Jackson Smith (Cincinnati) and Chris Polemeni (Connecticut) each went deep early and the Bats' three arms of Ryan Bailey (Pittsburgh), Andrew Lepine (UCF), and Rob Gilchrist (Connecticut) took it from there in a 4-1 win.
The Bats got an RBI single from pinch-hitter Michael O'Brien to make it 4-1 in the 7th, but very little else offensively in a home loss.
The Bats got a strong effort from the mound, but did little offensively in a 2-1 loss at Upper Valley.
The rising sophomore talked to Emma Cain about his two homer game in which he reached safely all five times in the Bats' 12-6 win.
The Kansas State product talked about his big game, including the Bats' first home run of the season, as Keene won 6-5 on the road in Maine.
Nico Senese came up with a second huge hit in as many nights to help the Bats improve to 2-0 with a 6-3 win on the road Friday night.
Nico Senese (Georgia Southern) delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth to back a strong bullpen performance as the defending NECBL champion Bats opened their 2026 season with a home win.
The Staten Island, N.Y. native and future Boston College Eagle was the NECBL batting champion in 2025, hitting .383 with 28 RBI and a .961 OPS in the regular season. He also went 9-for-24 with eight RBI and seven walks in the postseason. In a combined 40 games, he walked 29 times and struck out only 14 while also stealing 10 bases.
The Swanzey native was an NECBL All-Star and dominated at the back end of the Bats' bullpen in 2025.
The righty from UConn struck out 43 over 10 starts (41.2 innings) and was 4-0 for the Bats this summer.
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