Franklin
Pierce Nips Stonehill, 1-0 RINDGE,
N.H. (April 25, 2004) –
Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 6 in this week’s National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Northeast Region poll,
won its third one-run game of the weekend with a 1-0 victory over
Stonehill College, ranked fourth in the region, in a key Northeast-10
Conference baseball matchup at Gorman Field this afternoon.
The
win is a record 12th-straight for Franklin Pierce, which
completed the key three-game weekend series sweep of Stonehill by
posting one-run victories in each contest. The Ravens posted 5-4 and 6-5
wins in Rindge, N.H., on Saturday, winning both games in their last at
bat, before holding on for the 1-0 triumph this afternoon.
Junior
right-hander Keith
Brouillard (Westport, Mass./Somerset) improved to 8-0 on the
season as he fired a three-hit shutout, walking just two and striking
out seven in the complete game effort. With the win, he is the first
pitcher in program history to start a season 8-0 and his eight
consecutive winning decisions matches the record set by former Franklin
Pierce All-American Matt Weagle who accomplished the feat between the
2002 and 2003 seasons.
Brouillard
out-dueled Stonehill sophomore Billy Sittig (West Roxbury, Mass.) who was pinned with the loss
despite yielding just an unearned run on four hits and three walks with
eight strikeouts over nine innings. Sophomore Elliott Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) paced the Franklin Pierce offense as he finished 1-for-4 and scored the lone run of the contest. His two stolen bases which set up the winning run were the 21st and 22nd of the season, surpassing teammate Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) single-season record of 20 set in 2003.
Shea
reached on an error to lead off the Ravens fourth and stole second. With
one out, he stole third and scored when Stonehill freshman catcher Matthew
Dudley’s (Norton, Mass./Norton) throw sailed into leftfield.
Freshman
Kim Hart (Gorham, Maine/Gorham)
finished 1-for-2 at the plate for Franklin Pierce with a pair of walks.
Cavers batted 1-4 to extend his team-best hitting streak to a
season-long 12 games and freshman Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills) chipped in with a
double.
Junior
Tim Flynn (Clifton Park, N.Y.)
hit 1-3 for Stonehill, as did senior Joe
Mastromonaco (Carmel, N.Y.). Flynn also stole a pair of bases
Flynn
singled to lead off the Chieftains ninth, stole second and advanced to
third on a groundout. Senior Mike
Schlittler (Needham, Mass.) followed with a fly ball to
rightfield and Franklin Pierce sophomore Mike
Feetham (Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) made the catch and fired a
strike to Cavers who held on to the ball on the collision Flynn at the
plate to make the final out of the ballgame.
Franklin Pierce (25-16, 20-4 NE-10) is scheduled to return to
action tomorrow afternoon with a doubleheader at Assumption College
beginning at 2 p.m. Stonehill (25-14, 17-10 NE-10) hosts UMass Lowell on
Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. |
