Ravens limp home after seventh-straight loss on Florida
swing
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 19,
2004) - Molloy College sent Franklin Pierce home from its
Florida swing with a seven-game losing streak as it swept a
non-conference baseball doubleheader this afternoon over the No.
4-ranked team in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association (NCBWA) Northeast Region poll.
The seven-game skid is the longest
for Franklin Pierce since an 11-game slide (April 8-22) during the
1998 season. The skein is the longest under sixth-year Head Coach
Jayson King, eclipsing a six-game skid
(March 26-29) during his first season at the Ravens helm in 1999.
In game one, freshman
Mike Singer (Coral Springs, Fla.) doubled
and scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Matt Meaney
(Valley Stream, N.Y.) to put Molloy ahead for good in
the bottom of the sixth.
Junior right-hander
Bryan Borowski (Clarksburg, Mass./Drury)
pitched well in defeat for Franklin Pierce, yielding five earned
runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts in six innings of
work.
Sophomore Mike Feetham
(Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) led the Ravens offense
as he hit 2-for-3 with a run scored. Freshman Garrett
Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) was 1-2 with an
RBI and run scored.
Senior John Maloney
(Garden City, N.Y.) put Molloy ahead in the bottom of
the first with a two-run homer.
Franklin Pierce rallied with three
runs in the top of the fifth for a 3-2 advantage. Freshman
Kim Hart (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) singled
in Olson and classmate Vinnie Pennell (Spencer,
Mass./David Prouty) drove in Feetham with on a
fielder's choice. Hart scored the go-ahead run when junior
Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Mass./Oxford
Hills) reached on an error by the Lions shortstop.
Molloy regained the lead with a
pair of runs scored on Borowski balks in the bottom of the fifth.
Franklin Pierce knotted the score at 4-4 in the top of the sixth as
senior Dante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury) doubled and scored on an Olson
single.
| Teams
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| R
| H
| E
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| FP
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
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| MC
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| x
| 5
| 7
| 2
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BOX
SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY
Batteries:
FP - Bryan Borowski and Eric Cavers.
MC - Dennis Conroy and Frank DiFranco.
WP: Conroy
LP: Borowski (1-2)
HR: John Maloney (one on in the
1st)
In the nightcap, Molloy broke open
a 4-3 game with five runs over the fourth and fifth innings and
coasted to victory.
Leading 4-3 after three innings,
the Lions scored three runs in the top of the fourth to break
things open. Sophomore John Jata (Rockville Centre,
N.Y.) kicked things off with a single and scored on a
wild pitch. After Meaney drew a walk, sophomore Joe
Holden (Wantaugh, N.Y.) belted a two-run homer.
Franklin Pierce freshman
right-hander Clay Jenkins (Easton,
N.H./Profile) suffered the loss, as he was touched
for six earned runs on five hits and three walks with a strikeout
in 3.1 innings of work.
Sophomore Elliott Shea
(Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) paced the Ravens offense as he
hit 2-4 with two runs scored, a home run and two RBI. Blancarte
finished 2-3 with an RBI, while Olson was 2-3.
Molloy jumped out to a 3-0 lead in
the top of the first, sparked by a two-run double from sophomore
Kevin Sluka (East Meadow, N.Y.), but
Franklin Pierce responded with a pair in the bottom half of the
inning as Shea smacked his second homer of the season, a two-run
shot.
The Lions plated a run in the
second for a 4-2 advantage, but the Ravens closed to within a run
again in the third as Shea singled, stole second, then scored on a
single by Blancarte.
| Teams
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| R
| H
| E
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| MC
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 11
| 0
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| FP
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 2
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BOX
SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY
Batteries:
MC - Joe Penny, Bill Delmore (6), Mike
Tinney (7) and Mike Singer.
FP - Clay Jenkins, Tom Gilmore (4), Matt Fisher
(4), Stephen Minor (6) and Eric Cavers.
WP: Penney
LP: Jenkins (0-1)
HR: Elliott Shea (2nd, one on in the
1st), Joe Holden (one on in the 4th)
TEIKYO POST GAME
UPDATE: Officials of the Gene Cusic Classic upheld
the forfeit loss for Franklin Pierce to Teikyo Post University on
Thursday. The Eagles receive a 7-0 victory with all statistics up
to the point the game was halted counting, as it was an official
game with TPU leading 5-3 in the top of the sixth. Neither pitcher
receives a decision, however.
Franklin Pierce (5-12) is scheduled
to return to action on Tuesday, March 23, at Assumption College at
3 p.m. Molloy (5-10) faces Iona College tomorrow at 1p.m.
