GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- Kean survived a Trinity (Conn.) rally to win 8-5 and Wooster put four on the board in the sixth inning of our opening game and cruised to an 8-1 win against Carthage. Sean Karpen went deep twice and added a two-run double to pace the Scots, who touched up Red Men starter Mario Perez for six runs in 5-1/3 innings. Photo galleries from Carthage-Wooster, Kean-Trinity, Shenandoah-Farmingdale State and St. Thomas-Chapman.

Pedro Rivera got the start for Kean, while D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year Jeremiah Bayer labored through eight and a third innings, allowing eight runs, though just four of them were earned thanks to six Bantam errors. Kean took advantage of four Trinity errors to put up six runs in the first seven trips to the plate, giving the Cougars a 6-2 lead. Trinity rallied with three in the bottom of the seventh on four walks and a hit to cut the lead to one, but Kean answered with single runs in the eighth and the ninth to put it away.

St. Thomas starter Matt Schuld went the distance, allowing one run on five hits, as the Tommies beat Chapman 9-1. Five Tommies had multi-hit games, as Matt Olson went 3-for-5 with three runs scored. Taylor Rahm had a two-run single and Tom Wippler brought him in with a double in a five-run fifth inning. Friday's D3baseball.com scoreboard.


In the third game, Shenandoah edged out to a 6-2 lead, then exploded for six runs in the top of the eighth to blow past Farmingdale State 12-2. Greg Van Sickler threw a complete-game seven-hitter and went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Hornets.

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