ALBANY, N.Y (April 20,
2002) -- The College of Saint Rose varsity baseball team
dropped a pair of Northeast-10 Conference games to visiting
Franklin Pierce today at Walker Field at Bleecker Stadium. The
Golden Knights (23-15/12-6 NE-10) fell 15-5 in the opener and
dropped the nightcap 18-10.
In the opener, junior designated
hitter Chris Burdo belted a solo home run in the first inning that
tied the game 1-1. The Ravens (18-13/11-7 NE-10) added a run in the
second before exploding for four more in the third and five on top
of that in the fourth to extend their lead to 11-1.
Saint Rose freshman shortstop Paul
Greco then belted a three-run homer over the left field fence in
the bottom of the fourth, but Franklin Pierce added two runs in
both the fifth and eighth innings to thwart any thought of a Saint
Rose comeback.
Senior shortstop Scott
Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) went
4-for-6 with three RBI and a home run while junior designated
hitter Chris Shank (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont
Regional) went 2-for-5 with two home runs for the
Ravens. Junior center fielder Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro,
Mass./Foxboro) and sophomore first
basemanDante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury) also homered for Franklin Pierce.
Meanwhile, junior right-hander Jon White (Medford,
Mass./Arlington Catholic) scattered five hits,
allowed just one earned run and fanned six in 7.0 innings of work
to go to 6-3 on the year.
The Golden Knights jumped to a 4-0
lead in the second inning of the finale when junior first baseman
Kevin Jette went yard with a solo shot before junior shortstop Erik
Hoover, freshman second baseman Josh Colafemina and junior left
fielder Jose Segura belted consecutive RBI base hits.
An inning later, Loiseau and
Blancarte both answered with three-run home runs that put the
Ravens ahead 6-4. Franklin Pierce then pushed across 10 runs in the
sixth to put the game out of reach.
Hoover went 3-for-5 with four RBI
while Segura finished 3-for-6 with two RBI to lead the Golden
Knights. Junior second baseman Mike Callahan
(Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) went 4-for-5 with
four RBI while Loiseau finished 3-for-6 with five RBI and a home
run to pace the Ravens.
The two clubs will conclude their
weekend series tomorrow with a noon doubleheader in Rindge, NH.
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FP
| 1
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| 5
| 2
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| 0
| 2
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| 15
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| Saint Rose
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Battery
Franklin Pierce: Jon White, Greg Basile (8) and
Eric Cavers.
Saint Rose: Chris Wright, Leon Kruset (5) and Joe
Mariano, Freddie Harris (8).
WP - White
(6-3)
LP - Wright (3-2)
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FP
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| Saint Rose
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| 0
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Battery
Franklin Pierce: A.J. Hatton, Gary Laakso (4),
Scott Loiseau (6) and Eric Cavers.
Saint Rose: James Derby, Mark Ritz (6), Paul Greco
(6), Peter Scutero (8) and Joe Mariano, Tom Wood (6).
WP - Laakso
(2-0)
LP - Derby (5-1)
"Courtesy Saint Rose Sports
Information"
