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 John Jeffares had three of Coast Guard's 10 hits in the doubleheader. He was the only Coast Guard player with more than one hit on the day. NEW LONDON, CONN.--(3/21/09)--Babson had a pair of solid pitching performances from sophomore Andrew Aizenstadt in the opener and senior Jeff Wojnar in the nightcap as the Beavers swept Coast Guard 6-1 and 10-3 in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opening doubleheader for both teams.
In the opener, Aizenstadt (2-0) went the distance as he pitched seven innings and allowed six hits and one earned run while walking two and striking out six.
Babson blew open a 2-0 game with three runs in the sixth with freshman Stephen Albano and junior Peter O’Toole delivering back-to-back RBI singles in the inning.
O’Toole, sophomore Billy Besinger and freshman Travis Jonasson each had two hits for Babson in the opener.
Senior Pete Schofield (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season for Coast Guard in the opener. He worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed seven hits, five runs, just two earned, while walking four and striking out two.
Junior John Jeffares had two of the Bears six hits in game one.
In the second game, Wojnar (1-0) allowed a run and two hits in the first before he retired 20 of the next 21 batters he faced before leaving after seven solid innings. Wojnar allowed just the two first inning hits while not walking a batter and striking out eight.
Besinger’s two-run single highlighted a five-run sixth as the Beavers (7-2, 2-0) took a 9-1 lead.
O’Toole was 4 for 6 with a double, homer and two RBI’s in game two while Besinger was 3 for 6 with two RBIs and three runs scored. O’Tooles home run was solo shot in the fourth which gave Babson a 3-1 lead.
Sophomore Jesse Karr (0-2) worked 5 1/3 innings allowed six earned runs to take the loss. Freshman Chris Martin pitched 3 2/3 innings of five-hit relief allowing just one run for Coast Guard (4-7, 0-2) which has dropped four straight. |
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