The Keene Swamp Bats (4-1) beat the Danbury Westerners (2-3) 11-6 on Thursday at Alumni Field,Keene,NH behind JP Sportman, who knocked in four runs.
He homered in the third inning and singled in the fifth inning.Josh Ake went a perfect 3-3 at the plate for the Danbury Westerners. He singled in the third and fifth innings and doubled in the seventh inning.
Joe Pistorese improved to 1-0 on the year by picking up the win for the Keene Swamp Bats. He allowed three runs over six innings. Pistorese struck out three, walked two and gave up seven hits.
John Porter was charged with his first loss of the year. He allowed eight runs in six innings, walked none and struck out four.