Swamp Bats Drop to 4-13 After Late Comeback Attempt Falls Short
June 25, 2015 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Keene Swamp Bats News Release
The Keene Swamp Bats lost to the Ocean State Waves 2-1 as both teams battled it out in a pitcher's duel.
Ocean State would be the first team to put a run on the board that came late in the 8th inning off a Ryan Blanton RBI single with two outs. The Waves would score again in the 9th from a Tim Lynch solo home run.
Lincoln Henzman started once again for the Swamp Bats and was done after the 5th inning. The Louisville product was nearly perfect through those innings just allowing one hit before Brian Stepniak would come in for relief.
Blaise Whitman would do something similar to Henzman, pitching 5 1/3 innings and allowing five hits and no runs.
The Swamp Bats had a good chance to score in the 6th inning when they had the bases loaded. Richard Lovelady would come in with two outs and Shane Matheny at bat. Matheny would ground out into an incredible 4-3 double play that would end the inning with all three would be Swamp Bats stranded on bases.
Keene would have the bases loaded once again in the 9th inning drawing in a couple of walks and a fielder's choice and score their first run in bottom of the 9th inning on a passed ball that would bring home Larry Crisler. Luopa would be the last man standing for the Swamp Bats and would groundout for the third out.
Brad Witkowski went 2-for-4 as the Swamp Bats had a combined six hits. Keene will be on the road Friday to face Sanford.
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