White strong on the mound, Ravens score unearned run in ninth
for win
RINDGE, N.H. (April 24,
2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked fourth in this week's New
England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division II
poll, scored an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth to post 2-1
victory over Assumption College in Northeast-10 Conference Markey
Division baseball action at Crystal Field this afternoon.
Assumption's only two errors of the
game put the winning run on base and then allowed it to score in
the bottom of the ninth. Franklin Pierce sophomore Eric
Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) reached base
with one out when Assumption third baseman Steve Muscatello failed
to corral a groundball. After senior Paul McAuliffe
(Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) walked, the Greyhounds
called on senior Tom Griffin) to face Ravens junior
Dante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury). Griffin got the ground ball he
needed, but it was a little slow to second base and 'Hounds
shortstop Andy Barlow still tried to turn the inning-ending double
play, but his throw sailed over the first baseman's head, allowing
Cavers to trot home with the winning run.
Franklin Pierce senior
Jon White (Medford, Mass./Medford) turned
in another solid outing on the mound to improve to 4-2. He allowed
just one earned run, scattering five hits with ten strikeouts and
no walks in the complete game effort.
Cavers sparked the Ravens offense,
scoring both runs and adding a single and two stolen bases. The two
steals give him 15 for the season (16 attempts), matching his own
program single-season record set last year as a freshman. His 30
career thefts are just two shy of the career record held by former
teammate Scott Loiseau (1999-2002).
Senior Josh Coughlin
(Keene, N.H./Keene) and freshman Elliott
Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) each chipped in with two
hits, with Shea adding a pair of stolen bases. Franklin Pierce left
11 runners on base for the afternoon, including the bases loaded on
two occasions.
No Assumption batters registered
multiple hits for the game. Junior Ryan Cody finished 1-3 with a
run scored, while Barlow was 1-4 with an RBI double.
Griffin (0-5) was pinned with the
loss, while junior Nick Foundas turned in 2.1 innings of no-hit
relief, yielding just the one unearned run with two walks and two
strikeouts. Freshman Matt Anderson went the first six-plus innings
and allowed one earned run, scattering eight hits and five walks
with three strikeouts.
Franklin Pierce squandered an
opportunity to jump ahead in the first, failing to push a run
across with runners on second and third and one out. The Ravens
scratched ahead in the fifth as Cavers singled down the rightfield
line and later scored on a wild pitch, but got no more, leaving the
bases loaded.
Assumption tied the contest with a
two-out rally in the eighth. White struck the first two batters of
the inning out, then Cody singled to center before Barlow laced a
double to right center to drive him in.
Franklin Pierce (17-9, 10-5 NE-10)
returns to action tomorrow afternoon when it hosts Bryant College
to start a key three-game Markey Division series over the weekend.
Assumption (13-14, 7-8 NE-10) hosts Southern Connecticut State
University in another key divisional matchup with a doubleheader on
Saturday beginning at noon.
| Teams
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| R
| H
| E
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| AC
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
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| FPC
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 8
| 2
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BOX
SCORE
Battery
AC -- Anderson, Foundas (7), Griffin (9)
and Caouette
FP -- Jon White and Eric Cavers
WP -- White
(4-2)
LP -- Griffin (0-5)
