Twelve players had two or more hits apiece and Bridgewater State set Division III records for runs, hits and margin of victory as the Bears routed Newbury 57-1 on Monday.

Newbury, which was playing just its third varsity baseball game, fell to 0-3.

Bridgewater State (8-6) scored 13 runs in the first inning, nine in the second, nine in the third, 16 in the fourth, eight in the fifth, and a pair of runs in the sixth. The game lasted seven innings.

Anthony DiClemente started for Newbury and did not retire any of the seven batters he faced. Nighthawk pitchers walked a combined 20 Bears batters and hit four more. Forty-four of the runs allowed were earned.

Junior left fielder Steve Smith, batting third, tied the Division III record for hits with seven. Entering the 2007 season, nine players had seven hits in a game at the Division III level, most recently George Fox's C.R Braniff last season. Cleanup hitter Andrew Dillon had nine RBI on 5-for-8 batting, while No. 2 hitter Mark Claffey was 6-for-8 with seven RBI. All three played the entire game.

The previous records for runs scored and margin of victory belonged to Marietta, which defeated La Roche 48-0 on April 7, 1999. Full story.