Skyhawks erase early deficit, hand
Ravens back-to-back losses for first time this season
EASTON, Mass. (April 2,
2006) - Stonehill College handed Franklin Pierce, ranked
11th in this week's Collegiate Baseball
magazine Division II poll, two-straight losses for the first time
this season with a 3-2 setback in Northeast-10 Conference baseball
action at Lou Gorman Field this afternoon.
Sophomore right-hander
Andy Hillier (Hanover, Mass./Hanover)
held the Northeast-10's top offense to just two runs, one earned,
on five hits with eight strikeouts and a walk over eight plus
innings of work to pick up his second win of the season (2-2).
Senior Joe Breen (Swampscott,
Mass./Swampscott) came in and got the final three
outs after the first two Franklin Pierce batters had reached to
nail down his second save in as many games.
Junior Max Vigliotti
(Stamford, Conn./Cheshire Academy) led the Skyhawks
offense as he hit 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Senior
Coley Lyons (West Roxbury, Mass./Catholic
Memorial) was 2-3 with a run scored, while senior
T.J. Piscatelli (Norfolk, Mass./Xavarian)
and junior Adam Pardo (Hanover,
Mass./Hanover) were both 1-3 with a run scored.
Senior All-American
Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock
Regional) led Franklin Pierce as he hit 2-for-4 with
a double, stolen base and two RBI. Senior Elliott Shea
(Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) was 1-3 with a double and two
runs scored.
Junior right-hander
Nate Berberian (Northborough,
Mass./Northborough) suffered the loss (1-1) as he
allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk with two
strikeouts in 3.1 innings of relief for the Ravens. Senior
Tyler Cummings (South Paris, Maine/Oxford
Hills) started for Franklin Pierce, allowing an
earned run on three hits with two strikeouts and two walks over the
first 3.1 innings. He missed his second-straight chance to become
the program's all-time win leader as he remains tied with Chris
Shank and Jon White atop Franklin Pierce's career win list with a
20-12 career mark.
Franklin Pierce opened the scoring
with a single run in the top of the first, marking the
18th time in 24 games this season the Ravens have scored
in their first at bat. Shea reached with a one-out double and
scored two batters later on a two-out single by Duplissie.
Stonehill knotted the score in the
fourth as Piscatelli was hit by a Cummings pitch with one out and
later scored when sophomore Ryan Halloran (Tyngsboro,
Mass./Tyngsboro) welcomed Berberian into the game by
drawing a bases loaded walk. The Ravens escaped further damage as
Stonehill's next batter grounded into a double play, aided by an
interference call.
The Skyhawks took the lead in the
fifth as Pardo led off with a single, reached third on a Lyons
single and scored on a fielder's choice. Stonehill added an
insurance run in the seventh after Berberian retired the first two
batters. Lyons was hit by a pitch before scoring on Vigliotti's
double to right center.
Franklin Pierce threatened in the
ninth as Shea walked and reached second on a passed ball. Senior
Mike Chambers (Londonderry,
N.H./Londonderry) singled to put runners on the
corners and chase Hillier. Shea scored on a fielder's choice,
before the game ended when junior Kim Hart (Gorham,
Maine/Gorham) popped to the shortstop on an attempted
hit and run, resulting in an easy double play.
Franklin Pierce (17-7, 2-3 NE-10)
looks to get back on track on Tuesday when it visits Bryant
University at 3:30 p.m. Stonehill (11-10, 7-2 NE-10) visits
Merrimack College on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
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