#9
Franklin Pierce Sweeps CLEARWATER,
Fla. (March 18, 2006) –
Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 9 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball
magazine Division II Coaches’ poll, extended its winning streak to a
school-record matching 12 games with a doubleheader sweep of Caldwell
College at Jack Russell Stadium, spring training home of the
Philadelphia Phillies, this afternoon. The Ravens posted a 10-0
victory in seven innings in game one, before posting a 9-4 triumph in
the nightcap.
Franklin Pierce, off to a 12-1 start
for the first time in program history, has won 12-straight for just
the second time, matching the program record set in April 2004. Senior
right-hander Tyler
Cummings (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills)
tossed a seven-inning shutout in game one for the Ravens to pick up
his 20th career victory, matching the program record set by
Chris Shank in 2002 and matched by Jon White in 2003.
Franklin Pierce (12-1, 0-0 NE-10)
enjoys an off day on Monday before it faces No. 4-ranked University of
Tampa in a Division II Top Ten battle Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The
Spartans enter Tuesday’s game winners of a school-record 20-straight
after a three-game weekend series sweep of Barry University. Caldwell
(1-6, 0-0 CACC) faces Oakland City College tomorrow at 4 p.m. In game one, senior Tyler Cummings fired a five-hit shutout with a walk and four strikeouts over the game, which was called after seven innings (mercy rule) with Franklin Pierce leading 10-0. Cummings improves to 3-0 and has not allowed a run over his last 17 innings of work, joining teammate Daniel Fournier (Worcester, Mass./Holy Name) with 17-inning shutout streaks – just two thirds of an inning shy of former teammate Keith Brouillard’s school record streak of 17.2 innings set in 2004. Cummings has posted a 20-11 career record at Franklin Pierce.
Senior
All-American Bryan
Duplissie (East Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock Regional)
led the offense as he hit 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a triple and
RBI. Senior Mike
Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry)
was 2-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, while junior All-American Garrett
Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills)
was 2-5 with a double, RBI and two runs scored.
Senior right-hander Travis
Muessig (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai)
suffered the loss for Caldwell as he was hit for nine earned runs on
11 hits and four walks with three strikeouts over five innings of
work.
Junior Billy
Ryan (Toms River, N.J./Manchester)
led the Cougars offense as he hit 2-for-3.
Franklin Pierce scored all the runs
they would need with three in the bottom of the first. Chambers
notched an RBI single, while Duplissie added an RBI triple and junior Kim
Hart (Gorham, Maine/Gorham)
finished the scoring with an RBI double.
The Ravens added two in the fourth as
sophomore Matt
Anderson (Medford, Mass./Medford)
notched an RBI single and scored on an Olson double. Duplissie singled
and scored
in the fifth on a double from freshman Scott
Savastano (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North).
In the sixth, Chambers drove in Olson (who singled) with a single.
Hart was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, then junior Vinny
Pennell (Spencer, Mass./David Prouty)
rounded
out the scoring with an RBI single.
The game ended in the home half of
the seventh when Olson reached on an error and later scored when Hart
drew a bases loaded walk. In the nightcap, Franklin Pierce trailed after two innings, but scored two runs in the third, fourth and fifth to come away with a 9-4 victory.
Junior
righthander Arric
Mather (Danville, N.H./Winnacunett)
picked up his second win in as many days with 6.1 innings of strong
relief of starter Bryan Duplissie. Mather allowed just an earned run
on seven hits with five strikeouts and no walks to improve to 2-0.
Duplissie was hit for three earned runs on four hits and three walks
with a strikeout over the first 2.2 innings.
Olson sparked the offense as he hit 3-for-5 with a pair of
triples, three runs scored and a stolen base. Senior Elliott
Shea (Jaffrey, N.H./Conant)
was 2-4 with a triple, two runs scored and an RBI, while Chambers was
2-4 with a home run and three RBI. Anderson was 2-3 with an RBI and
run scored, while Savastano finished 2-4 with a triple and RBI.
Freshman Stephen
Pfeil (Hampstead, N.Y./Pinherton Academy)
suffered the loss, yielding eight earned runs on 11 hits with two
strikeouts and no walks over four innings. Sophomores Tommy Murphy (Monroe, N.Y./Washingtonville) and Americo Eaderesto (Manorville, N.Y./Center Moriches) were both 3-for-3 for the Cougars with a run scored, while junior Efrain Velazquez (Brick, N.J./Brick Township) was 2-4 with a pair of RBI.
Franklin
Pierce struck for a pair of runs in the top of the first, marking the
11th time in 12 games this season the Ravens have scored in
their first at bat and 17th time in 20 games dating back to
last season. Olson led off the frame with a single, stole second, then
scored on a Shea single. Shea advanced to second with an error on the
play, then stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly from Chambers.
Caldwell got one run back in the home half of the first as
senior Landon
Viessy (Oakland Gardens, N.Y./Cardozo)
drove in Velazquez with a sac fly. The Cougars took their first and
only lead of the afternoon in the second as Velazquez followed up
singles from Eaderesto and Murphy with a two-run single.
The Ravens regained the lead for good with two in the third.
Olson tripled and scored on a Shea sac fly, before Chambers followed
with his fourth homer of the season. Franklin Pierce added two more in
the fourth as Savastano roped an RBI triple and scored on an Anderson
single. Olson and Shea notched back-to-back triples in the fifth
before Chambers added an RBI single to put the Ravens up 8-3. After Caldwell scored in the seventh, Franklin Pierce got the run right back in the eighth as Anderson walked and scored on a triple from senior Randy Fenton (Worcester, Mass./Doherty). |
