Franklin Pierce, NJIT Split Twinbill
Highlanders ride late error to game one win
Borowski fires four-hit shutout to lead Ravens in nightcap

FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 14, 2004) – Franklin Pierce, receiving votes in both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) and Collegiate Baseball magazine Division II polls this week, split another non-conference doubleheader with New Jersey Institute of Technology at the Gene Cusic Classic tonight. NJIT used a Franklin Pierce error to post a 4-3 comeback win in game one, but the Ravens rebounded with an 8-0 victory in the nightcap.            

In game one, New Jersey Tech turned an untimely Franklin Pierce error into two runs with two out in the bottom of the sixth to knot the score at 3-3. Junior Dan Lupo (West Milford, N.J./West Milford) drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh with a bloop single over the Ravens drawn-in infield.

            Franklin Pierce redshirt freshman Matt Fisher (Athol, Mass./Athol) was the hard-luck loser as he allowed two runs, just one earned, on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts in two innings of relief work. Freshman Clay Jenkins (Easton, N.H./Profile) made his first collegiate start and allowed two runs, just one earned, on one hit with four walks and four strikeouts over the first five-plus innings.

            Sophomore Elliott Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) led the Franklin Pierce offense as he was 2-for-4 with an RBI and stolen base. Classmate Mike Feetham (Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) and freshman Kim Hart (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) were each 1-3 with an RBI.

            Franklin Pierce broke a scoreless game in the fourth with two runs as Feetham registered and RBI single and sophomore Mike Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) scored on a Hart fielder’s choice. The Ravens increased its lead to 3-0 in the fifth as senior Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) tripled and scored on a single by Shea.
 

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
FP	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	6	2
NJIT	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	3	1

BOX SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY

Batteries:
FP – Clay Jenkins, Matt Fisher (6) and Eric Cavers.
NJIT – Chris Legiadre and Philip Resciniti.

WP: Legiadre
LP: Fisher (0-1)              

In the nightcap, junior righthander Bryan Borowski (Clarksburg, Mass./Drury) fired a four-hit shutout to lead Franklin Pierce to victory. Borowski walked just two and fanned nine, including five-straight during one stretch, in earning his first victory of the season.

            Cavers paced the Ravens offense, as he was 3-4 with a run scored and RBI. Chambers was 2-3 with a run scored, while freshman Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) finished 2-3 with a run scored and RBI.

            Franklin Pierce jumped out to a 3-0 lead after an inning of play. Olson drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the first run before Feetham drove a run in with a fielder’s choice and Chambers scored on a wild pitch.

            Leading 4-0, the Ravens broke the game open with four runs in the fifth. Feetham and freshman Vinnie Pennell (Spencer, Mass./David Prouty) each sparked the inning with RBI doubles.

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NJIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
FP	3	0	0	1	4	0	x	8	12	1

BOX SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY

Batteries:
NJIT – Dan Racczynski, Vincent Tavaglione (4) and Resciniti.
FP – Bryan Borowski and Eric Cavers.  

WP: Borowski (1-1)
LP: Racszynski

            Franklin Pierce (4-4) is off until Tuesday when it faces North Dakota State University for a single game at 9 a.m. NJIT (3-4) faces Minnesota-Duluth for a doubleheader Tuesday at 9 a.m.