Brouillard shuts out North Dakota in game one; Fighting Sioux
squeak out win in game two
FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 19,
2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 21 in this week's
National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) Division II
poll, registered its third-straight doubleheader split of the
season, this time against University of North Dakota at the Gene
Cusic Classic today.
The Ravens posted a 3-0 victory in
game one, before suffering a 5-3 setback in game two. Sophomore
Keith
Brouillard (Westport, Mass./Somerset), a transfer
from UMass-Amherst, fired a four-hit shutout in his first start in
a Franklin Pierce uniform to lead the way in game one. Brouillard
walked just one and struck out six in the seven-inning complete
game effort.
Senior Josh
Coughlin (Keene, N.H./Keene) continues to swing a
hot bat for the Ravens as he hit 2-3 with a double and a run
scored. The two-bagger came in the second inning and he then scored
the Ravens third run of the game on an Eric
Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) ground
out.
Franklin Pierce struck for a pair
of runs in the first when senior Paul
McAuliffe (Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) singled, then
scored on junior Dante
Blancarte's (Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury) first home
run of the season (23rd career).
North Dakota junior right-hander
J.J. Scheving suffered the loss as he yielded three earned runs on
six hits with two walks and five strikeouts in six innings of
work.
| Teams
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| 2
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| 5
| 6
| 7
| R
| H
| E
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| UND
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
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| FP
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| x
| 3
| 6
| 0
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BOX
SCORE
Batteries:
UND - J.J. Scheving and Blair Mileski.
FP - Keith Brouillard and Eric Cavers
WP: Brouillard
(1-0)
LP: Scheving (0-1)
HR: Dante Blancarte (1)
North Dakota's got five runs off
just four hits to claim victory in the nightcap. The Fighting Sioux
struck for three runs in the third inning as junior Brad Jaeger
belted a two-run single and then freshman Ross Olson scored on a
passed ball.
Franklin Pierce answered with a
pair of runs in the top of the fourth. Senior Dan
Close (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) singled and
scored on a balk, then classmate Mike
Callahan (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian)
singled to drive in freshman Mike
Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry).
The Sioux got an unearned run in
the fourth to regain a two-run lead when senior Luke Teagle (Minot,
N.D./Minot) scored on a Ravens miscue at third base. The Ravens got
that run back in the sixth when Coughlin laced an RBI single to
score McAuliffe.
North Dakota got an insurance run
in the sixth when freshman Jason Fairchild belted a solo homer.
Franklin Pierce ran itself out a threat in the seventh, squandering
a chance to load the bases with Blancarte (school-record five
career grand slams) due up.
Sophomore right-hander Nick Weiland
earned the win, allowing three earned runs on five hits with two
walks and a strikeout in 6.1 innings of work before giving way to
senior Nate Brown, who got the last two outs to pick up a save.
Freshman Arric Mather
(Danville, N.H./Winnacunnet) suffered the loss in his
collegiate debut as he was hit for three earned runs on two hits
with two walks and a strikeout in 2.1 innings of work.
Close finished 2-3 with a run
scored, while Coughlin was 1-2 with a walk, an RBI and a run
scored.
| Teams
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| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| R
| H
| E
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| FP
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 1
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| UND
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
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| 5
| 4
| 2
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BOX
SCORE
Batteries:
FP - Arric Mather, Mike Farrell (3) and
Cavers.
UND - Nick Weiland, Nate Brown (7) and Mileski.
WP: Weiland
(1-0)
LP: Mather (0-1)
HR: Jason Fairchild (1)
Franklin Pierce (4-3), which
received its first national ranking in program history this week,
returns to the diamond tomorrow for a doubleheader with University
of Minnesota-Duluth at 9 a.m.
