Monks led by the arm of Kimball

Waterville, Maine- Led by a complete game from sophomore Greg Kimball and two hits by Andy Exley, the Saint Joseph's College baseball team defeated host Colby 4-1 Monday at Coombs Field. The Monks improve to 10-12 and have now won their last seven games. Colby goes to 5-9-1.

Kimball, who is the Monks ace and leads the team in strikeouts with 40, threw his first complete game of the year, improving his record to 3-2 with six hits, one run, no walks and a game-high six strikeouts.

Freshman left fielder Ben Muniz got Saint Joseph's College on the board first when he doubled in Exley for the games first run in the top of the first inning off of Colby’s starter Pete Geiger (2-1, 8.1 innings, four runs, three walks, two strikeouts).

The Monks received patient hitting from several hitters in the ninth. First baseman Jesse LaCasse led the inning off with a single to left field. Freshman Ben Muniz followed with a walk to make it first and second, with no outs. After a Derek McIntosh groundout, Justin Lambert walked the bases loaded. Sophomore Jake Rodden followed with solid contact scoring LaCasse on a fielding error by the Colby second baseman.

Still with one out, freshman third baseman Nick Arno reached on an error by Colby’s centerfielder, scoring Muniz. The final runs of the inning came when Jack Hughes hit into a fielders choice that scored Lambert.

LaCasse went 1-for-4 with a run scored to extend his hitting streak to five games. Exley (2-for-4, double) was the only Monk with more than one hit.