and Briggs Loveland and Braden O'Connell added solo homers for the Lions, who pounded out 17 hits and put the game away with a five-run seventh inning. 
•    Charlie Coors is batting .485 with three doubles, nine RBI and six runs scored, Nicholas Favazzo is hitting .344 with four doubles, 13 stolen bases and 14 runs scored, and Loveland enters the day with a .280 average to go along with three homers, a double, a triple, 14 RBI and nine runs scored. 
•    Aidan Rice is 2-2 with a 4.84 ERA and 19 strikeouts over 22.1 innings in five starts, Ezra Charles (2-3, 7.13 ERA) has recorded 19 strikeouts in 17.2 innings and Tyler Metcalf (0-0) has a 4.73 earned run average in seven appearances out of the bullpen. 

RUN PRODUCTION
•    Over his last five starts going back to a 9-8 win over Scranton on March 18, Liss owns a five-game hitting streak and has two homers, two doubles and 13 runs batted in. 
•    Junior Walter Sadowsky is riding a seven-game hitting streak and has driven in nine runs during this stretch, while Savage has homered twice while knocking in seven runs over the last four contests. 
•    Despite just 15 at-bats on the year, Teator is batting .400 and is tied for the team lead with three home runs to go along with eight RBI. 

CALL TO THE 'PEN
•    First-year Chase Burrows is 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA and a 0.69 WHIP in three appearances out of the bullpen, which includes tossing 5.0 scoreless innings to pick up the win in the Beavers' 13-3 victory over Suffolk on Wednesday. 
•    Senior Luke McClintock is holding opposing hitters to a .136 average and has one save in five relief appearances, while junior Connor Doan (1-0) has not allowed an earned run in 4.1 innings out of the bullpen this spring. 
•    First-year Bobby Burk made his collegiate debut on Thursday at Roger Williams recording three strikeouts while not allowing a hit in 2.0 shutout innings of work. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Cushner and Hvozdovic have both reached base safely in 10 straight games, while Santos and Sadowsky enter Friday's doubleheader riding eight-game on-base streaks
•    Liss and graduate student Thomas Parisi have both been on base in seven consecutive starts, and Santos has a hit in each of his last six outings.

HOME, SWEET HOME
•    Babson is 23-3 inside the friendly confines of Govoni Field going back to the start of last season. 
•    The Beavers have won 20 of their last 21 regular season contests at home, which includes seven consecutive victories over NEWMAC foes since suffering a 4-3 loss to WPI on April 21 of last season. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 8-0 on the year when giving up five runs or fewer.
•    The Beavers are 9-3 when recording at least two extra-base hits.
•    The Green and White is 7-0 this season and 52-2 since the start of the 2023 campaign when leading after six innings. 
•    Babson is 17-5 over the last two seasons in games decided by one or two runs. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers travel to UMass Dartmouth on Monday at 3:30 p.m.