OpenerSTANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's College defeated Bowdoin College twice, 12-3 and 10-0, in the team's home opening doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. Monks game one starting pitcher SO Andrew Keirstead (Westbrook, ME) delivered an outstanding performance to earn his third win of the season. Game two starter SO Kyle Dorr (Berwick, ME) was equally dominant in the nightcap to pick up his first win of the season. SO Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) continued to swing a hot bat and tallied 4 hits and 4 RBI's in the twinbill to pace the Monks offensively.

GAME ONE

In game one, SR Brian Schools (Gorham, ME) and SR Luke Enman (Milan, NH) both scored in the first inning to give the Monks an early 2-0 lead. Schools singled and was tripled home by Enman, who scored on an errant throw by the Bowdoin right fielder.

In the bottom of the second inning, SO Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) hit a deep home run over the left field fence, a solo shot, to extend the SJC lead to 3-0.

The Polar Bears put two runs on the board to narrow the Monks' advantage to 3-2. FY Matt Ruane (Belmont, MA) and FY Adam Marquit (New York, NY) scored the Bowdoin runs in the inning off of a FY Brendan Garner (Swampscott, MA) groundout and a SO Reid Auger (Billerica, MA) single, respectively.

The 3-2 score would prove to be the closest the Polar Bears would get to the lead in the game as the Monks scored four runs in both the 3rd and 4th innings to take a healthy 11-2 lead. SR Dustin Spiller (Gorham, ME) collected 4 RBI's off of two singles in the eight-run offensive surge that spanned two innings and Ben Grant-Roy knocked in 2 runs with a single in the fourth inning.

In the bottom of the fifth, Pat Moran singled and was replaced by pinch runner JR Steve Gorsun (South Berwick, ME), who swiped second base and scored on a FY Todd Keneborus (Hollis Center, ME) single to make the score 12-3.

Brendan Garner scored on a JR Joe Berte (Marlborough, MA) sac fly in the fifth inning to account for the third Bowdoin run.

For the Monks, Brian Schools was 2-4 with 2 runs and a stolen base, Pat Moran was 2-3 with the solo long ball and Dustin Spiller went 2-3 with 4 RBI's. JR Wade Oliver (Owls Head, ME) scored 2 runs in the lopsided victory. The crafty southpaw Keirstead scattered 6 hits while striking out 3 and allowing no walks and 2 earned runs to pick up the win and FY Kevin Chamberlain (Scarborough, ME) pitched a scoreless seventh inning in relief.

Starting pitcher SO Joe Pace (Newburyport, MA) takes the loss for the Polar Bears. Catcher Reid Auger was 2-3 with an RBI and third baseman Matt Ruane was 2-3 with a run in the setback.

GAME TWO

In game two, Wade Oliver led off the Monks half of the first inning with a single and scored on a two-out single by Ben Grant-Roy to give St. Joe's a 1-0 lead.

Starter Kyle Dorr sailed through the first four innings of the game, allowing only two Bowdoin runners while striking out two and inducing seven groundball outs.

Pat Moran offered Dorr some breathing room when he doubled home Grant-Roy and Dustin Spiller in the 4th inning to extend the SJC lead to 3-0.

The St. Joe's offense added three more runs in the 5th to mount a 6-0 advantage. After a Brian Schools fly out to left, Luke Enman walked and stole second base. Grant-Roy was awarded first base after being plunked by a pitch and Spiller followed with a double that plated Enman and sent Grant-Roy to third. Grant-Roy crossed the plate on a wild pitch and Spiller was sent home by an FY Ian Lee (Hampden, ME) single to cap the scoring in the inning.

St. Joe's managed to add four more runs in the bottom of the sixth to complete the game scoring and provide the Royal Blue with a 10-0 victory. Ben Grant-Roy and Ian Lee both registered RBI singles in the inning and FY Eric LaBatte (Rochester, NH) notched an RBI double.

Ben Grant-Roy was 3-3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI's, Ian Lee went 2-4 with 2 RBI's and Pat Moran was 2-3 with 2 RBI's. Luke Enman scored 2 runs and swiped 2 bases in the victory.

Kyle Dorr and Brian Schools, who threw 1 2/3 innings in relief, combined to hold the Polar Bear batters to just three hits in the game.

Bowdoin starter SO Steve Hall (Bath, ME) struck out 6 batters in 4 1/3 innings and was hit with the loss. Polar Bears catcher Reid Auger was 2-3 in the losing effort.

St Joe's will host Colby College on Wednesday, April 9, at 4:00 PM in a nine inning contest.