Keene State 13 Ð Westfield State 2
KEENE, N.H. 4/20/05 Ð Keene State collected 11 hits en route to a 13-2 non-conference baseball victory over Westfield State at Owl Athletic Complex on Thursday.
Keene State improves to 17-11 while Westfield falls to 11-17.
The Owls didnÕt waste anytime getting on the board. With one out in the first, Pat Austin (Wallingford, Conn.), doubled and came home on Greg FordÕs (Nashua, N.H.) first home run of the season.. KSC added one more in the third when Austin scored from third on Jeremy SchillingÕs stolen base.
Keene State scored four more runs in the fifth on run producing hits from Schilling, and Robert Merrill (Colchester, Conn.), a fieldersÕ choice by Josh Watkins (Keene, N.H.) and Mike MasseaurÕs (Warwick, R.I.) triple.
Westfield got two runs back in the seventh on sacrifice flies from C.J. Ahearn (Hudson, Mass.) and Troy Ferguson (Rochester, Mass.).
KSC batted around in the bottom of the inning scoring six runs. Matt Orszulak (Campton, N.H.), Joe Rousseau (Nashua, N.H.), and Nick Arroyo (Northridge, Ca.) delivered RBI hits.
Mike Corsano (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) pitched six scoreless innings. He gave up three hits, struck out six and walked one to notch his first win of the season. Mike Domurad (Mansfield, Mass., who gave up seven runs on six hits over five innings, took the loss for WSC.