Pitching Steals Show, No. 15/17 Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader From Nyack
Macias strikes out 13 in first game; Flynn fans 10 in second
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Jose Macias pitched 8.1 shutout innings in the first game of
Saturday afternoon's doubleheader sweep of Nyack.
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RINDGE, N.H. (March 6,
2010) – Junior right-hander Jose Macias
(Bronx, N.Y.) threw 8.1 scoreless innings and struck out
13 in the first game, and freshman right-hander Joe Flynn
(Plymouth, Mass.) threw eight innings, allowed one run and
struck out 10 in the second game on Saturday afternoon as the No.
15/17 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University baseball team
swept a non-conference doubleheader from Nyack at Dr. Arthur and
Martha Pappas Field. The Ravens won the first game 4-0 and took the
second game 11-1.
With the wins, Franklin Pierce improves to 3-0 (0-0 Northeast-10),
while Nyack falls to 0-3 (0-0 Central Atlantic) with the pair of
losses.
In the first game, Franklin Pierce opened the scoring with three
runs in the home half of the third inning. Senior second baseman
Cody Kauffman (Blue Bell, Pa.) led off, was hit by
a pitch and moved to second on a looping single to right field by
freshman designated hitter Drew Larson (Bridgewater,
Mass.). After a fly ball to right field moved Kauffman to
third, junior third baseman Derek Ingui (Sterling,
Mass.) lined an RBI single to center field. Graduate
student first baseman Mike Augustine (Kingston,
N.Y.) followed and reached on a fielder’s choice
that saw Ingui eliminated at second. Augustine stole second, took
third on a passed ball and scored an unearned run on a wild
pitch.
The Ravens would add an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh
to push the lead to 4-0. Freshman center fielder Nick
LaCroix (Grafton, Mass.) led off, was hit by a pitch,
moved to second on another hit batsman, took third on a passed ball
and scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by sophomore catcher
Mike Dowd (East Bridgewater, Mass.).
Macias picked up the win (1-0) for Franklin Pierce. Over 8.1
shutout innings, he allowed three hits, walked two, hit a batter,
threw three wild pitches and struck out 13. Junior right-hander Rob
Nicholas (Northboro, Mass.) recorded the final two outs of the
game, including a strikeout, to pick up his first save of the
season.
Sophomore Kevin Earlie started on the mound and took the loss (0-1)
for Nyack. Over 5.1 innings, he allowed three runs (two earned) on
four hits, walked three, hit a batter, threw a wild pick and struck
out four.
Franklin Pierce wasted no time opening a lead in the second game,
with three runs in the bottom of the first. With one out, Dowd
poked a single into right-center field and moved up to second when
Ingui lined a single into shallow center. Junior left fielder
Mike Munoz (Bronx, N.Y.) followed and launched his
first home run as a Raven over the fence in left-center to give
Franklin Pierce a 3-0 lead.
The Ravens then broke it open with four more runs in the bottom of
the second to push the lead to 7-0. It started with two outs, when
Larson pulled a single to left field and moved around to third when
Dowd yanked a ball inside the bag at third and down the line for a
double. Larson would score and Dowd would move to third as Ingui
struck out but reached first base on a wild pitch. Munoz followed
with a shot which one-hopped the fence in right-center for a
ground-rule double which drove in Dowd and moved Ingui around to
third. Augustine then brought home both runners when he looped a
single which dropped in front of the Nyack center fielder.
Franklin Pierce added another run in the bottom of the fifth to
move the lead to 8-0. Senior right fielder Phil Hendricks
(Pittsfield, Maine) led off, pulled a double inside the
bag at third, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a
sacrifice fly to center field by LaCroix. The Ravens would tack on
their ninth run when sophomore Ben Benigno (Trumbull,
Conn.) pinch hit and grounded into an RBI fielder’s
choice in the bottom of the seventh.
Junior designated hitter Carlos Hidalgo scored the first and only
run of the game for Nyack on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth
after singling back up the middle to lead off the inning. Franklin
Pierce answered with an RBI groundout by sophomore shortstop
Dan Poirier (Lunenburg, Mass.) and an RBI single
by freshman second baseman Brandon Chase (Naples,
Maine) to create the 11-1 final.
Flynn started on the mound, tossed eight innings and picked up the
win (1-0) in the second game for Franklin Pierce. He allowed one
run on four hits, walked one, threw a wild pitch and struck out
10.
Sophomore Wayne Richardson took the rubber, threw five innings and
took the loss (0-1) for Nyack. He surrendered eight runs on nine
hits, walked two, threw three wild pitches and struck out two.
The Ravens return to the field on Sunday, March 7, when they travel
to Adelphi for a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch is
scheduled for noon at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field in Garden
City, N.Y. Franklin Pierce next plays at home on Thursday, March 25
against Saint Anselm at 3:30 p.m.