Baseball vs. Lasell | Wednesday, April 22 | 3:30 p.m.
vs. Johnson & Wales | Thursday, April 23 | 3:30 p.m. 
Govoni Field | Babson Park, Mass. 

WHAT TO KNOW
•    Babson returns to Govoni Field for a four-game homestand beginning with non-conference tests against Lasell on Wednesday and Johnson & Wales on Thursday. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Lasell
•    Babson is 2-0 all-time against Lasell in a series that started in 2024. 
•    The Beavers rallied for a walk-off win over the Lasers two seasons ago and then got a home run from Brant Savage '24 M'25 and scored 11 unanswered runs, including six in the sixth inning, to record an 11-5 come-from-behind win on April 15, 2025, in Babson Park. 
 
vs. Johnson & Wales
•    Babson is 9-2 all-time against the Wildcats in a series that dates back to 2006.
•    The Beavers have won four of their last five games versus Johnson & Wales since 2018.
•    Senior Zander Teator and Thomas Parisi M'25 both had three hits and combined to drive in six runs, and sophomore Gabe Cushner went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and three RBI to help the Green and White defeat Johnson & Wales, 17-12, on April 24, 2025, in Providence, R.I. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    Babson (16-13) has dropped back-to-back games after suffering a 6-5 loss at Springfield on Tuesday afternoon. 
•    Junior Dante D'Avanzo had a two-run triple in the first, classmate Jack Moses added an RBI double and Teator reached base three times and scored a pair of runs for the Beavers, who led 5-0 going to the bottom of the fifth inning. 
•    First-year Bobby Christensen is batting .373 with nine extra-base hits, 19 RBI and 17 runs scored, graduate student Ryan Grace is batting .359 and leads the team in OPS (1.119), on-base percentage (.493), doubles (8), home runs (7), RBI (31) and runs scored (32), and sophomore Ben Valente owns a .348 average to go along with five doubles, two homers, a team-high nine stolen bases, 21 RBI an 30 runs scored. 
•    Sophomore Dillon James (2-1, 4.50 ERA) owns a 1.08 WHIP and is holding opposing hitters to a .191 average in 24.0 innings pitched, graduate student Michael Camardi is 1-0 with a 3.65 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 12.1 innings over eight appearances out of the bullpen this spring, and senior Connor Doan is 2-0 with a 6.86 ERA in 19.2 innings. 

SCOUTING THE LASERS
•    Lasell (15-17) has won three of its last four games and completed a doubleheader sweep of Rivier with a 14-2 victory on Sunday afternoon. 
•    Declan Silva was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored, Tim Callahan went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, and Jeremy Angeles added two hits and four RBI for the Lasers, who finished with 14 hits and seven walks while scoring all of their runs over the first three innings. 
•    Silva is batting .403 with 10 doubles, four homers, two triples, 13 stolen bases, 29 RBI and 34 runs scored, Connor Freitas is hitting .371 with five home runs, six doubles, 27 RB and 21 runs scored, and Callahan boasts a .342 average to go along with eight doubles, 14 stolen bases, 24 RBI and 24 runs scored. 
•    Jeremy Wacker (4-1, 3.60 ERA) has two saves and is holding opposing hitters to a .176 average in 20.0 innings pitched, Ty Lohsen (2-3, 4.55 ERA) has 31 strikeouts in 29.2 innings and Chase Supan is 2-2 with a 5.50 ERA to go along with 30 strikeouts in 34.1 innings this spring. 

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
•    Johnson & Wales (11-20) has won three of its last four games after defeating Nichols, 9-4, on Tuesday afternoon. 
•    Yedan Diaz and Diego Taveras both finished with three hits and two runs batted in, and Jack Dwyer went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI for the Wildcats, who got five strikeouts over three shutout innings of relief from Michael Cobb. 
•    Diaz is hitting .375 with two extra-base hits, 16 RBI and 21 runs scored, Jack Obert is batting .322 with a 1.039 OPS, seven homers, eight doubles, 32 RBI and 32 runs scored, and Ryan Ducey owns a .272 average to go along with four doubles, two home runs, 21 RBI and 31 runs scored. 
•    Cobb is 1-0 with three saves, a 1.41 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 32.1 innings while holding opposing batters to a .187 average, Brady Morin is 0-4 with a 6.84 ERA in 25.0 innings pitched and Evan LaMothe is 1-3 with a 9.00 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 19.0 innings this spring. 

FINKELSTEIN GARNERS CONFERENCE HONOR
•    After going 1-0 with a save in two appearances last week, Babson junior Jason Finkelstein was tabbed as the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week on Monday. 
•    He needed just nine pitches in the top of the ninth to record his first career save in the Beavers' 2-1 victory over No. 22 Tufts last Wednesday and then struck out five while giving up just one run on two hits to earn the win to improve to 2-2 on the year in Babson's 11-1 triumph over Emerson in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. 

BABSON TRENDS
•    Valente has reached base safely in 20 straight games and is batting .372 with a .484 on-base percentage, two homers, five doubles, 21 RBI and 29 runs scored during this stretch. 
•    Grace leads the team with 11 multi-hit and 10 RBI multi-RBI games, while Christensen has finished with at least two hits 10 times this spring. 
•    Moses owns a four-game hitting streak since returning from injury, Teator and Grace have reached base safely in nine straight games, and D'Avanzo owns an eight-game on base streak. 
•    Valente has scored at least one run in nine consecutive starts, sophomore Dylan Drazka has at least one hit in seven of his last eight starts, and Moses has an RBI in four of the last five contests. 
•    Sophomore Chase Burrows ranks 19th in Division III in walks per nine innings (1.18) and 48th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.00). 
•    The Beavers have outscored their opponents 50-24 in the fourth through six innings in 12 home games this season.

TURNING TWO
•    Babson entered Tuesday's contest at Springfield ranked second in Division III in double plays per game (1.17) and 11th overall nationally with 31 twin killings. 
•    The Beavers, who had their streak of recording at least one double play halted at seven in Saturday's loss to Emerson, have turned 13 double players over the past 11 games. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers are 7-5 this spring and 18-9 over the last two seasons at Govoni Field with four of the losses coming by a single run. 
•    Babson is 13-4 this season and 33-7 over the last two years when scoring at least six runs. 
•    The Green and White is 10-0 on the year when its starting pitcher goes at least six innings. 
•    The Beavers are 10-1 when recording more hits than their opponents and 12-2 when finishing with at least 10 hits. 

UP NEXT
•    Babson is back in action on Saturday when it hosts Clark for a pair of games starting at 12 p.m.