Sophomore southpaw registers career-high 12 strikeouts
Standish, Maine- Sophomore Greg Kimball tossed a complete game five-hit shutout and registered a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead Saint Joseph's College (13-14) to a 3-0 victory over visiting Bates College (6-10) Wednesday evening at Larry Mahaney Diamond in the first game of the doubleheader.
Kimball (4-2) pitched all seven innings for the second time this year and limited the Bobcats offense to only five hits, all singles. The left-hander issued one walk while striking out a season high 12 batters, and only allowed one Bobcat player to reach third base.
Bates starter Ben Gwozdzy (0-3) took the loss despite a solid effort. In six innings of work, Gwozdzy allowed three runs, one earned, on seven hits while striking out two batters.
Saint Joseph's College took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jesse LaCasse led off the frame with his team leading 8th homerun of the year to the left field.
The Monks expanded the lead to 3-0 in the fifth inning. Tyler Bryant singled and scored on Andy Exley’s Sacrifice fly to deep right field before Justin Lambert came home safely on a wild pitch.
