Today, meet one of the three
@IndianaBase
Hoosiers coming to Keene this summer!
@devindadude_4
has been on an absolute tear in his freshman season...so much so that we will just link to his statistics here! 🔥
Our next 2024 Bat
@KrossJosh
had a BIG year with
@GoBearcatsBASE
, finishing with a .317 AVG, 19 HR, 65 RBI, and a 1.076 OPS. He transferred to Cincinnati from Eastern Michigan, where he was MAC Freshman of the Year and a College Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American in 2023.
.
@devindadude_4
is the sixth
@TheNECBL
Rookie of the Year in franchise history! A well-deserved honor for the
@IndianaBase
star.
🦇 Chris Westervelt (2001)
🦇 Jim Negrych (2004)
🦇 Josh Fields (2005)
🦇 Adam Conley (2009)
🦇 Nathan Kirby (2013)
We are thrilled to continue our connection with
@UVABaseball
in 2022 and would like to welcome
@Matt2021lefty
and
@_agreene1
to this year's team! They will be the 34th and 35th Cavaliers all-time to join us. Buchanan has allowed 1 run in 15.1 innings with 23 K's this season. 🔥
#20
Danny DiGeorgio drill dingers 👀 Hits a 2-run 97.7 mph- 372 ft home run to help the SwampBats win back to back games at home! Tonight’s final score ended up 4-2 over the Sanford Mainers! |
@RutgersBaseball
Meet
@Jackson_Gaspard
from
@GTBaseball
! He made his debut this season with the Yellow Jackets after redshirting a year ago. Out of Buford, he was the No. 15 middle infielder in Georgia by Perfect Game and also played football. He was a 2023 ACC Academic Honor roll selection.
Today, meet
#2023Bat
@CampbellKayden
from
@LouisvilleBSB
! 🐦
He made his collegiate debut on February 18 and has nine strikeouts in seven innings so far, and came to the Cardinals as the No. 5 overall player in Ohio and the No. 45 LHP in the nation according to Perfect Game. 🦇
Congrats to this week's Bats of the Week!
@JakeKoonin24
(
@PUTigerBaseball
) and
@KrossJosh
(
@GoBearcatsBASE
) combined to hit .388 with 4 2B, 4 HR (including a GS), 20 RBI, and 3 BB in our five games over the week.
6/24: Reese/Kross
6/17: Varner/Jaconski
6/10: Jaconski/Reese
We have a couple of
@VandyBoys
to welcome today. Pitcher
@_Candela12
returns for a 2nd year and he brings fellow Commodore, newcomer Dominic Keegan. ⚾️
Another roster announcement! Please welcome
@CalebPendleton9
to the squad! He becomes the third
@FAUBaseball
Owl to come to Keene this summer after a spring that saw him hit .268 with three home runs and 20 RBI. Last year, he hit two grand slams in the same inning in his...
Pat Gallagher:
@prgalls00
Gallagher made four relief appearances with
@UConn
in 2020, including his collegiate debut on February 14 against Cal Poly. He pitched nine innings. allowing four runs and nine hits while striking out 15. Gallagher is an allied health major.
Congrats to our first Bats of the Week this season! Joe Jaconski and
@ReeseRipken
combined to hit .455 with 3 2B, 4 HR, and 6 RBI over the season's first four games.
@KentStBaseball
@PennStateBASE
We welcome two more players from the Sunshine State to Keene in 2022!
@JUBaseball
C/IF
@jbergy20
joins the Bats after his sophomore collegiate season that saw him record a hit in 21 of his first 43 games (38 starts). He also had 21 RBI, reached base at a .300 clip, and...
We'd like to welcome
@_noahdean29_
from
@ODUBaseball
to our group this year! A sophomore this past season with the Monarchs, he set the ODU career saves mark (18), struck out 46 in 26 innings, and held opponents to a .141 average.
#GoBats
🦇
The Bat of the Week for July 3-9 is
@Gleo16Rice
! He had three multi-hit games in that span and is currently tied for fourth in the NECBL in RBI.
He also was the Bat of the Week for June 26-July 2 after his go-ahead 7th inning home run at Martha's Vineyard.
@KeeneSentSports
We also welcome Pitcher
@Matt_Draper10
of UMass Lowell. With the River Hawks, he has struck out 60 over 71.2 innings in his first two seasons.
Late in the season, he moved to the bullpen and recorded 2 saves
Welcome the first ever Bat from
@NavyBaseball
!
@vizquierdo09
hit .284 in 49 games with the Midshipmen this season, including a team-best 40 RBI.
He had 13 multi-hit games. At Lockport Township, he set a new all-time HR record and was a PBR All-State selection as a senior.
The SwampBats may not have come out on top tonight against the
@UVNighthawks
but Danny Digeorgio hit a 2-run home run shot on his SwampBats debut! 💣🦇⚾️
@RutgersBaseball
💥
Tonight, meet
#2023Bat
@JohnAlkire35
. The first ever
@CSUBucsBaseball
to come to Keene for a summer, he made his collegiate debut Feb. 28, allowing one earned run in 2.1 innings at Tennessee. He was the No. 25 RHP in California out of Folsom HS according to Perfect Game. 🦇
No big deal but, David Bryant leads the NECBL with the highest batting average, in 19 games 😮💨
⚡️ Home games (9) ⚡️
.433 AVG
2B, HR, 8 RBI’s
9BB, .575 OBP, 1.142 OPS
We offer a belated welcome to Zach Bushling. We say belated because we expected Zach for last season and we all know what happened with 2020!
This season, Zach recorded at least one hit in 12 of the first 13 games for
@UConnBSB
. Just Sunday, he was 4 for 4 with 4 runs scored.
The comeback Bats are trying it out for the second straight night! We lead 9-7 after scoring four in the sixth and four in the seventh.
@blakedelam
,
@devindadude_4
, Jordan Smith, and
@CMercedes5
all have multi-hit games.
.
@BHort21
has had a stellar rookie season with
@LibertyBaseball
and will be joining us this summer! A Perfect Game/Rawling Top 500 recruit out of Sayre Area High School, he has hit a team-best .335 with 12 2B, 6 HR, 38 RBI, and a .470 OBP for the Flames in 46 games!
#2023Bat
🦇
Another
@StonehillBASE
product will be joining us this season!
@t_ciulla11
hit .287 with a team-high 9 HR, 15 2B, and 40 RBI while reaching at a .381 clip in the Skyhawks' first season in Division I. He ended the season on a six-game hitting streak with 3 2B, 2 HR, and 8 RBI! 🦇
The Keene SwampBats have named Shaun McKenna its
Head Coach for the 2020 season. McKenna replaces Gary Calhoun who served the SwampBats this past season as he helped guide the SwampBats to our fifth
@TheNECBL
title.