March 16, 2008

Box Score

Boca Raton, FL - The Adelphi University baseball team played sixth ranked Franklin Pierce in a double header in Florida on March 14. The Panthers fell, 12-5 on Friday morning at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University, then traveled north to the Santaluces Sports Complex and dropped a 4-3 decision on Friday evening.

Franklin Pierce 12, Adelphi 5 (Game One)

To open the day, Franklin Pierce scored 10 of its 12 runs in two innings, putting five on the board in both the fifth and seventh frames to take a 12-5 win from Adelphi in Boca Raton, Fla.

The first seven Raven batters reached base in the fifth frame, as the first three batters singled and a bases-loaded walk to began the scoring. After a fielder's choice, Scott Savastano stroked a two-run double and Kevin Rivers followed with an RBI single. The inning's fifth run was scored on a sacrifice fly.

Adelphi responded in the bottom of the inning with four unearned runs, but the Ravens came right back with one run in the sixth and five in the seventh to clinch the win.

Mike Adams threw seven innings for Franklin Pierce, allowing four hits and four unearned runs while striking out eight, to improve his record to 2-0 on the year. Freshman Robert Nixon took the loss for Adelphi, giving up six runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Franklin Pierce 4, Adelphi 3 (Game Two)

After a rain delay of more than two hours, the two teams faced off for a second time on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida. Adelphi held an early one-run lead, but could not hang on late, falling 4-3.

Franklin Pierce took an early lead on a home run in the first, but Adelphi scored once in the first and twice in the second to take its first lead of the day after two. The team knotted the game at two thanks to an RBI single from Ryan Boelson and a Pat O'Neill sacrifice fly followed later in the frame to give the Panthers a 3-2 lead.

Franklin Pierce knotted the game at three in the fifth and collected what would prove to be the game winning run in the seventh.

Kyle Vasquez lasted seven innings, giving up three runs on six hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks. Brian Maloney pitched a scoreless eighth for the Ravens before Tyler Bishop earned the save with a perfect ninth, including two strikeouts.

Sophomore southpaw Mike Scudero took the loss for Adelphi, giving up four earned runs on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings of work. Scudero also struck out 10 Raven batters on the night.

Adelphi closes out their southern swing on Saturday, March 15 when they take on UMass-Lowell in Florida.