Ravens post sixth straight win with regular season series
sweep of Stonehill
RINDGE, N.H. (April 28,
2005) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 29 in Collegiate
Baseball magazine's Division II poll for the third-straight
week, completed its sweep of a midweek series with Stonehill
College with a 10-0 victory in Northeast-10 Conference baseball
action at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field this afternoon.
The 10-0 victory this afternoon,
follows up Franklin Pierce's commanding 10-2 triumph over Stonehill
at Campanelli Stadium, in Brockton, Mass., on Tuesday night. The
Ravens are now winners of a season-high matching six-straight,
10-of-its-last-12 and
16-of-19.
Three Franklin Pierce pitchers
combined on its fourth shutout of the season. Junior right-hander
Tyler Cummings (South Paris, Maine/Oxford
Hills) improved to 4-3 with six-plus scoreless
innings of work, surrendering just five hits and three walks with
three strikeouts. Junior Mike Farrell (Russell,
Mass./Gateway Regional) and freshman
Steve Shepard (Peterborough, N.H./Conval)
completed the shutout with a combined three innings of one-hit
shutout relief.
Sophomore Kim Hart
(Gorham, Maine/Gorham) led the Ravens offensive
attack as he hit 3-for-4 with three RBI. Junior Mike
Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) was 2-3 with
a double, two RBI and three runs scored, while classmate
Randy Fenton (Worcester, Mass./Doherty)
finished 2-3 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore
Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford
Hills) hit 2-5 with a double and two RBI.
Freshman Ryan Halloran
(Tyngsboro, Mass./Tyngsboro) was the lone Stonehill
batter with multiple hits as he was 2-for-3. Junior
T.J. Piscatelli (Norfolk, Mass./Xavarian)
finished
1-3.
Sophomore right-hander
Nick SantaBarbara (Middleton,
Mass./Masconomet) suffered just his second loss (5-2)
of the season for the Chieftains as he was hit for seven earned
runs on eight hits and a walk with two strikeouts and three hit
batters.
The game was scoreless until
Franklin Pierce broke through with a single run in the fourth.
Chambers led off the frame with a single through the left side and
scored on a Hart single to right.
The Ravens erupted for six runs in
the sixth as SantaBarbara hit the first three batters of the inning
with pitches to load the bases before Hart drilled a two-run single
to right. After a walk and strikeout, Fenton registered an RBI
single through the right side, followed by a two-run double by
Olson to right. Sophomore Vinny Pennell (Spencer,
Mass./David Prouty) capped the rally with an RBI
single.
Franklin Pierce tacked on three
more in the eighth as Chambers roped a two-run double and junior
Shawn Hayes (Charlton, Mass./Holy Name)
added an RBI double to extend his current hitting streak to 15
games.
Stonehill's best chance to break
the shutout came in the sixth, trailing 1-0, as the Chieftains
loaded the bases but could not deliver a two-out hit. The
Chieftains also put the first two batters on in the sixth with a
walk and a hit batter, but Farrell came on and worked out of the
jam for Cummings.
Franklin Pierce (22-9, 16-6 NE-10)
returns to action tomorrow afternoon when it hosts N0. 26 Southern
Connecticut State University in a battle between the top two teams
in the Northeast Region and NE-10 at Dr. Pappas Field at 3:30 p.m.
Stonehill (18-14, 11-9 NE-10) visits Bryant University tomorrow at
3:30 p.m.
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