No. 10 Baseball Splits Doubleheader At St. Thomas
Dowd collects six hits, drives in four
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Cliff Hicks went 3-for-5 with two doubles and drove in four runs
in the first game of a doubleheader at St. Thomas on Sunday
afternoon.MIAMI GARDEN, Fla. (March 14, 2009)
– Freshman catcher Mike Dowd
(East Bridgewater, Mass./Cardinal Spellman) hit 6-for-9 and
drove in four runs on Sunday afternoon as the No. 10 nationally
ranked Franklin Pierce University baseball team split a
non-conference doubleheader on the road against St. Thomas. The
Ravens won the first game, 15-5, before losing the second game,
14-6.
The Franklin Pierce bats led the way in the first game of the day.
Fifth-year center fielder Cliff
Hicks (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack HS) hit 3-for-5 with a pair
of doubles and a walk, drove in four runs and scored two more,
while Dowd finished 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, three
RBIs and two runs scored. In addition, senior first baseman Ted Lerud (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug
Regional) went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and a run
scored and sophomore shortstop Jose Macias (Bronx, N.Y./Monroe
College) hit 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI and a walk.
Sophomore right-hander Robbie
Beaudoin (Somerset, Mass./Somerset) started on the mound and
picked up the win (1-0) for Franklin Pierce in the first game. Over
eight innings, he gave up five runs on 10 hits, walked one and
struck out two.
The Franklin Pierce offense pounded out six more runs in the
second game, though it would not be enough to post another victory.
Dowd went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, drove in a run and
scored another to complete his six-hit day. Senior catcher Jacob Ferreira (Westport, Mass./Bishop
Stang) hit 2-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk.
Sophomore outfielder Derek Ingui
(Sterling, Mass./Wachusett Regional) and junior outfielder
Kevin Rivers (Bristol,
Conn./Bristol Eastern) each went 2-for-4 in the second game,
with Rivers knocking a double.
Freshman right-hander Josh
Geswell (Lunenburg, Mass./Lunenburg) took the loss (0-1) on
the mound for the Ravens in the second game. Over 2.1 innings, he
gave up four runs on five hits and walked one.
The Ravens (6-5, 0-0 Norteast-10) return to the field on Monday,
March 16, for a non-conference contest at Lynn. First pitch is
scheduled for 3 p.m. at McCusker Sportsplex in Boca Raton, Fla.
Franklin Pierce’s first home game is scheduled for Thursday,
March 26 against Southern New Hampshire at 3 p.m. St. Thomas (9-17,
5-5 Sun Conference) returns to action on March 17 at the University
of Miami.