Dunn went 2-for-3 with
two runs scored to lead the Ravens |
Big Inning Lifts FP
Past Teikyo Post, 9-6
Ravens score all nine runs in fifth inning
to erase 3-0 deficit
LANGDON, N.H. (April 4, 2002)
- Franklin Pierce University
used a nine-run fifth inning to
erase a 3-0 deficit and go on to post a 9-6 victory over
Teikyo Post University in non-conference baseball action
at Fall Mountain Regional High School this afternoon. The
games was moved due to poor field conditions at FPC’s Crystal
Field.
Junior second baseman Mike
Callahan (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) ripped
a three-run double after the first three Franklin Pierce
batters reached base in the fifth inning to knot the score
at 3-3. After a sacrifice bunt moved Callahan to third base,
senior Scott Loiseau (Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian)
drove him in with a single to put FP
ahead for good.
Junior Paul McAuliffe (Foxboro,
Mass./Foxboro) followed with a walk before freshman
Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) followed
with a three-run homer to put the Ravens up 7-3. Sophomore
Dante Blancarte (Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury) added
an RBI single after junior Dan Close (Leominster,
Mass./Leominster), who walked, scored on a wild
pitch to round out the FP
scoring.
Freshman Bear Dunn (Charlton,
Mass./Shepherd Hill) was the lone FP
player with
multiple hits as he batted two-for-three with two runs scored.
Cavers finished 1-4 with the homer and three RBIs, while
Callahan was 1-3 with a double and base on balls.
Freshman Eric Cavers smacked a three run homer in
tonight's contest |
Sophomore Greg Basile (Suffield,
Conn./Suffield) earned his first career win on the
mound as he allowed three earned runs on two hits with two
walks and five strikeouts in four inning of relief work. FP
starter Gary Laakso (Athol, Mass./Athol) yielded
just three runs, one earned, on four hits with two walks
and five K’s in four innings. Close picked up his first
save of the season as he fired a no-hit ninth with two strikeouts.
Teikyo Post struck first in the game
with a pair of runs in the second inning. Junior Terrance
O’Neil walked and later scored thanks to an FP
error on
a fielder’s choice. Freshman Ryan Gannon doubled and later
scored on a squeeze play executed by sophomore Mike Trahan.
The Eagles got their third run in
the third frame as freshman Michael Dettlebach doubled in
sophomore Brian Hayes.
Gannon led the TPU offense as he
hit 2-4 with a double, a homerun, two runs scored and three
RBIs, while Dettlebach was 2-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Sophomore James Woodward suffered the loss as he was touched
for eight earned runs on five hits with three walks in 4.1
innings of work. He held FP
without a hit through the first
four innings, before coming unraveled in the fifth.
FP
(7-7, 2-1 NE-10) returns to action
on Friday when it travels to Manchester, N.H., to face Saint
Anselm College at 3 p.m. The game is a makeup of a rain
out on Wednesday afternoon. Teikyo Post (4-16, 1-4 CACC)
returns to the diamond on Saturday for a doubleheader with
the University of New Haven at noon.
| Teams |
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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| Teikyo Post |
0
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2
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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3
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0
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6
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7
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2
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0
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0
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9
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0
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0
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0
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9
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7
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4
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Batteries:
TPU: James Woodward, Ryan Dickerman (5th), Ryan Gannon and
Craig O’Connor.
FPC: Gary Laakso, Greg Basile (5th), Dan Close (9th) and
Eric Cavers, Al Medeiros (9th).
WP: Basile (1-0)
LP: Woodward (0-3)
SV: Close (1)
HR: Cavers (3), Gannon (1)