Baseball vs. No. 22 Tufts | Wednesday, April 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Govoni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 
at UMass Dartmouth | Thursday, April 16 | 3:30 p.m. | UMass Dartmouth Baseball Field | Dartmouth, Mass. 

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Babson is set to play a pair of mid-week non-conference contests when it concludes a five-game homestand against Tufts at Govoni Field on Wednesday afternoon before traveling to UMass Dartmouth on Thursday. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Tufts
•    Babson is 9-33 all-time against the Jumbos in a series that dates back to 1977.
•    Wednesday's contest will be just the fourth between the teams since 2009 after playing in 31 of 32 seasons from 1977-2009. 
•    The Beavers have won back-to-back games against the Jumbos, which includes an 11-5 victory on April 16, 2025, in Medford, Mass., that saw senior Zander Teator, juniors Ryan Liss and Alexander Wilson, and Brant Savage '24 M'25 each drive in two runs. 

vs. UMass Dartmouth 
•    Babson is 17-24 all-time against the Corsairs in a series that dates back to 1976.
•    The teams have split their last 10 games going back to 2014 and the Beavers are 11-6 versus UMass Dartmouth going back to 2005. 
•    Chris Basile '25 doubled, tripled and knocked in five runs, and junior Jack Moses singled and finished with four RBI, and the Green and White swiped 10 bags on the way to beating the Corsairs 16-6 in seven innings on April 17, 2025, in Babson Park. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (13-11) has won back-to-back games and rallied from a six-run deficit to beat No. 3/4 Salve Regina 14-12 on Tuesday afternoon at Govoni Field. 
•    Senior Owen Stephens, junior Dante D'Avanzo and first-year Bobby Christensen all homered, and junior Ryan Liss hit a go-ahead grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the eighth as the Beavers scored six times in the inning despite recording just two hits. 
•    Sophomore Ben Valente is batting .371 with five doubles, two homers, eight stolen bases, 18 RBI and 23 runs scored, graduate student Ryan Grace is hitting .360 with five home runs, seven doubles, 25 RBI and 25 runs scored, and Christensen owns a .356 average to go along with seven extra-base hits, 17 RBI and 16 runs scored for an offense that is hitting .290 as a team. 
•    Junior Tristan Pearl (0-0, 2.89 ERA) has recorded eight strikeouts in 9.1 innings out of the bullpen, graduate student Michael Camardi (1-0) owns a 3.75 ERA and has 12 strikeouts in 12.0 innings, and sophomore Dillon James (2-0, 5.60 ERA) has 13 strikeouts and is holding opposing hitters to a .206 average in 17.2 innings this spring. 

SCOUTING THE JUMBOS
•    No. 22 ABCA Tufts (18-7) snapped a two-game skid with an 11-6 win over Endicott on Sunday afternoon. 
•    Malcolm Whitfield went 3-for-5 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored, Jack Kamin doubled and knocked in a run as part of a three-hit day, and Mark Herlihy struck out five and allowed two runs, both unearned, over 6.0 innings for the Jumbos, who built a 7-0 lead in the second inning. 
•    Kamin is batting .439 with three homers, three doubles, 23 RBI and 28 runs scored, Tate Bannish is hitting .341 with four home runs, six doubles, three triples, 24 RBI and 16 runs scored, and James Henshon owns a .330 average to go along with 12 extra-base hits, 21 RBI and 17 runs scored for a team that is batting .303 on the year. 
•    Mitchell Hwang (3-0, 0.84 ERA) has one save and boasts a 0.70 WHIP to go along with 21 strikeouts and a .151 opponents' batting average in 21.1 innings pitched, Paul McCarthy (0-0) has a 2.53 earned run average and 10 strikeouts in 10.2 innings and Derek Desmarais is 2-2 with a 5.02 ERA to go along with 19 strikeouts in 14.1 innings of work. 

SCOUTING THE CORSAIRS
•    UMass Dartmouth (14-16) has won eight of its last 11 games going back to March 26 and is coming off a 7-1 victory over Rhode Island College on Tuesday. 
•    Jayden Cruz and Jake San Antonio each drove in two runs, Luc Nivaud went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, and AJ Rourke struck out seven and allowed just one run on five hits over 8.0 innings for the Corsairs, who had six stolen bases in the win. 
•    Cooper Wixon is batting .377 with 11 doubles, two home runs, 21 RBI and 27 runs scored, Sam Bradford is hitting .354 with 10 doubles, six homers, 26 RBI and 24 runs scored, and Brett Baker owns a .309 average to go along with 10 doubles, two dingers, 25 RBI and 24 runs scored on the year. 
•    Jackson Hayes is 2-1 with a 2.60 ERA and is holding opposing hitters to a .200 average in 17.1 innings pitched, Alex Tawa (0-2, 3.86 ERA) has 17 strikeouts and has allowed just six hits 14.0 innings, and Adam Maher (0-2, 4.38 ERA) has made just one appearance since March 8 but has 20 strikeouts in 12.1 innings on the year. 

LATE-GAME HEROICS
•    Trailing 9-4 after five, the Beavers got a two-run homer from D'Avanzo in the sixth, another two-run shot from Stephens in the seventh and then a pinch-hit grand slam on the first pitch he saw from Liss to spark a six-run eighth-inning rally on Tuesday against Salve Regina.
•    The six runs are the most scored by Babson in the eighth inning since it put up seven in a 19-4 rout of WPI on April 21, 2024, and the six-run deficit is the largest the Green and White has overcome to win dating back to 2022. 

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
•    Over the last three games, the Beavers have put up 38 runs and are hitting .409 to go along with a .545 on-base percentage. 
•    In addition to its 38 hits, Babson has taken advantage of 25 walks and 10 hit batsmen, which includes getting plunked four times by a pair of Salve Regina relievers during Tuesday's decisive eighth inning. 
•    The Green and White has scored at least 11 runs in each of the last three games for the first time since it put up 11-plus runs in four straight outings last season from April 15-19. 

TRENDS TO WATCH
•    Valente has reached base in 15 consecutive starts and is batting .411 with five doubles, two homers, 18 RBI and 22 runs scored to go along with a .529 on-base percentage during this stretch. 
•    Valente has scored at least two runs while finishing with an RBI in four straight outings, while Christensen as an RBI and a run scored in each of the last three games. 
•    Teator has put together back-to-back multi-hit games, while sophomore Colin Chou went 2-for-4 in his first career start on Tuesday. 
•    Senior Ryan Hvozdovic owns a three-game hitting streak and has scored at least one run in three straight games in addition to driving in six during this stretch. 
•    D'Avanzo owns a three-game hitting streak and has six RBI over the last two contests. 
•    In two relief appearances against Salve Regina this season, graduate student Michael Camardi has six strikeouts while allowing just one earned run over 4.2 innings. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers have turned at least one double play in four consecutive games. 
•    Babson is 11-3 this spring when scoring at least six runs. 
•    The Green and White is 10-1 on the year when leading after six innings. 
•    The Beavers are 9-2 when recording at least 10 hits and 7-0 when they finish with four or more extra-base hits. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson returns to Govoni Field to host Emerson for a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.