No. 21/24 Baseball at Clark
Friday, April 4 | 2 p.m. (DH)
Granger Field | Worcester, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 68-21 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to 1983.
•    The Beavers have won 11 in a row versus the Cougars although eight of the last 13 games between the teams have been decided by one or two runs. 
•    The Green and White have been victorious in its last five trips to Granger Field, which includes 7-6 and 4-2 victories back in 2023. 

LAST MEETING
•    Sophomore Jason Finkelstein allowed just two hits over seven shutout innings to help the Beavers complete a doubleheader sweep of Clark with a 4-0 win on April 6, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Graduate student Tanner Santos went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and classmates Brant Savage and Jack Julian, and sophomore Alexander Wilson each drove in a run for Babson, which took an early 3-0 lead. 
•    Ryan Bonja doubled and Ryan Caulfield and Dom Mariani both singled, while Brendan Bruun struck out three and allowed three runs on seven hits over 6.0 innings out of the bullpen for the Cougars. 
 
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 21 D3baseball.com/No. 24 ABCA Babson (12-5, 3-1 NEWMAC) bounced back from its first conference loss at MIT on Tuesday with a 6-3 win over Trinity on Wednesday. 
•    First-year Chase Burrows allowed three runs over 7.0 innings to improve to 4-0 with the win and junior Zander Teator with 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI at the plate before recording his fourth save of the year in the ninth for the Beavers, who allowed just three base runners over the final six frames. 
•    Sophomore Ryan Liss is batting .345 with three homers, six doubles, 19 RBI and 14 runs scored, junior Walter Sadowsky is hitting .321 with two home runs and 14 RBI, and senior Justin Guest owns a .302 average to go along with one homer, six doubles, eight RBI and 14 runs scored. 
•    Junior James Clark (2-0, 2.84 ERA), who is coming off a complete-game shutout, has recorded 17 strikeouts and is holding opposing hitters to a .145 average in 19.0 innings, Finkelstein (1-0, 3.63 ERA) has struck out 14 in 17.1 innings this spring, and the duo of Teator (4 saves, 3.38 ERA) and senior Luke McClintock (1 save, 2.57 ERA) have combined for 14 strikeouts while giving up just five hits in 15.0 innings out of the bullpen. 

SCOUTING THE COUGARS 
•    Clark (14-7, 1-3 NEWMAC) snapped a three-game ski with a 15-11 win over New England College on Wednesday. 
•    Billy Sullivan went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI, Carter Doran was 2-for-5 with a triple, three RBI and tow runs scored, and Michael Soares hit a two-run homer for the Cougars, who swiped seven bags and recorded four of their six extra-base hits during an eight-run third-inning rally. 
•    Sullivan is batting .462 with three homers, eight doubles, 17 stolen bases, 22 RBI and 26 runs scored, Mariani is hitting .392 with four home runs, five doubles, four triples, 23 RBI and 27 runs scored, and Doran boasts a .368 average to go along with 11 doubles, three triples, 22 RBI and a team-high 30 runs scored. 
•    Robby Roth (3-1, 2.38 ERA) has recorded 27 strikeouts in 22.2 innings out of the bullpen, Tommy Flaherty (2-0, 3.95 ERA) has fanned 35 batters in 27.1 innings over nine appearances and Jacob Kline is 1-1 with a 3.50 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 18.0 innings of relief this spring. 

SANTOS SETS STOLEN BASE RECORD
•    After drawing a lead-off walk in the bottom of the first inning, Santos became the Beavers' all-time leader with his 56th career stolen base. 
•    Santos, who is 7-for-7 in steal attempts this spring and the only player to swipe more than 20 bags in multiple seasons (23 in 2023, 21 in 2024), passed the previous mark of 55 stolen bases set by Steve Tahmoush '08. 

QUALITY INNINGS
•    Burrows, who was making just his second career start on Tuesday against Trinity, did not allow a hit after the second inning and retired 15 of the final 17 batters he faced while lowering his WHIP to 0.77, which ranks 10th in Division III. 
•    Clark enters the weekend ranked 15th in Division III allowing just 4.26 hits per nine innings. 
•    McClintock has not allowed a hit over his last three relief appearances and going back to last year he boasts a 2.51 ERA is holding opposing batters to a .179 while recording 33 strikeouts over 43.0 innings in 25 appearances. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Sadowsky enters Friday's doubleheader riding an 11-game hitting streak and has reached base safely in 12 consecutive outings. 
•    Santos has reached base in each of his last 12 starts, Liss and first-year Gabe Cushner have gotten in base in each of their last 11 games, and Savage has gotten on in 10 straight starts. 
•    Liss (6), Guest (6) and Savage (5) lead the Beavers in multi-hit games, while Sadowsky and Liss are first on the squad with five multi-RBI games. 
•    The Babson pitching staff ranks second in the NEWMAC in WHIP (1.34), walks allowed (59) and opponents' batting average (.242). 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    Babson is 11-0 this season when allowing five runs or fewer. 
•    The Beavers are 4-1 in games decided by one or two runs this spring. 
•    The Green and White is 11-0 on the year and 36-1 going back to the start of the 2024 campaign when leading after seven innings. 
•    Babson is 7-2 when outhitting its foes and 6-1 when recording at least 10 hits. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers begin a five-game home stand next Wednesday against Suffolk at 3:30 p.m.