Phillips handcuffs Ravens offense for eight innings
WORCESTER, Mass. (April 15,
2003) - Assumption College, ranked sixth in this week's
New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division
II poll pounded out 13 hits in posting a 10-3 victory over
second-ranked Franklin Pierce in a Northeast-10 Conference Markey
Division baseball matchup at H.L. Rocheleau Field this afternoon.
Assumption right-hander Corey
Phillips kept the Franklin Pierce offense at bay as he struck out
14 over 8.1 innings of work, allowing three earned runs on eight
hits with three walks.
Senior Bill Bertrand led the
Greyhounds 13-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and
runs scored and a stolen base. Freshman Matt Cavallaro hit 2-5 with
two RBI, while junior John Ethier was 1-3 with a double and two
RBI.
Franklin Pierce freshman
right-hander Tyler Cummings (South Paris, Maine/Oxford
Hills) was touched for four runs (three earned) in
the first inning before settling down and matching Phillips until
he was chased in the sixth inning. Cummings (2-3) suffered the loss
as he yielded seven runs total, six earned, on seven hits with a
season-high matching 11 strikeouts and three walks in 5.1 innings
of work. After getting out of the first inning, aside from a pair
of walks in the second frame, he was perfect over the next four,
striking out nine of 11 batters during one stretch.
Freshman Shawn Hayes
(Charlton, Mass./Holy Name) was the lone Ravens
batter with multiple hits as he finished 2-2 with a double and run
scored. Junior Dante Blancarte (Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury)
and sophomore Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford
Hills) each chipped in with RBI singles.
Assumption got all the runs it
would need in the first inning as the first three batters singled
before Cummings could register an out. Bertrand and Cavallaro each
recorded RBI singles, while Ethier drove in a run on a fielder's
choice, with the fourth run scoring on the play when the attempted
double-play throw sailed over the first baseman's head.
The Ravens got a run back in the
third when freshman Nick Panza (Albany, N.Y./Colonie
Central) led off with a double and later scored on a
single up the middle from Blancarte.
The Greyhounds chased Cummings in
the sixth. After he struck out the leadoff batter, Cummings yielded
three-straight hits, including an RBI double from Ethier as the
'Hounds plated three more runs in the frame to break the game open.
Franklin Pierce had its best chance
for a big inning off Phillips in the seventh as Hayes and
freshmanElliott Shea (Jaffrey,
N.H./Conant) led off with hits. Cavers singled in
Hayes with one out, but then Phillips forced McAuliffe into an
inning-ending double play to squelch the rally.
After Assumption scored three
combined runs over the seventh and eighth innings to build a 10-2
advantage, Franklin Pierce loaded the bases with one out in the
ninth to chase Phillips after he forced in a run on a bases-loaded
walk. However, the rally was halted with another inning-ending
double play.
Franklin Pierce (11-7, 4-3 NE-10)
returns to action tomorrow afternoon when it hosts American
International College in its first home game of the season at 3:30
p.m. Assumption (11-8, 5-4 NE-10) visits Saint Anselm College
tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.
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BOX
SCORE
Battery
FP: Tyler Cummings, Jake Tenney (6), Keith Broulliard (7),
Mike Farrell (8) and Eric Cavers
AC: Corey Phillips, Joe Sposato (9) and Tim
Caouette
WP: Phillips
(6-0)
LP: Cummings (2-3)
