No. 29 Baseball vs. No. 13/14 Salve Regina
Friday, April 11 | 3:30 p.m. 
Govoni Field | Babson Park, Mass.

WHAT TO KNOW
•    With rain expected throughout the day on Saturday, the scheduled doubleheader between Babson and Salve Regina will be split up. 
•    The teams will meet on Friday afternoon at Govoni Field and hope to complete the season series on either Sunday or Monday afternoon. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 13-6 all-time against Salve Regina in a series that dates back to 1986. 
•    The Beavers dropped both regular season matchups last April before defeating the Seahawks in the NEWMAC Tournament. 
•    Friday's contest will be the first played between the teams in Babson Park since 2002. 

LAST MEETING
•    Graduate student Tristen Spalter allowed just one run over 7.0 innings and Babson broke open a tied game with four runs in the top of the sixth inning on the way to defeating Salve Regina, 8-1, in a NEWMAC Tournament elimination game on May 11, 2024, in Newport, R.I. 
•    Luca Rubin '24 drove in three runs, Ike Kiely '24 doubled and had two RBI, and Spalter gave up just one run on six hits in his longest outing of the season for the Beavers, who got at least one hit from seven different players. 
•    Tyler Cannoe singled twice and M Breen had an RBI double in the second inning for the Seahawks, who committed five errors in the loss. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 29 ABCA Babson (14-6, 6-2 NEWMAC) has won two straight games after defeating Suffolk, 9-4, on Wednesday afternoon. 
•    Graduate student Jack Julian went 2-for-3 with three RBI, junior Zander Teator doubled and drove in three runs, and sophomore Ryan Liss sparked a five-run eighth inning with a first-pitch homer to right field for the Beavers, who saw six relievers combine to allow just one run over the final six innings. 
•    Teator is batting .438 with three home runs, five doubles, 16 RBI and 11 runs scored, Liss is hitting .343 with four homers, six doubles, 21 RBI and 17 runs scored, and senior Justin Guest enters the weekend with a .311 average to go along with seven doubles, two homers, 10 RBI and a team-high 18 runs scored. 
•    First-year Chase Burrows is 4-0 with a 2.59 ERA and is holding opposing hitters to a .159 average in 24.1 innings, sophomore Jason Finkelstein (2-0, 3.33 ERA) has won back-to-back starts and has 18 strikeouts in 24.1 innings, and Spalter is 2-2 with a 5.20 ERA and 21 strikeouts against just five walks in 27.2 innings pitched. 

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
•    No. 13 D3baseball.com/No. 14 ABCA Salve Regina (15-7, 4-3 NEWMAC) followed up Tuesday's loss to Clark by defeating MIT 5-2 in a game suspended back on March 28 on Wednesday. 
•    Brandon Grover went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, Nate Ruehs went 2-for-2 with and RBI and Kyle Carozza struck out nine while giving up two runs, both unearned, over 7.0 innings for the Seahawks, who led 2-0 in the fourth inning when the game was paused. 
•    Shane Williams is batting .355 with five doubles, two triples, 19 RBI and 18 runs scored, Yaworski is hitting .349 with two homers, three doubles and 10 runs batted in, and Evan O'Rourke owns a .323 average to go along with six doubles, two home runs, eight stolen bases, 17 RBI and 21 runs scored. 
•    Brayden Clark is 5-2 with a 2.27 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 39.2 innings, Carozza (5-0, 2.41 ERA) has fanned 39 in 33.2 innings and the duo of Jason Arrigo (2-0, 0.00 ERA) and Andrew Wertz (3 saves, 0.79 ERA) have combined for 41 strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a .154 average over 27.0 innings of work. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Senior Walter Sadowsky has a hit in 11 consecutive games dating back to March 15, while graduate student graduate student Tanner Santos has reached base safely in each of his 15 starts this spring. 
•    Liss has been on base in 14 consecutive games and first-year Gabe Cushner, who is batting .409 with a .490 OBP this season, has reached successfully in all 13 of his starts to begin the year. 
•    Teator has at least one extra-base hit and one RBI in four consecutive games and is batting .571 (8-for-14) with five doubles and eight runs batted in during this stretch.

CALL TO THE 'PEN
•    Senior Luke McClintock, who picked up his first win of the year on Wednesday with a scoreless eighth inning against Suffolk, boasts a 0.78 WHIP and has held opposing hitters to a .125 average in eight relief appearances. 
•    Teator (0-0, 3.00 ERA) is second in the NEWMAC with four saves, while both junior Connor Doan (1-0) and first-year Bobby Burk (0-0) have not allowed an earned run on the year. 

BEAVER BITES
•    Liss and Guest lead the team with seven multi-hit games, Savage has six and both Teator and Cushner have recorded at least two hits five times this spring. 
•    Sadowsky, Liss, Teator and graduate student Brant Savage are tied for the team lead with four multi-RBI games. 
•    Burrows ranks fourth in Division III in walks per nine innings (0.39), 11th in WHIP (0.81) and 33rd in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.00). 
•    Finkelstein is 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 13.0 innings over his last two starts. 
•    The Beavers have been plunked at least twice in six consecutive outings and have been hit 16 times during this stretch. 
•    Santos became Babson's all-time leader passing Steve Tahmoush '08 with the 56th of his career in last week's win over Trinity.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 13-1 on the year when allowing five runs or fewer. 
•    Babson is 9-2 this season when recording more hits than its opponents. 
•    The Green and White is 4-2 this season and 17-6 since the start of last year in games decided by one or two runs. 
•    The Beavers are 4-1 this season against nationally-ranked foes and 6-0 at Govoni Field. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson will host Salve Regina to wrap up the regular season series on either Sunday or Monday.