Baseball vs. Suffolk | Wednesday, March 25 | 3:30 p.m.
vs. Roger Williams | Thursday, March 26 | 3:30 p.m.
Govoni Field | Babson Park, Mass.
WHAT TO KNOW
• Babson will conclude a three-game homestand when it hosts Suffolk on Wednesday and Roger Williams on Thursday at Govoni Field.
SERIES HISTORY
vs. Suffolk
• Babson is 29-18 all-time against the Rams in a series that dates back to 1977.
• The Beavers have won four straight and 11 of the last 12 meetings between the teams, which includes a pair of victories last season.
• The Green and White was 13-3 winners over the Rams on March 26, 2025, in Babson Park and got a go-ahead home run from junior
Ryan Liss as part of a five-run eighth inning en route to a 9-4 victory on April 9 at Govoni Field.
vs. Roger Williams
• The Beavers are 7-5 all-time versus the Hawks in a series that dates back to 2010.
• Babson and Roger Williams have split their last four games and five of the last six contests between the teams going back to 2016 have been decided by eight one or two runs.
• Liss, who hit a three-run homer in the top of the eighth, and senior
Ryan Hvozdovic each drove in four runs for the Beavers, who suffered a 9-8 loss to the Hawks despite loading the bases with nobody out in the top of the ninth on March 27, 2025, in Bristol, R.I.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (4-7) had its two-game winning streak snapped on Monday as it dropped its NEWMAC opener to Wheaton, 10-4.
• First-year
Bobby Christensen went 2-for-4 with a walk, sophomore
Ben Valente produced a two-run double, and Liss and junior
Connor Frickey both knocked in a run for the Beavers, who scored all three of their runs in the third inning and left 10 men on base in the loss.
• Graduate student
Ryan Grace is batting .372 with three homers, three doubles, 15 RBI and 10 runs scored, Frickey owns a .381 average to go along with two extra-base hits, four RBI and five runs scored, and sophomore
Dylan Drazka is hitting .367 with a double, eight RBI and six runs scored.
• Sophomore
Chase Burrows is 2-0 in three starts with an 8.27 earned run average over 16.1 innings, junior
James Clark (1-2, 6.55 ERA) allowed just one earned run over 5.0 innings last Thursday against Franklin & Marshall, and graduate student
Joe Carrea (0-0) boasts a 1.08 ERA and a 0.48 WHIP while striking out 10 over 8.1 innings this spring.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
• Suffolk (1-11) has dropped its last three games after getting back 10-0 by Endicott on Tuesday.
• Jack Mihalchick and Luke Thornton each recorded a hit and Sebastian Lampert and Noah Greco both walked once for the Rams, who walked 10 batters and made a season-high five errors in the loss.
• Michalchik is batting .395 with two extra-base hits, four RBI and five runs scored, Thornton is hitting .289 with a homer, two triples, a double, five RBI and nine runs scored, and Sam Armbruster enters the day with a .238 average to go along with three doubles, two triples, a home run and nine runs batted in.
• Nick Rubin (0-0) has a 4.82 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 9.1 innings, Anthony Ferreira is 1-1 with a 5.25 earned run average over 12.0 innings pitched, and Harry Meehan is 0-2 in three starts with a 7.11 ERA over 12.2 innings of work.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS
• Roger Williams (6-5) has won four of its last five games but is coming off a 9-4 loss to Tufts last Thursday.
• Casey DeLorenzo went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, Noah Hester doubled as part of a two-hit day and Matthew Donovan allowed three earned runs over 6.0 innings for the Hawks, who tied the game with a four-run sixth inning before allowing five runs over the final three frames.
• Will Florio is batting .465 with four home runs, six doubles, 20 RBI and 13 runs scored, Sam Arcieri is hitting .333 with a pair of home runs, two doubles and 10 runs batted in, and Hester owns a .325 average to go along with four doubles, 11 walks, five RBI and 10 runs scored.
• Louie Mosca (0-0, 3.38 ERA) has recorded 11 strikeouts against just one walk in 8.0 innings over two starts, Donovan (2-1) has a 4.02 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 15.2 innings pitched, and Daniel McDonnell is 2-0 with one save and a 5.23 earned run over in 10.1 innings out of the bullpen this spring.
BEAVER BITES
• Senior
Owen Stephens achieved a rare feat in last Wednesday's win over Rutgers-Newark by legging out an inside the park home run in the ninth inning for the first four-bagger of his career.
• Drazka owns a .462 on-base percentage and has yet to strikeout in 38 plate appearances this spring.
• Grace leads the team with four multi-hit and five multi-RBI games in his first 11 starts, has had at least one hit in 10 of 11 contests and enters Wednesday's game having reached base safely in every game this spring.
• Christensen is tied for Grace for the team lead with four multi-hit games, while Drazka and Liss both have three multi-hit and three multi-RBI games this spring.
STREAKING BEAVERS
• Drazka enters Wednesday's contest riding a four-game hitting streak, while Hvozdovic and Christensen have both reached base safely in four consecutive outings.
• Liss has knocked in at least one run in three straight contests, while Valente has finished with two RBI in back-to-back games.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have won 22 straight regular season home games against non-conference foes dating back to April 14, 2022, and are 24-4 overall at Govoni Field since the start of the 2022 campaign versus out of conference opponents.
• Babson is 4-1 this season and 24-4 going back to the start of the 2025 campaign when scoring six or more runs.
• Since the start of the 2024 season, the Beavers are 49-1 when leading after seven innings.
• The Green and White is 2-1 this spring and 16-5 since the start of last season when recording 10 or more hits.
UP NEXT
• The Beavers play the first of five straight games on the road when they travel to New London, Conn., for a doubleheader against Coast Guard on Saturday starting at 12 p.m.