NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
SwampBats Tally 6th Straight Win with Victory Over Mainers
Date:06/12/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
SANFORD, ME - The Keene SwampBats were back on the road for just the second time early in the season. With Strong pitching followed by run support, they were able to beat Sanford on the road for the first time since June 11th, 2023. RHP Kyle Peters (UConn) started for the second time with the Bats. After a great outing in the hope opener start, he topped that performance with an even bett...
Offense thrives late as SwampBats down division rival SteepleCats
Date:06/11/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
KEENE, NH - In their fifth consecutive game at home in 2025, the Keene SwampBats fought through a slow start through the first half of the game, and scored all seven of their runs in the final three innings to take a 7-1 win over the North Adams SteepleCats. RHP Niklas Pavia (Franklin Pierce) was named the starter, just over a week after a tough outing at Danbury in Keene’s lone los...
SwampBats outlast Gulls in pitcher’s duel decided in the eighth
Date:06/10/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
KEENE, NH - On the first Reading With Ribby night of 2025, the Keene SwampBats played a defensive battle against the two-time defending champion Newport Gulls, and came away victorious with a final score of 1-0. The Bats rode a strong debut outing from LHP Alex Walsh (Jacksonville), who twirled four scoreless innings while fanning five. RHP Joey Abbazia (Florida Atlantic) continued ...
SwampBats ride productive fifth inning to third straight win
Date:06/08/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
KEENE, NH - In a contest postponed by a day due to rain, the Keene SwampBats picked up their third consecutive win, but not without a fight from the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks. Vineyard got within two runs of the Bats, but RHP Aydan Decker-Petty (Indiana) came in to shut the door and collect the save, recording the last four outs of the game for a final score of 4-2. Just as it was ag...
Offense Powers the SwampBats over the Navigators
Date:06/05/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
KEENE, NH – The Keene SwampBats (2-1) get lots of run support to help take out the North Shore Navigators (0-2) at Alumni Field on a hot June night. Ben Rabatin (Kent St) started on the bump for the Bats, tossing four scoreless innings, striking out six and walking three. Marcello Mastroianni (Duke) and Andrew Lepine (Stetson) combined for almost four innings of relief (3.2 IP), and ...
Decker-Petty collects win in SwampBats home opener
Date:06/04/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
KEENE, NH - In their first game at Alumni Field in 2025, the Keene SwampBats (1-1) fought their way to a hard-earned win against a divisional rival, the Upper Valley Nighthawks (1-1). Kyle Peters (UConn) started the Bats off on the right foot, tossing four scoreless innings, striking out two and walking two. Kian Vorster (Louisville) and Keene’s own Ben Dean (Dayton) each pitc...
Slow start plagues SwampBats on Opening Day
Date:06/03/2025 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
DANBURY, CT - The Keene SwampBats traveled to Danbury to take on the Westerners on Tuesday, June 3rd on Opening Day in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Keene got out to a rocky start, allowing six runs in the bottom of the first, and weren’t able to claw their way back into the game, eventually falling by a score of 12-4. Niklas Pavia (Franklin Pierce) started the game an...
SwampBats Season Comes to an End
Date:08/03/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats lost to the Sanford Mainers 6-3 in game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Sanford advanced to the semifinals after also winning game 1 on Thursday. The Mainers loaded the bases without a hit in the top of the second inning with one out. Josh Gunther (Wake Forest) struck out the next batter, but with two outs, Sanford hit a flyball to deep center. The ball was difficult ...
SwampBats Drop Game One
Date:08/01/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats were shut out for the first time all season in a 6-0 loss in the opener of their three game series against the Sanford Mainers on Thursday in Maine. Austin Hawke (Wake Forest) drew a walk and stole second with two outs in the second, but advanced no further. After the Mainers loaded the bases without a hit in the bottom half, a two-run single that appeared to land on t...
SwampBats End Regular Season with Win
Date:07/30/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats hit two grand slams and got their longest start of the season from a pitcher as they drubbed the Sanford Mainers 15-4 on Tuesday night at home in front of a huge crowd. Jake Koonin (Princeton) continued his stellar season with his league-leading thirteenth home run of the season in the first inning, a solo shot over the scoreboard in right-center field to give the SwampBats ...
