Presutti improves to 9-0, extends shutout streak to 26
innings
RINDGE, N.H. (April 30,
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, rolled to a 13-2 victory over Assumption
College in Northeast-10 Conference baseball action at Dr. Arthur
and Martha Pappas Field this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce, winners of nine of
ten, completes the three-game weekend series sweep of Assumption
with today's win. The Ravens were led by junior Shane
Presutti (Southbridge, Mass./Southbridge), who
improved his record to a perfect 9-0 this season with seven
scoreless innings to extend his school-record shutout streak to 26
innings. He scattered six hits and four walks, while striking out
nine, to move within a win of the program's single-season
record.
Senior All-American
Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock
Regional) led the Ravens offense, which staked out a
9-0 lead after three innings as he hit 3-for-5 with a double and
three RBI. Freshman Scott Savastano (Plymouth,
Mass./Plymouth North) was 3-5 with two RBI and two
runs scored, while junior Vinny Pennell (Spencer,
Mass./David Prouty) finished 3-3 with a stolen base
and two RBI. Senior Elliot Shea (Jaffrey,
N.H./Conant) chipped in with three RBI.
Freshman Mike
Baillargeon (Worcester, Mass./Holy Name) paced
Assumption as he hit 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Sophomore
Brian Quaglieri (Shrewsbury, Mass./St.
John's) was 1-2 in a reserve role, while senior
Tyler Vivian (Ashland, Mass./Marian)
finished 1-1 with a pair of walks.
Sophomore Rory Ahern
(Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) took the loss for the
Greyhounds (2-7), allowing nine earned runs on seven hits and three
walks with a strikeout over three
innings.
Franklin Pierce scored all the runs
they would need with five in the first, loading the bases before
Assumption recorded an out. Duplissie opened things with an RBI
single, before Savastano and Pennell each added two run singles.
The Ravens broke the game open with four more in the third. Senior
Randy Fenton (Worcester, Mass./Doherty)
drew a bases-loaded walk, before Shea cleared the bases with a
three-run double.
Duplissie's two-run double scored
two more runs for Franklin Pierce in the seventh, before the Ravens
added two more in the eight to cap their scoring on the day.
Assumption got on the board with a pair in the ninth as Baillargeon
collected a two-run double with two outs.
Franklin Pierce (38-10, 23-6 NE-10)
is back in action tomorrow when it makes up an earlier rainout at
Southern New Hampshire University at 2 p.m. Assumption (9-32, 6-20
NE-10) visits the College of the Holy Cross for a non-conference
doubleheader Tuesday beginning at 6 p.m.
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