Weagle pitches Ravens to win as he
earns third-straight victory
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (April 26,
2002) - Franklin Pierce opened its final week of the
regular season with an 8-3 win over Assumption College at the
Bryant College Baseball Complex this afternoon. The game was moved
to Bryant as both schools fields were unplayable due to the rain
over the last two days.
Sophomore right-hander
Matt Weagle (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd
Hill) earned his third straight win of the season
(3-5) as he tossed a complete-game three hitter. Weagle surrendered
just three runs, two earned, on the three hits with a career-high
15 strikeouts and two walks.
Freshman third baseman
Bear Dunn (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill)
sparked the offense as he hit two-for-three with a double and an
RBI. Sophomore first baseman Dante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury) extended his current hitting streak
to a team season-high 15 games as he finished 2-3 with two runs
scored and a stolen base. Junior second baseman Mike
Callahan (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) was 2-5
with a run scored and two RBIs.
Senior Corey Phillips suffered the
loss despite striking out 11 Franklin Pierce batters on the day. He
yielded eight earned runs on ten hits with two walks in the
complete game effort.
Sophomore Tim Caouette laced a
triple and freshman Neil Harrington belted a two-run homerun to
provide the bulk of the Assumption offense.
Franklin Pierce took control with
six runs in the third inning. Junior Chris Shank
(Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) lined an RBI
single, followed by a two-run safety by Callahan. Dunn added an RBI
double and senior Eric Burney (Rockville,
Conn./Rockville) capped the rally with an RBI
groundout.
Harrington belted his two-run homer
in the fourth and then the Greyhounds scored a single run in the
fifth to close the gap to 6-3.
Franklin Pierce answered with a
single run in the seventh on an RBI single from freshman
Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford
Hills) and another run on a run-scoring single from
junior Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro,
Mass./Foxboro) in the eighth for some insurance.
With today's win, the Ravens still
remain tied with Southern Connecticut State University for the
third and final NE-10 Markey Division playoff spot (although they
hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Owls), but moved to
within a game in the loss column behind College of Saint Rose as
SCSU posted a 9-6 win over Saint Rose in New Haven, Conn., this
afternoon.
Franklin Pierce (24-16, 17-10
NE-10) hosts UMass Lowell tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. Assumption
(8-29, 5-22 NE-10) hosts the University of New Haven on Friday.
| Teams
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| R
| H
| E
|
| FP
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 10
| 2
|
| AC
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
|
Batteries:
FP: Matt Weagle and Eric Cavers.
AC: Corey Phillips and Tim Caouette.
WP: Weagle
(3-5)
LP: Phillips (3-5)