SwampBats Win Rain-Shortened Game
Date:07/29/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
Two home runs from Austin Hawke highlighted an 8-4 win on Monday at the Upper Valley Nighthawks in six-and-a-half innings on Monday. Wake Forest’s Austin Hawke gave the SwampBats the lead three pitches into the game by crushing his second home run of the season over the fence in left-center. Josh Gunther (Wake Forest) pitched two scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out...
SwampBats Offense Falters Late
Date:07/28/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats hit four RBI singles in a row in the fourth inning, but managed only one hit after that in a 7-4 loss on Sunday at the Sanford Mainers. Sanford opened the scoring in the bottom of the second with a two-run triple to the right-center field gap. Jackson Gaspard (Georgia Tech) came in for relief after a walk, and then issued another to load the bases. The next bat...
SwampBats Drop Doubleheader in Vermont
Date:07/27/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats struggled defensively in both games against the league-best Mountaineers, losing 6-5 and 15-2. With Keene the provisional home team in the rescheduled first game, Vermont took the lead with the first two batters of the game after a walk, a stolen base, and a fielding error on the infield. Charlie Oschell (Virginia) buckled down to strike out all of the next three batte...
SwampBats Clinch Playoffs with Dramatic Win
Date:07/26/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats earned a playoff berth with a 5-4 win over the Upper Valley Nighthawks. 2025 fans watched on as the game ended on a play at the plate. Upper Valley took the lead with a solo home run to left field leading off the second. The Nighthawk batter, Peyton Frehner, was given an individual warning for an unsportsmanlike bat flip as he began his trot. They doubled the advantage with ...
SwampBats Win Slugfest
Date:07/25/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats made two separate comebacks and scored five runs in the eighth inning to beat the Upper Valley Nighthawks 13-11 on Thursday. Upper Valley’s first batter of the game reached on an error, and they wasted no time taking advantage. The very next hitter clocked an opposite field home run over the left-center field fence to give the Nighthawks the lead. The following h...
SwampBats Win Close Game at Valley
Date:07/24/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in a 5-4 victory at the Valley Blue Sox on Wednesday. Joe Jaconski (Penn State) walked as the first batter of the game and advanced to second when David Mendez (Vanderbilt) reached on an error by the third baseman. Sam Biller (Connecticut) then hit a deep fly ball to left but the Valley left fielder made an unbelievable catch as he do...
SwampBats Drop Doubleheader at Vineyard
Date:07/23/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks swept the SwampBats 7-3 and 2-1 in a pair of seven inning games. In game one, Martha’s Vineyard batted first as the provisional road team for a rescheduled game. The Sharks hit three singles in a row to start the game and plate one run. A fielder’s choice doubled the lead as the SwampBats recorded their first out. Pitcher Ben Shenosky (...
SwampBats Earn Comfortable Win
Date:07/20/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats rode a spectacular start from Nick Timpanelli and beat the North Adams SteepleCats 7-3 on Bikers and Baseball Night Saturday. North Adams scratched out a run in the top of the first inning on a walk, a passed ball, a groundout, and an error. Penn State’s Joe Jaconski and Connecticut’s Sam Biller hit back-to-back doubles to the wall in front of an energetic crowd ...
SwampBats Lose Back and Forth Game
Date:07/19/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
Jake Koonin hit two home runs, but the SwampBats fell to the Upper Valley Nighthawks 8-6 on Friday night. It was a perfect start for the SwampBats when Princeton’s Jake Koonin came up as the second batter of the game after a Joe Jaconski (Penn State) single. Koonin drilled the second pitch he saw over the 380 sign in dead center field for a two-run shot. Upper Valley responded...
SwampBats Rally Late
Date:07/18/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats scored seven runs after the sixth inning and beat the defending champion Newport Gulls 9-3 on Thursday night. The first two batters of the game walked, but Jared Leesman (Louisville) impressively worked out of the jam by retiring the next three batters, including the league-leader in batting average Dixon Williams. In the bottom of the second, All-star Ripken Reese (Ke...
