Rob Moynihan, Sr., RH, Ledyard (Ledyard)
 
In his Eastern debut in the third game of the season, the first-year transfer gained his first win by striking out  ten with one walk in a 9-1 win over Westfield State University at Towson, Md. for a staff-best 1.50 ERA. He allowed one run on five hits, fanning the side once and two batters twice. Moynihan threw 61 of his 77 pitches for strikes and departed with a 5-1 lead. Six of his strikeout victims went down looking at a called strike three.  Moynihan did not walk a batter after issuing his only free pass to leadoff hitter Connor Benvenuto in the bottom of the first inning. Moynihan struck out at least one better in each of the first five innings, fanning the side in the fifth. His shutout effort was spoiled with one out in the sixth on No. 3 hitter Sam Palmer's first-pitch solo home run over the left field screen. A double followed Palmer's drive but Moynihan wrapped up his stint with a fly to center, and a comebacker. Moynihan came to the Division III level after stops at Division I (Siena College) and Division II (Stonehill College). Eastern (2-2) visits Tufts University Wednesday in a non-conference game and the University of Hartford March 10 in a non-conference game before playing six games in Florida beginning March15.
 
Player-of-the-Week
Teige Kimbler, Jr., 2B, Albany, NY (Albany Academy)
 
In a 2-2 opening weekend in Maryland, Kimbler batted .500 (5-for10) with a .737 on-base percentage and a .700 slugging average. Kimbler was 5-for-5 in stolen bases with eight walks and a hit-by-pitch and handled 11 chances in the field without an error. Through the first three games, Kimbler batted .571 with nine runs scored, an .857 slugging percentage and a .800 on-base percentage. In the field in four games, he handled eight chances cleanly. As the No. 5 batter in a season-opening 13-3 win over Westfield State University, Kimbler reached base in all four plate appearances with three walks and an infield error on a sacrifice bunt, scored three times and drove in a run. In a 20-12 loss to Gettysburg College in the second game of the day, Kimbler reached five times with two singles (one a bunt), two walks and a hit-by-pitch and scored three runs.                                                        
 
2026 Weekly Baseball Winners
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Mar.  1 (#2)             Teige Kimbler, Player-of the-Week
Mar. 1 (#2)              Rob Moynihan, Pitcher-of-the-Week