Quill fires shutout and Grand
Canyon helped by three Ravens errors
PHOENIX, Ariz. (March 18, 2002) - Sophomore
righthander Mike Quill fired a six-hit shutout to lead Grand Canyon
University to a 6-0 win over Franklin Pierce in non-conference
baseball action at Brazell Stadium tonight.
Quill, a transfer from the University of Arizona, was making his
first start of the season as he had posted a 0.64 earned run
average in 14 relief innings prior to tonight's game. He struck out
seven Ravens a walked four in the complete game effort.
Junior Chris Raymond led the Antelopes offense with three hits.
Senior Mike Wojtkowski and juniors Joey Reiman and Justin Dehmer
each added two singles and an RBI apiece.
Franklin Pierce sophomore Matt Weagle (Charlton,
Mass./Shepherd Hill) suffered the loss as he allowed
six runs, just two earned, on eight hits with six strikeouts and
just one walk in six innings. Freshman A.J. Hatton (Hudson,
Mass./Hudson) tossed two innings of two-hit shutout baseball in
relief.
Junior Dan Close (Leominster,
Mass./Leominster) drilled three doubles to highlight
the Franklin Pierce offense on the night. Freshman Eric
Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) added two
hits.
Senior shortstop Scott Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St.
Peter Marian) had his school-record 21-game hitting
streak halted, while juniors Mike Callahan (Worcester,
Mass./St. Peter Marian) and Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro,
Mass./Foxboro) had 13 and 12 game strings dating back to last
season all snapped.
Grand Canyon got on the board in the second inning as junior
Chris Serrano reached on a Weagle error, then came around to score
on a wild pitch.
GCU added three more unearned runs on the third inning as senior
Matt Denny scored on a Wojtowski sacrifice fly after reaching on a
Dante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury) miscue at first.
Serrano scored on an RBI single by Dehmer and senior Trent Otis
scored after a throwing error by Franklin Pierce freshman
Bear Dunn (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd
Hill). Serrano added a sac fly in the fifth and
Wojtowski scored on a Reiman single to round out the Antelopes
scoring.
Franklin Pierce (2-2) returns tomorrow afternoon when it will
face the University of Northern Colorado at 5 p.m., before face
Grand Canyon (19-10) at 9 p.m.
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| FP
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Batteries
FP: Matt Weagle, A.J. Hatton (7th) and Al
Medeiros.
GCU: Mike Quill and Joey Reiman.
WP: Quill (1-0)
LP: Weagle (0-1)