Ocean State Edges SwampBats
Date:07/16/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The Ocean State Waves came back from 4-0 down to beat the SwampBats 6-5 on Tuesday night in Rhode Island. Under an overcast sky and facing Keene High School graduate Pete Haas, the SwampBats jumped out to an early lead. All-star Ripken Reese (Kent State) was hit by a pitch to begin the second inning, and then Sam Biller (Connecticut) singled sharply into right. Penn State’s Bryce Mo...
SwampBats Offense Quiet in Loss
Date:07/15/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The Vermont Mountaineers held the SwampBats to three hits and won 6-3 on Monday. Vermont took the lead in the bottom of the first on a bases-loaded two-run double to the right field warning track. After re-loading the bases and forcing the SwampBats into an early pitching change, a deflected groundout to second made it 3-0. After a nice 1-4-3 double play began the bottom of the seco...
SwampBats Hold Down Westerners
Date:07/13/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats left 20 runners on base, but scored three times late in a 5-2 win at the Danbury Westerners on Saturday. In the bottom of the first, the Westerners hit a single to right with a runner on first, and as the throw went to third, shortstop Austin Hawke (Wake Forest) cut it off and threw behind the runner at first to get a huge out and help Nick Timpanelli (Charleston South...
SwampBats Fall in Dramatic Finish
Date:07/12/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The Sanford Mainers reached base five times in-a-row with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the SwampBats 6-5 Penn State’s Joe Jaconski, the first batter of the game, drilled a line drive to the gap in right-center field. Despite the center fielder cutting the ball off before the warning track, Jaconski turned on the jets and dove headfirst into third base with a triple. N...
SwampBats Survive Late Comeback
Date:07/10/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats allowed four runs in the ninth inning, but three home runs paved the way for a 9-6 win over the North Adams SteepleCats on Wednesday night at home. North Adams took the lead in the first with a Texas-league double down the left-field line, an error, and a single. The SwampBats turned it around quickly in the bottom of the first. A Jake Koonin (Princeton) double to the wall s...
SwampBats Fall Despite 15 Hits
Date:07/09/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The Sanford Mainers beat the SwampBats 15-8 on Tuesday night, and are now responsible for five of Keene’s nine losses. The SwampBats got off to a hot start, with a Jake Koonin (Princeton) double and a Nick Romano (Florida Atlantic) single producing a run in the first inning. They had leadoff singles by Penn State’s Bryce Molinaro and Indiana’s Andrew Wiggins which ...
SwampBats Take Down Rival Vermont
Date:07/08/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats moved to within a half game of the league-leading Vermont Mountaineers with a feisty, come-from-behind win. Keene took the lead on the second batter of the game when Princeton’s Jake Koonin hit one over the fence in left field at pitcher-friendly Montpelier Recreation Field for his league-leading seventh home run of the season. The next major action came in the b...
SwampBats Outlast Weather with Four Blasts
Date:07/06/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats crushed the Bristol Blues 12-1 on Saturday night in a game that featured two weather delays. After the first pitch was delayed 59 minutes due to field conditions and then lightning in the area, the SwampBats jumped in front early. Joe Jaconski (Penn State) walked to lead off the bottom of the first and as the rain began to come down, Jake Koonin (Princeton) made it rain hims...
Six-Run Second Lifts SwampBats
Date:07/05/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats piled on early for a 10-3 win over their division rival Upper Valley Nighthawks on Friday. After an hour-long rain delay, the Nighthawks jumped on top with two doubles in the top of the first innings. They threatened for more with runners on second and third and one out but starter Charlie Oschell (Virginia) struck out the next two batters. The SwampBats had runners on the c...
SwampBats Take Down Defending Champs
Date:07/04/2024 Source:NECBL - Keene Swamp Bats
The SwampBats out-slugged the defending champion Newport Gulls in a 12-8 win on Independence Day. Keene opened the scoring at historic Cardines Field with a Jake Koonin (Princeton) groundout in the top of the first, scoring Penn State’s Joe Jaconski. Newport took a 2-1 lead on a pair of RBI singles in the bottom of the second against Wake Forest’s Josh Gunther, who got the sta...
