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Basebal: Warriors Play Sixth Game in Six Days, Hosting Lyons (18-8)

4/16/2026 2:35:00 PM

Team Records:
Eastern Warriors: 20-6-1
Wheaton College (MA) Lyons : 18-8

Series History:

30^th meeting all-time, dating back to 1999. Eastern leads the series, 16-13 and has won the last three

Last win: 4/17/2025 at Wheaton (ECSU 7, Wheaton 2)

Last home win: 3/30/2022 (ECSU 13, Wheaton 1)

10-5 at home all-time

Last loss: 2019

Last home loss: 2016

Game Notes:

Eastern will honor its outgoing seniors prior to the game
The Warriors come into today riding a five-game win streak

The Warriors have outscored their opponents 50-19, and prior to yesterday's 9-8 victory over Amherst, had outscored their last two opponents by a combined score of 41-11

The Warriors came back from seven runs down to defeat the Amherst Mammoths for the first time since 2015

Hank Penders co-leads the Warriors in at-bats, tied with Matthew Carrera with 106) and runs (tied with Teige Kimbler with 30), and leads the Warriors in hits (39)

Ian Moser leads the Warriors in doubles (9) and total bases (73), and leads the Little East Conference in home runs (9) and RBI (46)

Kimbler leads the Warriors in walks (29) (t-1^st in the LEC) and leads the conference in stolen base attempts (27) and stolen bases (24)

The Lyons are 1-1 against LEC opponents coming into today (W vs RIC, L vs KSC)

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