Keene SwampBats vs. North Shore Navigators 

Final Score: Keene 5, North Shore 3

Lynn, MA- The Navigators hosted the red-hot SwampBats for a game that saw both teams producing at the plate, but Keene kept the lead the entire time and didn’t look back. Both teams got going right away in the first, with Keene kicking off the top of the inning in commanding fashion when Nick Romano (Florida Atlantic) hit a three-run blast to quickly put Keene up three-zip. 

The Navigators rallied in the bottom of the inning, starting when Jaydon Aukai-Kea (Vanderbilt) hit an RBI single to cut the Keene lead to two. Davis Baker (UPenn) followed that with an RBI double to make the score 3-2 SwampBats after the first inning. Keene, however, fired right back in the top of the second inning when Jack Herring (East Carolina) drove in a run on a single, increasing the lead to 4-2. 

North Shore showed some fight in the bottom of the fourth inning when Conor Moriarty (Bowdoin) hit an RBI single to cut the SwampBat lead down to one. That wouldn’t be enough, as Michael O’Brien  (Arkansas-Little Rock) hit an RBI single of his own in the top of the seventh inning to increase the lead to 5-3. 

That was all Keene would need, as they’d take home the win and improve to 26-11 on the season, with a huge eight game lead on Sanford for the number one spot in the North Division. Meanwhile, North Shore falls to 14-20 on the season. 

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Vermont Mountaineers vs North Adams SteepleCats

Final Score: Vermont 10, North Adams 1 

North Adams, MA — The Vermont Mountaineers dominated the North Adams SteepleCats 10-1, improving to 13-24 on the season. 

It was the Mountaineers who led the way, scoring first in the top of the second after a pitch skipped by the catcher, allowing for Cristian Reyna (Messiah) to score. In the third inning, Vermont added to its lead with an RBI single from RJ Jonshon (Richmond), who was later able to score on another wild pitch. 

The Mountaineers continued their scoring ways in the fourth inning, adding four runs to their lead. Another wild pitch by the North Adams pitching staff allowed Elliot Miles (UMass Boston) to score.  Joey Baran  (Western Kentucky) drove in another run with a single to center field. Later in the inning,  Sam Gates (George Washington) singled to right field to bring home two more runs, bringing the score to 7-0. Vermont added one more in the fifth on a sacrifice fly. 

North Adams was able to get one run back in the sixth with a Michael Toth (UMass Amherst) RBI single. 

The Mountaineers pulled away from the SteepleCats, putting finishing touches on a dominant offensive performance, with runs in the seventh and the eighth. David  Alvarez (Northwest Florida) added a run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh, while Elliot Miles added another RBI to his stat sheet with a single in the eighth inning. 

Mountaineers pitcher Oliver Ellison (Coastal Carolina) was granted a win while his fellow Vermont ace Logan Ozias (Cleveland State) was handed a save. SteepleCats' ace, David Johnson  (Middle Georgia), was issued a loss. 

The SteepleCats are back in action Tuesday as they face the Upper Valley Nighthawks in a doubleheader match-up. Vermont gets set to face the Newport Gulls Tuesday at home in Vermont. 

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