Ravens losing streak reaches season-long four games Teikyo Post awarded forfeit victory in game two

FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 18, 2004) - Caldwell College, ranked eighth in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Northeast Region poll, rallied from a 5-2 deficit after four innings for a 6-5 victory over Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 4 in the NCBWA Northeast Region poll, in non-conference baseball action at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic this morning.

Franklin Pierce's second game of the day against Teikyo Post University was called in the top of the sixth, with the Eagles holding a 5-3 lead, with the umpires awarding Teikyo Post a forfeit victory. The Ravens had filed a protest just before the game was halted, but Tournament officials did not uphold the Franklin Pierce protest as "the umpires had not informed Teikyo Post of the protest." The Eagles receive a 7-0 victory under NCAA forfeit rules for a seven inning game.            

Against Caldwell, the Cougars scored two runs in the top of the seventh and held Franklin Pierce scoreless in the bottom of the frame to pull out the victory. Caldwell knotted the score when sophomore catcher Landon Viessy (Bayside, N.J./Cardozo) scored when Franklin Pierce starter Daniel Fournier (Worcester, Mass./Holy Name) threw the ball over third baseman Garrett Olson's (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) head in an attempt to get Viessy out at third. Junior Fadul Bambino (Astoria, N.Y./Queensborough CC) walked and scored the winning run on a fielder's choice to second.

Fournier suffered his first collegiate loss (2-1) as he allowed six runs, five earned, on seven hits with five walks and eight strikeouts in the complete-game effort.

Junior Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) led the Ravens offense by hitting 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Sophomore Mike Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) was 3-4 with two RBI, while Olson finished 2-4.

Franklin Pierce scored two runs in the fourth to break open a 5-2 lead on the Cougars. Sophomore Randy Fenton (Worcester, Mass./Doherty) walked and scored on an RBI single from Cavers, who later scored on a single by Chambers.

Franklin Pierce (5-10) rounds out its spring break trip tomorrow with a doubleheader against Molloy College in Homestead, Fla., beginning at noon. Caldwell (7-3) battles Minnesota-Duluth tomorrow at 9 a.m.
 

BOX SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY

Batteries:
CC - Brian Moyle, Thomas Fasanello (6), Mike Kolesar (7) and Landon Viessy.
FP - Daniel Fournier and Eric Cavers.  

WP: Moyle
LP: Fournier (2-1)