Mike Callahan went 3-for-4 and drove in an RBI for the Ravens

9th-Inning Rally Lifts Grand Canyon Past FPC, 8-7
Reiman double lifts Antelopes to victory over inspired Ravens

PHOENIX, Ariz. (March 19, 2002) - Grand Canyon University rallied from two runs down in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Franklin Pierce College, 8-7, in non-conference baseball action at Brazell Stadium tonight.

The Ravens had rallied with four runs in the top of the eighth and looked to post an inspired victory over Grand Canyon after senior captain Scott Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) left the game after being beaned with a Ryan Bethel pitch in the top of the seventh.

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starter Jon White (Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic) retired the first two batters he face in the ninth, then walked Matt Denny, ending a string of 13 batters retired. Trent Otis singled to put runners on the corners, then White walked Chris Raymond to load the bases.

Mike Wojtkowski followed with a two-run single to knot the score at 7-7, then Joey Reiman laced an RBI double for the gamewinner.

The Ravens got four runs in the eighth as senior Eric Burney (Rockville, Conn./Rockville) laced a bases-loaded double that emptied the bases, followed by a single up the middle by sophomore Jason Bourque (Wolfeboro, N.H./Kingswood Regional) that scored Burney for a 7-5 FP
lead. Bourque entered the game as a pinch runner for Loiseau after the pitch hit him. Loiseau was playing in his school-record 133rd consecutive game.

White (1-1) suffered the loss, despite a solid pitching performance. He allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits with nine strikeouts and three walks in 8.2 innings of work.

Senior reliever Ben Mitchell picked up the win (2-2) as he allowed one earned run on two hits in 1.1 innings of work.

Reiman hit three-for-five with a homer, a double and three RBIs to lead the Grand Canyon offense, while Otis was 3-5 with a double and two runs scored. Wojtkowski had two hits and two RBIs.

Junior Mike Callahan (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) was 3-4 with an RBI, while Burney had the three-run double for Franklin Pierce.

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(3-3) returns to action tomorrow afternoon when it faces the University of Northern Colorado at 3 p.m. Grand Canyon (20-10) faces Northern Colorado on Thursday at 9 p.m.

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
FPC	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	8	1
GCU	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	8	12	2

Batteries
FPC: Jon White, Matt Weagle (9th) and Eric Cavers
GCU: Chris Raymond, Ryan Bethel (6th), Ben Mitchell (8th) and David Lopez.

WP: Mitchell (2-2)
LP: White (1-1)
2B: Burney (3), Otis (10), Reiman (14)
HR: Reiman (3)