Box Score PATCHOGUE, N.Y.--After experiencing a pair of 2-1 losses in its previous two outings, Keene State chalked up a one-run victory of its own on Saturday by nipping nationally-ranked Western New England 6-5 in 13 innings during the second day of the Spring Classic co-hosted by Farmingdale State and Saint Joseph's-Long Island.

The D3baseball.com No. 13 and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper No. 22 Golden Bears drop to 1-1 entering their final Spring Classic game on Sunday against the SJ-LI Eagles. The Owls were in the "receiving votes" category of each poll in the preseason.

The Owls, who improve to 1-2 on the season, banged out 13 hits--all singles--led by lead-off first baseman Greg Bates who had three and a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to give KSC its biggest lead of the afternoon at 4-1. Brett Dootson and Cody Dube added two hits apiece.

Junior Jeff Schult had three of Western New England's seven hits, including a double, to go along with a sacrifice fly to knot the score 4-all in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Ray Carmel scored the game-winning run with two outs in the top of the 13th on a wild pitch. He was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Ian Seawards and took third on a ground out.

Western New England had golden opportunities to end the game in the 11th and 12th, when it had a runner in scoring position with less than two outs each time. But Dube, who pitched the final six innings to earn the win, had 1-2-3 innings in the 9th, 10th and 13th. He allowed no runs, a walk and just one hit.

Trailing 5-4 in the ninth, the Owls forced extra baseball as Dootson hit a run-scoring single to center field.

Steve Ambrosino gave the Golden Bears a 5-4 lead in the eighth when he plated Tim Clark on a fielder's choice.

"Frustrating day...We didn't play well enough to deserve to win but we still had plenty of chances to get it done," Western New England coach Matt LaBranche said. "We expect to close those (type of) games out.

"(However) The performances by our freshmen pitchers were bright spots of the day," he said, referring to David Cherry and Tom Mahoney who combined for a walk, three earned runs and six hits in 7-1/3 innings of relief work.