Ravens jump out to big lead in game one, coast to victory;
Bulldogs bust open game two late for victory
RINDGE, N.H. (April 27,
2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked fourth in this week's New
England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division II
poll, split a marathon doubleheader with Bryant College in
Northeast-10 Conference Markey Division baseball action at Crystal
Field this afternoon.
The Ravens took game one, 12-5,
before the Bulldogs posted a 13-6 victory in the nightcap. In game
one, Franklin Pierce scored four runs in each of the first three
innings and coasted the rest of the way for a 12-5 victory.
Junior Dante Blancarte
(Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury) led the Ravens 14-hit
barrage as he was 4-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and three
RBI. Sophomore Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford
Hills) was 3-4 with a double, three runs scored and
two RBI, while freshmanElliott Shea (Jaffrey,
N.H./Conant) also finished 3-4 with a run scored and
RBI. Senior Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro,
Mass./Foxboro) chipped in with a 2-4 game and three
runs scored.
Sophomore Bryan
Borowski (Clarksburg, Mass./Drury) improved to 4-0 on
the spring as he allowed three unearned runs on six hits with five
walks and five strikeouts.
Freshman Daryle Crowley led Bryant
as he was 2-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI. Senior Jeff Renga
was 2-5 with an RBI, while freshman Adam Rourke was 1-2 with two
RBI.
Freshman Matt Bishop took the loss
(2-8) as he was hit for 12 runs, eight earned, on 11 hits with
three walks and three strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
| Teams
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| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| R
| H
| E
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| BRY
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 2
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| FP
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| x
| 12
| 14
| 2
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BOX
SCORE
Battery
BRY: Matt Bishop, David Rappoli (3), Stephen Sloan (4),
Joe Cormier (6) and Jim Collins.
FP: Bryan Borowski, Mike Bartkus (7), Mike Farrell (8).
WP: Borowski (4-0)
LP: Bishop (2-8)
In the nightcap, Bryant (which was
the home team in the makeup of yesterday's rainout) broke open a
4-4 game with two runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh to
break the game open in a contest called in the bottom of the eighth
due to darkness. The Bulldogs pounded out 16 hits in the game,
while limiting Frankin Pierce to six.
Renga hit 3-3 with three runs
scored and an RBI, while freshman Nick Turcarella was 3-4 with a
triple and three RBI to lead the offense. Sophomore Mickey Ryan
finished 3-5 with three RBI, while Crowley belted a three-run homer
in the seventh.
Freshman Chris Bowser picked up the
win (1-2) as he allowed four earned runs on five hits with four
strikeouts and a walk in six innings of work.
Freshman Nick Panza
(Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) led the Ravens offense
by hitting 2-3 with a double and run scored. Cavers extended his
team season-long hitting streak to 13 games with a leadoff homer in
the third and freshman Shawn Hayes (Charlton,
Mass./Holy Name) added a two-run single to knot the
score at 4-4 in the fourth.
Redshirt freshmanJake
Tenney (Surry, N.H./Monadnock) suffered the loss
(0-1) in relief. He allowed nine runs, six earned, on nine hits
with three strikeouts and two walks in 4.2 innings of work.
Franklin Pierce (18-11, 11-7 NE-10)
returns to action tomorrow afternoon for a key Conference
doubleheader at home against Saint Anselm College at 2 p.m. Bryant
(20-20-1, 9-12 NE-10) visits Southern Connecticut State University
on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
| Teams
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| R
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| FP
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 5
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| BRY
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 13
| 17
| 1
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BOX
SCORE
Battery
BRY: Chris Bowser, Stephen Brown (7), Paul Gately (8).
FP: Keith Broulliard, Jake Tenney (3) and Eric Cavers.
WP: Bowser (1-2)
LP: Tenney (0-1)
HR: Cavers(1); Crowley(3)
