Baseball Blanked By Southern New Hampshire, 2-0
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The Ravens were defeated by Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday
afternoon.RINDGE, N.H. (March 24, 2009) –
Junior left-hander Steve Golbranson (Abington, Mass./Massasoit CC)
authored a six-hit shutout on Tuesday afternoon to lead Southern
New Hampshire to a 2-0 victory over the Franklin Pierce University
baseball team in Northeast-10 Conference play at Franklin
Pierce’s Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field. Freshman catcher
Mike Dowd (East Bridgewaater,
Mass./Cardinal Spellman) went 2-for-3 for Franklin Pierce in
defeat.
Southern New Hampshire scored the only runs of the game in the top
of the sixth inning. Sophomore shortstop Tim Rines (Merrimack,
N.H./Merrimack HS) led off with a single to behind the bag at
second, but ended up on second base when Franklin Pierce sophomore
shortstop Jose Macias (Bronx,
N.Y./Monroe College) threw the ball into the first-base
dugout while attempting to throw out Rines. Senior designated
hitter Skyler Byrd (Milford, N.H./Milford) followed with a walk and
senior catcher Joseph Gargan (Hudson, N.H./Rivier) attempted to lay
down a sacrifice bunt. He pushed the bunt back to the pitcher on
the third base side of the mound, but Franklin Pierce junior
left-hander Brian Maloney
(Brockton, Mass./Mass. Dartmouth) could not find the handle
and everybody was safe. With the bases now loaded, senior right
fielder Scott Strong (Naperville, Ill/Naperville North) dropped a
single into right-center field over the drawn-in infield to drive
home Rines and Byrd to give Southern New Hampshire a 2-0 lead it
would never relinquish.
Senior right-hander Mike Adams
(Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) started on the mound and
took the loss (1-3) for Franklin Pierce. Over five innings, he gave
up two runs (one earned) on four hits, walked on, hit three
batters, threw a wild pitch and struck out six.
Meanwhile, Golbranson tossed a gem to pick up the victory (3-0) on
the mound for Southern New Hampshire. Over nine shutout innings, he
gave up six hits, walked two, hit a batter and struck out nine.
The Ravens (7-10, 0-1 Northeast-10) return to the field on
Thursday, March 26, when they travel to Southern New Hampshire for
a Northeast-10 Conference contest. First pitch is scheduled for
3:30 p.m. at Penmen Field in Manchester, N.H. Franklin Pierce
returns home on Saturday, March 28 for a doubleheader against
American International at noon. Southern New Hampshire (6-8, 3-0
Northeast-10) returns to action on March 25 against Assumption.