Ravens blank Greyhounds 6-0 in game one;
Post 7-2 victory in nightcap
WORCESTER, MASS. (April 29, 2006) - Franklin Pierce, ranked 13th
in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
(NCBWA) poll and 16th in Collegiate Baseball magazine's Division II
coaches poll, posted a two-game sweep over Assumption College in a
Northeast-10 Conference Doubleheader this afternoon at Assumption
College. The Ravens blanked the Greyhounds 6-0 in game one before
posting a 7-2 victory in the nightcap.
FRANKLIN PIERCE 6, ASSUMPTION
0
In game one, Franklin Pierce
freshman Scott Savastano (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth
North) and junior All-American Garrett
Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) paced the Ravens
as each registered a multi-hit game. Savastano finished 4-for-5
with two runs scored, while Olson was 2-for-4 with one run scored.
Senior captain Randy Fenton (Worcester,
Mass./Doherty) chipped in with a base hit, one run
scored and one RBI.
Junior Eric Grabowski
(Worcester, Mass./David Prouty/St. John's) earned his
first victory of the season (1-1), allowing no runs, on six hits
while striking out four batters in 5.1 innings of work. Senior
Mike Farrell (Russell, Mass./Gateway)
tossed 3.2 scoreless inning of relief, allowing only three hits and
striking out two.
Assumption received solid offensive
production from senior Mike Cavalarro (West Haven,
Conn./West Haven), classmate Tyler Vivian
(Ashland, Mass./Marian) and freshman
Chris DeSimone (Johnston,
R.I./Hendricken). The three were a combined 6-for-12,
each posting two hits apiece.
Franklin Pierce opened the scoring
in the top of the first inning as Olson started the rally with a
one-out double. Senior All-American Bryan Duplissie
(East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock Regional) followed with
a sacrifice fly to centerfield to plate the first Raven run of the
game. The Ravens would take advantage of two Greyhound errors later
in the inning to score two more runs and take an early 3-0 lead.
Franklin Pierce added three more
runs over the course of the seventh and eighth inning to secure its
36th victory of the season. Assumption starter, freshman
Jeff Barbale (Charlton, Mass./Marian)
suffered the loss (2-6), tossing seven innings, allowing four runs,
one earned on seven hits, while striking out two.
Boxscore
& Play-By-Play
FRANKLIN PIERCE 7, ASSUMPTION 2
In game two, Duplisse led Franklin
Pierce as he hit 4-for-5 with two doubles, one run scored and four
RBIs. Olson was also solid at the plate, totaling two hits, one run
scored and one RBI, while junior Vinny Pennell
(Spencer, Mass./David Prouty) registered a 2-for-4
performance with one RBI.
Sophomore Tyler Vivian
(Ashland, Mass./Marian) collected two hits and one
RBI to lead Assumption in game two. Cavallaro notched an RBI single
and scored a run to aid the Greyhound offense, while sophomore
Scott Boyle (Cranston, R.I./Cranston
West) chipped in with one hit and one run scored.
Franklin Pierce junior right-hander
Nate Berberian (Northborough,
Mass./Algonquin) tossed 5.2 innings for the Ravens to
earn his second win of the season (2-2). Berberian yielded two
earned runs on seven hits, while striking out four and walking two.
Freshman Mike Gibbon
(Gloucester, Mass./Gloucester) hurled seven innings
in a losing effort for Assumption (1-4). He allowed five runs, two
earned, on seven hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
Franklin Pierce struck first with a
single run in the top of the fourth inning. Senior Mike
Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) singled
through the left side to leadoff the inning and later stole second
to move into scoring position. Two batters later, Duplisse
connected for his first double of the game to drive in Chambers,
giving the Ravens the early lead.
Franklin Pierce connected for four
more runs in the top of the fifth inning as sophomore
Matt Anderson (Medford, Mass./Medford)
belted a one out double and later scored on an RBI single by senior
Elliot Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant). Two
batters later, Duplisse capped off the inning with his second
double of the game, driving in two more runs.
Boxscore
& Play-By-Play
Franklin Pierce (37-10, 22-6 NE-10)
and Assumption College (9-31, 6-19 NE-10) round out their three
game weekend series at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field in
Rindge, N.H., tomorrow at 1 p.m.
