Bishop, Ingui pace Ravens 11-hit attack, Beaudoin notches first collegiate win

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (April 15, 2008) – Franklin Pierce University, ranked eighth in this week’s pingbaseball.com Division II poll, 11th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll and 16th in the Collegiate Baseball magazine poll, got back in the win column with an 8-1 victory over American International College in Northeast-10 Conference baseball action at AIC Park this afternoon.

Senior leftfielder Tyler Bishop (Milford, N.H./Milford) was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate for Franklin Pierce with two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI. Freshman Derek Ingui (Sterling, Mass./Wachusett Regional) hit 1-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI, while senior Kevin Renaud (Southbridge, Mass./Southbridge) batted 1-for-2 with a stolen base, walk and RBI. Grad student Jake Christman (Newton, Mass./Newton South) finished 1-for-3 with a steal and two runs scored.

Freshman reliever Robbie Beaudoin (Somerset, Mass./Somerset) collected his first collegiate win (1-1) as the Ravens used four relief pitchers on the mound today. Beaudoin allowed an earned run on three hits with four strikeouts and a walk over 3.2 innings of work.

Freshman Kyle McNiff (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy) was 3-for-3 with a double and run scored for American International. Classmate Herb Coggeshall (Coventry, Conn./Coventry) hit 1-for-3 with a double and RBI, while senior Jason Rustico (Southington, Conn./Southington) batted 1-for-3 with two walks.

Freshman right-hander Dylan Fontaine (Amenia, N.Y./Hotchkiss School) took the loss for the Yellow Jackets (2-2), yielding six runs, five earned, on eight hits with a strikeout and two walks over five innings.

Franklin Pierce took an early lead with an unearned run in the top of the first. Christman led off with a single to left and later scored on a delayed double steal of home. The Ravens doubled their lead in the third as Bishop led off with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Ingui.

American International cut its deficit in half with a run in the fourth when McNiff doubled down the leftfield line with one out and later scored on a two-out double down the leftfield line by Coggeshall.

Franklin Pierce broke the game open with a four-run fifth after its first two batters were retired. Bishop again started the rally with a double down the left field line, and after a Christman walk, scored on a two-run single by Ingui. Ingui scored on a wild pitch and sophomore Kevin Rivers (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) added an RBI single.

The Ravens added single runs in the seventh and eighth to round out the scoring. Bishop led off the seventh with a single and later scored on a sac fly by Renaud. Bishop delivered an RBI single through the left side with two outs in the eighth.

Franklin Pierce (25-7, 10-5 NE-10) is back in action tomorrow when it visits Northeast-10 leaders Pace University, ranked third in this week’s NCBWA Northeast Regional poll, for a key Conference clash at 3:30 p.m. American International (8-20, 6-11 NE-10) is off until the return leg of its two-game midweek series with the Ravens on Thursday at Dr. Pappas Field at 3:30 p.m.