Athletics - Franklin Pierce University

Senior Elliott Shea was a combined 4-for-9 with a double, triple, three runs scored and three RBI as the Ravens swept Bentley today.

#18/22 Franklin Pierce
Sweeps Bentley
Ravens win opener, 6-1, behind Cummings; take nightcap 10-3

WALTHAM, Mass. (April 15, 2006) – Franklin Pierce, ranked 18^th in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II poll and 22^nd in Collegiate Baseball magazine’s coaches poll, swept a Northeast-10 Conference baseball doubleheader at Bentley College this afternoon. The Ravens won game one, 6-1, before taking the nightcap, 10-3.

Freshman Scott Savastano (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North) led the Franklin Pierce offense as he hit a combined 4-for-8 with a run scored and two stolen bases. Senior Elliott Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant) was a combined 4-for-9 with a double, triple, three runs scored, three RBI and two stolen bases.

Senior Mike Chambers collected his 200th career hit in game one today.

Seniors Mike Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) and Randy Fenton (Worcester, Mass./Doherty) each reached career hitting milestones in the Ravens game one victory. Chambers became just the fourth player in program history to reach the 200 career hit plateau with a single in the third inning, while Fenton became the 14^th member of the 100 career hit club with a single in the fifth.

Franklin Pierce 6, Bentley 1
Senior right-hander Tyler Cummings (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills) threw seven strong innings and Franklin Pierce broke the game open with two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. Cummings allowed just two hits and a walk with four strikeouts over seven shutout innings of work to pick up his fifth win of the season (5-1).

Senior Randy Fenton notched his 100th career hit in game one today.

Chambers was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI, while Savastano was 2-4 with a stolen base. Fenton hit 2-3 with an RBI and run scored, while Shea was 1-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI.

Senior Bill Dacier (Medway, Mass./Medway) was the lone Bentley batter with multiple hits, going 2-for-3, while freshman Kevin Vona (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) was 1-3 with an RBI.

Freshman right-hander Tim Cadran (Greenfield, Mass./Greenfield) suffered the loss (1-4), yielding five runs, four earned, on eight hits and four walks with two strikeouts over seven innings.

Franklin Pierce opened the scoring with a single run in the second. Senior All-American Bryan Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock Regional) led off with a single and advanced to third on a Savastano single before scoring on a sacrifice fly from junior Vinny Pennell (Spencer, Mass./David Prouty).

Senior right-hander Tyler Cummings was nearly un-hittable over seven innings to pick up his fifth win of the year.

Franklin Pierce added a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth. Shea and Chambers each notched RBI doubles in the fifth, before Fenton notched an RBI single and Shea added a sacrifice fly.

The Ravens added a single run in the ninth as Shea drew a leadoff walk and scored on a sac fly from junior All-American Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills). Bentley spoiled the shutout bid in the home half as freshman Steve Mejia (Hyde Park, Mass./West Roxbury) drew a leadoff walk and later scored on Vona’s single through the right side.

Boxscore & Play-by-Play

Franklin Pierce 10, Bentley 3
In the nightcap, Franklin Pierce spotted Bentley an early lead before scoring ten unanswered runs. Shea added three hits and Duplissie earned the complete-game victory on the mound, helping his own cause with his team-leading ninth home run of the season.

Freshman Scott Savastano was a combined 4-for-8 with a run scored and a stolen base at Bentley this afternoon.

Duplissie allowed just three earned runs (all in the first inning) on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in earning his fourth win of the season (4-1). Four of Bentley’s five hits came in the first inning as Duplissie scattered three walks and a hit over the final eight frames.

Shea was 3-for-6 at the plate with a triple, run scored, stolen base and RBI. Olson was 2-4 with a double, home run, two RBI and two runs scored, while junior Greg Redding (Kerhonkson, N.Y./Rondout Valley) was 2-4 with two runs scored. Savastano finished 2-4 with a run scored and stolen base, while sophomore Matt Anderson (Medford, Mass./Medford) chipped in two RBI.

Senior Chad Mastin (Newmarket, N.H./Newmarket) led Bentley as he hit 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBI. Junior Tom Haugh (Andover, Mass./St. John’s Prep) was 1-3 with an RBI.

Senior All-American Bryan Duplissie went the distance on the mound and also belted a two-run homer in game two.

Sophomore Joe Herzog (Cheshire, Mass./Hoosac Valley) suffered the loss on the mound (2-4), surrendering nine runs, seven earned, on nine hits and two walks with two strikeouts over seven innings.

Bentley jumped ahead with three in the first. Mastin followed back-to-back one-out singles with a triple to left center and scored when Haugh added an RBI single to right. Franklin Pierce knotted the score with three in the third after Herzog retired the first two batters of the inning. Chambers followed a Shea triple with a double to left before Olson came up and belted a two-run homer to left.

Franklin Pierce added two more in the fourth thanks to an error and a sacrifice fly from Anderson. The Ravens broke the game open with four in the seventh, sparked by Duplissie’s two-run homer after Olson’s one-out double. Anderson and Shea each added RBI singles in the frame. The Ravens rounded out the scoring in the ninth on a dropped fly ball.

Boxscore & Play-by-Play

Franklin Pierce (26-8, 11-4 NE-10) and Bentley College (13-14-1, 7-9 NE-10) conclude their three-game weekend series on Monday at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field in Rindge at 3:30 p.m.