Weagle, Ravens take game one in ten innings, Owls rally for
split in the nightcap
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (May 3,
2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked fourth in this week's NCAA
Division II Northeast Regional poll, and Southern Connecticut State
University, ranked fifth, opened a key Northeast-10 Conference
Markey Division weekend baseball series with a split of a
doubleheader at The Ballpark at SCSU this afternoon.
The Ravens scored four runs in the
top of the tenth in game one to open the day with a 6-2 victory.
The Owls rallied with two runs in the bottom of the ninth to pull
out an 8-7 nightcap win. In game one, Franklin Pierce scored four
times in the top of the tenth inning to break open a 2-2 contest.
Junior right-hander Matt Weagle (Charlton,
Mass./Shephard Hills) picked up his career-best
seventh win of the season (7-1) with his second career ten-inning
complete-game effort. Weagle allowed two earned runs on nine hits
and two walks with nine strikeouts.
Freshman Nick Panza
(Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) batted 2-for-3 in the
game with a double, a run scored and an RBI. Classmate
Elliott Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) hit
2-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Sophomore Eric
Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) belted a
double and drove in a pair.
Junior lefthander Brian Forgione
also went the distance for Southern and suffered the loss (3-2),
allowing six runs, five earned, on nine hits with eight strikeouts
and two walks.
Senior Alan Barbaro and sophomore
Jon DeRubeis each hit 2-4 in the contest, with DeRubeis adding an
RBI. Junior Bobby Pentino finished 2-5 with an RBI.
Freshman Mike Chambers
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) led off the Ravens
tenth with a double down the leftfield line. He was lifted for a
pinch-runner, freshman Randy Fenton, who was advanced to third on a
sac bunt from Panza. After a walk, Cavers doubled to left center to
score Fenton, and Shea followed with a two-run single. Senior
Dan Close (Leominster, Mass./Leominster)
singled in Shea to round out the scoring.
The Ravens trailed 2-1 entering the
seventh, but Panza registered an RBI double to score Chambers, who
reached on an error, to knot the score.
| Teams
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| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| R
| H
| E
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| FP
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 9
| 0
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| SCSU
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 2
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Batteries:
FP - Matt Weagle and Eric Cavers
SCSU -- Forgione and Pagan
WP: Weagle
(7-1)
LP: Forgione (3-2)
In the nightcap, SCSU plated a pair
of runs in the bottom of the ninth to avoid the sweep. Junior Chris
Nugent registered a pinch-hit double to start the frame and scored
the tying run when the throw on a DeRubeis fielder's choice from
Ravens freshman shortstop Shawn Hayes (Charlton,
Mass./Holy Name) was not in time at the plate. Junior
Henry Lee followed with a fielder's choice that forced out DeRubeis
at second. Lee scored on a double to right center by sophomore Mel
Davis to end the game.
Pentino was 2-3 in the game with a
stolen base, while Davis finished 2-4 with an RBI and run scored.
DeRubeis and junior Orlando Lugo each added a pair of RBI.
Freshman Matt Hennessey picked up
the win (2-3) with two innings of perfect relief with a strikeout.
Sophomore Keith
Brouillard (Westport, Mass./Somerset) suffered the
loss (1-2) in relief for the Ravens. He allowed two earned runs on
four hits with two strikeouts and no walks over 3.2 innings.
Franklin Pierce starter Bryan Borowski (Clarksburg,
Mass./Drury) didn't record an out in yielding four
earned on two hits with two walks. Freshman Arric
Mather (Danville, N.H./Winnacunnet) kept Franklin
Pierce in the game with 4.2 innings of strong relief, allowing an
earned run on two hits with three strikeouts.
Close led the Ravens offense,
hitting 2-5 with two runs scored, a double, a home run and three
RBI. Junior Dante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury) was 2-3 with an RBI, while Chambers
finished 2-4. Cavers and Shea each finished 2-6.
Franklin Pierce staked out a 3-0
lead in the top of the first thanks to a three-run bomb from Close
down the leftfield line. Southern answered with five runs in the
bottom of the frame take the lead.
| Teams
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| R
| H
| E
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| FP
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 0
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| SCSU
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 9
| 2
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Batteries:
FP - Brian Borowski, Jake Tenney (1), Arric Mather (2),
Keith Brouillard (6) and Eric Cavers
SCSU -- Giampaolo, Hanssen (5), Twardrik (7),
Hennessey (8) and Hewes.
WP: Hennessey
(2-3)
LP: Brouillard (1-2)
Franklin Pierce (22-13, 15-9 NE-10)
and Southern Connecticut (19-15, 15-8 NE-10) will round out their
weekend series with a crucial rubber game tomorrow afternoon in
Rindge, N.H., at 1 p.m.
