Ravens win opener, 6-1, behind Cummings; take nightcap
10-3
WALTHAM, Mass. (April 15,
2006) - Franklin Pierce, ranked 18th in this
week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)
Division II poll and 22nd in Collegiate
Baseball magazine's coaches poll, swept a Northeast-10
Conference baseball doubleheader at Bentley College this afternoon.
The Ravens won game one, 6-1, before taking the nightcap, 10-3.
Freshman Scott
Savastano (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North) led the
Franklin Pierce offense as he hit a combined 4-for-8 with a run
scored and two stolen bases. Senior Elliott Shea
(Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) was a combined 4-for-9 with a
double, triple, three runs scored, three RBI and two stolen
bases.
Seniors Mike Chambers
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) and Randy
Fenton (Worcester, Mass./Doherty) each reached career
hitting milestones in the Ravens game one victory. Chambers became
just the fourth player in program history to reach the 200 career
hit plateau with a single in the third inning, while Fenton became
the 14th member of the 100 career hit club with a single
in the fifth.
Franklin Pierce 6, Bentley
1
Senior right-hander Tyler Cummings (South
Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills) threw seven strong innings
and Franklin Pierce broke the game open with two runs in both the
fifth and sixth innings. Cummings allowed just two hits and a walk
with four strikeouts over seven shutout innings of work to pick up
his fifth win of the season
(5-1).
Chambers was 2-for-5 with a double
and an RBI, while Savastano was 2-4 with a stolen base. Fenton hit
2-3 with an RBI and run scored, while Shea was 1-3 with a double,
two runs scored and two RBI.
Senior Bill Dacier
(Medway, Mass./Medway) was the lone Bentley batter
with multiple hits, going 2-for-3, while freshman Kevin
Vona (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) was 1-3 with an RBI.
Freshman right-hander
Tim Cadran (Greenfield, Mass./Greenfield)
suffered the loss (1-4), yielding five runs, four earned, on eight
hits and four walks with two strikeouts over seven innings.
Franklin Pierce opened the scoring
with a single run in the second. Senior All-American
Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock
Regional) led off with a single and advanced to third
on a Savastano single before scoring on a sacrifice fly from junior
Vinny Pennell (Spencer, Mass./David
Prouty).
Franklin Pierce added a pair of
runs in both the fifth and sixth. Shea and Chambers each notched
RBI doubles in the fifth, before Fenton notched an RBI single and
Shea added a sacrifice fly.
The Ravens added a single run in
the ninth as Shea drew a leadoff walk and scored on a sac fly from
junior All-American Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford
Hills). Bentley spoiled the shutout bid in the home
half as freshman Steve Mejia (Hyde Park, Mass./West
Roxbury) drew a leadoff walk and later scored on
Vona's single through the right side.
Boxscore
& Play-by-Play
Franklin Pierce 10, Bentley
3
In the nightcap, Franklin Pierce spotted Bentley an early
lead before scoring ten unanswered runs. Shea added three hits and
Duplissie earned the complete-game victory on the mound, helping
his own cause with his team-leading ninth home run of the
season.
Duplissie allowed just three earned
runs (all in the first inning) on five hits and three walks with
three strikeouts in earning his fourth win of the season (4-1).
Four of Bentley's five hits came in the first inning as Duplissie
scattered three walks and a hit over the final eight frames.
Shea was 3-for-6 at the plate with
a triple, run scored, stolen base and RBI. Olson was 2-4 with a
double, home run, two RBI and two runs scored, while junior
Greg Redding (Kerhonkson, N.Y./Rondout
Valley) was 2-4 with two runs scored. Savastano
finished 2-4 with a run scored and stolen base, while sophomore
Matt Anderson (Medford, Mass./Medford)
chipped in two RBI.
Senior Chad Mastin
(Newmarket, N.H./Newmarket) led Bentley as he hit
1-for-4 with a triple and two RBI. Junior Tom Haugh
(Andover, Mass./St. John's Prep) was 1-3 with an
RBI.
Sophomore Joe Herzog
(Cheshire, Mass./Hoosac Valley) suffered the loss on
the mound (2-4), surrendering nine runs, seven earned, on nine hits
and two walks with two strikeouts over seven innings.
Bentley jumped ahead with three in
the first. Mastin followed back-to-back one-out singles with a
triple to left center and scored when Haugh added an RBI single to
right. Franklin Pierce knotted the score with three in the third
after Herzog retired the first two batters of the inning. Chambers
followed a Shea triple with a double to left before Olson came up
and belted a two-run homer to left.
Franklin Pierce added two more in
the fourth thanks to an error and a sacrifice fly from Anderson.
The Ravens broke the game open with four in the seventh, sparked by
Duplissie's two-run homer after Olson's one-out double. Anderson
and Shea each added RBI singles in the frame. The Ravens rounded
out the scoring in the ninth on a dropped fly ball.
Boxscore
& Play-by-Play
Franklin Pierce (26-8, 11-4 NE-10)
and Bentley College (13-14-1, 7-9 NE-10) conclude their three-game
weekend series on Monday at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field in
Rindge at 3:30 p.m.
