Hayes, Shea lead Ravens into game five today against game four
loser
RINDGE, N.H. (May 20,
2005) - Top-seeded Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 27 in
Collegiate Baseball magazine's Division II poll, stayed alive with
a 12-4 victory in game three of the 2005 NCAA Division II Northeast
Regional at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce (31-13) will face
the loser of today's second game between second-seeded and No.
29-ranked Southern Connecticut State (29-12) and fourth-seeded
UMass Lowell (28-18) later today at 4 p.m. Adelphi sees its season
come to a close at 25-19.
The numbers two through four
batters for Franklin Pierce did the bulk of the damage in the
contest and the three hitters were a combined 9-for-13 with three
home runs, two doubles, seven RBI and ten runs scored.
Junior Shawn Hayes
(Charlton, Mass./Holy Name) led the Ravens 14-hit
barrage, as he was 3-for-4 with a pair of homers, a stolen base,
three RBI and three runs scored. Classmate Elliott Shea
(Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) was 4-5 with a double, three
runs scored and two RBI, while junior Mike Chambers
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) was 2-4 with a
double, homer, three runs scored and three RBI. Chambers double in
the third was his Northeast-10 Conference leading 18th of the
season, surpassing the program's single-season mark of 17 set by
former Ravens All-American Eric Cavers in 2003.
Junior right-hander
Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock
Regional) improved to 6-1 on the mound as he went
eight strong innings, yielding four runs, just one earned, on seven
hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He was also 1-4 at the
plate with two RBI.
Junior Tom Cali
(Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) was the lone Adelphi
batter with multiple hits, batting 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles.
Junior Brian Horrmann (Ronkonkoma,
N.Y./Connetquot) finished 1-3 with a double and RBI.
Sophomore Michael Myers
(Wantagh, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) took the loss for
the Panthers as he was hit for five earned runs on six hits with
three strikeouts and a pair of walks over two innings of work.
Franklin Pierce jumped ahead early,
scoring in the first inning for the 24th time this season (19-5
record), as Duplissie collected a two-run single through the left
side with two out. The Ravens added three in the third to take a
5-1 advantage with Shea doubling down the leftfield line and
scoring on a Chambers double to left. Two Adelphi wild pitches
resulted in two more runs.
Adelphi closed within 5-3 with a
pair on the home half of the third with a pair of unearned runs.
Horrmann delivered an RBI double and junior Doug Anderson (Oyster
Bay, N.Y./Oyster Bay) scored on an error. However, the Ravens broke
the game open with three in the fourth and four more in the sixth
through eighth. Chambers delivered a two-run homer in the fourth
and Hayes added solo homers in the sixth and eighth.
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