Hawks seal victory with four-run eighth, Williams holds
Ravens in check
MANCHESTER, N.H. (April 15,
2004) - Holding a 2-1 lead, Saint Anselm College scored
four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to close out a 6-1
victory over Franklin Pierce, ranked eighth in this week's National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II
Northeast Region poll, in Northeast-10 Conference baseball action
at Sullivan Park this afternoon.
While the Saint Anselm bats broke
the game open late, freshman right-hander Ryan Williams
(Lynnfield, Mass./St. John's Prep) held the Franklin
Pierce offense in check in his complete game effort. He yielded
just the one earned run while scattering six hits (just two over
the final six innings) and four walks with six strikeouts,
stranding 13 Ravens on base.
Junior Keith Beauregard
(Leominster, Mass./Leominster) paced the Hawks
offense as he hit 4-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. Classmate
Bill Curry (Canton, Mass./Xavarian) was
1-3 with a home run and two runs scored, while sophomore
Anthony Modoono (Lexington,
Mass./Lexington) finished 1-4 with two
RBI.
Sophomore Mike Chambers
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) accounted for half of
the Franklin Pierce hit total against Williams as he hit 3-5 with a
double and stolen base. Classmate Elliott Shea
(Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) was 1-3 with a double and run
scored.
Junior right-hander
Bryan Borowski (Clarksburg, Mass./Drury)
suffered the loss (3-3) as he allowed four runs, three earned, on
seven hits with two strikeouts and no walks in seven-plus innings
of work.
Leading 2-1 entering the bottom of
the eighth, Saint Anselm chased Borowski with two singles to open
the frame. After a walk to load the bases, Modoono followed with a
two-run single. Freshman Wayne MacKay (Melrose,
Mass./Melrose) singled up the middle to drive in a
run and classmate Tom Sheehan (Mendon, Mass./Nipmuc
Regional) greeted the Ravens third pitcher of the
inning with a sacrifice fly to center to drive in the Hawks final
run of the game.
Saint Anselm opened the scoring
with a single run in the fourth with Curry's first home run of the
season to lead off the frame. The Hawks extended their lead to 2-0
in the sixth when Curry reached on a Borowski error and scored on a
Beauregard single through the right side with one out.
Franklin Pierce cut the lead in
half in the seventh. Shea belted a one-out double to left, advanced
to third on a Williams wild pitch, and scored on senior
Dante Blancarte's (South Berwick, Maine/Amesbury
(Mass.)) ground out.
Franklin Pierce (13-16, 8-4 NE-10)
returns tomorrow when it travels to Assumption College for a
doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. Tomorrow's rescheduled home game
with Assumption will be played on Monday, April 26, at 3:30 p.m.
Saint Anselm (13-15, 7-5 NE-10) hosts Bentley College tomorrow at
3:30 p.m.
BOXSCORE
& PLAY-BY-PLAY
