Ravens end seven-game slide behind two solid pitching
performances
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (March
27, 2004) - The Franklin Pierce baseball team, ranked
ninth in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association (NCBWA) Division II Northeast Region poll, put an end
to a seven-game slide by sweeping a Northeast-10 Conference
doubleheader at American International College this afternoon. The
Ravens took game one, 7-0, before posting a 9-1 decision in the
nightcap.
Franklin Pierce rode the standout
pitching of juniors Bryan Borowski (Clarksburg,
Mass./Drury) and Keith Brouillard
(Westport, Mass./Somerset) for the victories.
Borowski fired a three hit shutout
in game one, walking four and striking out a career-best 13 over
nine innings. Sophomores Elliott Shea (Jaffrey,
N.H./Conant) and Mike Chambers
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) paced the Ravens
offense. Shea was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and runs scored,
while Chambers finished 2-4 with a stolen base, two runs scored and
two RBI. Senior Dante Blancarte (South Berwick,
Maine/Amesbury (Mass.)) and sophomore
Mike Feetham (Quincy, Mass./North Quincy)
were each 2-4 with a run scored and RBI, while Blancarte also
belted a double.
Junior Paul Thompson
(Lunenburg, Mass.) suffered the loss for American
International as he went the distance and yielded seven earned runs
on 11 hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Leading 1-0 after three innings,
Franklin Pierce broke the game open with three runs in the fourth
and fifth innings. Chambers opened the scoring in the fourth when
he scored on a wild pitch, then sophomore Randy Fenton
(Worcester, Mass./Doherty) and freshman
Vinny Pennell (Spencer, Mass./David
Prouty) each registered RBI singles. Chambers drove
in a pair in the fifth with a two-run single, and then scored on a
Feetham safety after stealing second.
| Teams
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| R
| H
| E
|
| AIC
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| FP
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| x
| 7
| 11
| 0
|
BOX
SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY
Batteries:
AIC - Paul Thompson and Chris Cali.
FP - Bryan Borowski and Eric Cavers.
WP: Borowski
(2-2)
LP: Thompson (0-3)
In the nightcap, Brouillard held
the Yellow Jackets hitless until the seventh and scoreless until
they scored a single run in the ninth to improve to 2-0 on the
season. Brouillard allowed just the unearned run on three hits with
no walks and a career-best ten strikeouts in the complete-game
effort.
Chambers paced the offense, as he
was 2-3 with a pair of doubles, a run scored and two RBI. Pennell
was 3-4 with a double and RBI, while freshman Garrett
Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) finished 2-4 with
a double, run scored and RBI.
Freshman Dan Lester
(Durham, Conn.), who broke up the Brouillard
no-hitter with a single with two gone in the seventh, finished 2-4
with a run scored. Eric Boissy (Enfield,
Conn.) was 1-4 with an RBI. Mike Lavato
(Springfield, Conn.) suffered the loss, as he was
touched for five earned runs on two hits and five walks in 1.2
innings.
The Ravens took control of the game
with five runs in the second. Pennell doubled in two runs and then
scored on a sacrifice fly by Blancarte. Chambers capped the inning
with a two-run double.
| Teams
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| R
| H
| E
|
| AIC
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| FP
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| x
| 9
| 13
| 3
|
BOX
SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY
Batteries:
AIC - Mike Lavato, Bryan Soltis (3) and
Chris Cali.
FP - Keith Brouillard and Eric Cavers, John
Richard (8).
WP: Brouillard
(2-0)
LP: Lavato (1-1)
Franklin Pierce (7-12, 2-0 NE-10)
and American International (2-11, 1-3 NE-10) round out their
weekend series tomorrow with a single game at 1 p.m.
