Adriana Sanchez
Social Media Director
The Men’s baseball team headed down to Florida to play several games.
This past Friday , the Owls were at Kissimmee, Fla for a double header against Coe Hohawks. Keeneowls.com reported, the Kohawks scored in every inning but one. They pulled away late into the game by scoring six times in the final three frames. The game ended with a score of 10-3, Kohawks. The second game the Owls fell short against them and ended with a score of 2-4. The Owls got their first win on Saturday against King Monarchs. Keeneowls.com reported all nine starters helped them team with a hit and got at least one RBI from six different people. Junior Tyler Gammie, went for 3 for 4, scoring a pair of runs while driving in two others. Junior Sam Czel added three more hits and had an RBI. Senior John Tarasico helped the team out having a double, walk, three RBI and two runs scored. The Owls ended the game with a score of 12-1.
The Owls were up against Husson University on Sunday. But suffered a tough loss, the game ended 7-6. Czel stepped up to the plate and led the Owls offense, he went for 1 for 2 with a two run homer, two walks and a stolen base. Early into the game Czel was on fire when he walked and stole second to start the game off. The season has just started and Czel us already at 6 for 12 with two home runs and four RBI’s. The Owls also had helped from Connor Walsh, he had a double and drove in a pair of runs. Mac Struthers and Tom Meucci also added multiple hit efforts for the Owls. Owl starter Ryan Sliwinski was in command when Husson had just one run and four hits over the six first innings. Husson came back with full strength in a four run seventh. The Owls went to the bullpen, and brought in Isaac Keehn, but Husson capitalized on a pair of the Owls errors which made it a one run game (6-5). The Owls put in two runners on in the eighth but couldn’t step up to the plate and were scoreless. At the ninth, Keene went down 1-2-3. A walk and a single loaded the bases with Husson before Michael Schneider for Husson wont it with a base hit.
The Owls were up against Worcester State University [Lancers] and had a close game but couldn’t get the W. The Lancers had an early lead of 7-1 which helped them win the game. Although the Owls scored seven of the last eight runs, they still felt short. Czel helped the Owls with a double, triple and four runs. Connor Longley helped the Owls, he went three for four with a double, 2 RBI, a run and a walk. Tom Meucci also added three hits in four trips, scoring three runs and driving in one. The game ended with a score 13-11.
The Owls had another double header against Franklin and Marshall. The first game the Owls had a win with a score of 16-9. Owls Mac Struthers went for two for four with a double, two runs batted in, a walk and three runs. Longley also helped the Owls, he went three for three with two RBI. The second game the Owls fell short and lost with a score of 3-6.
The following game the Owls came back and won against Westminster with a score of 9-6. The Owls used a six run fourth inning to gain their win. The Owls came short for the last two games. They lost 18-4 against St.Scholastica and lost 5-1 against Nichols.
Adriana Sanchez can be contacted at asanchez@kscequinox.com
