Baseball

BASEBALL SPLITS WITH #15 FRANKLIN PIERCE
CAWLEY'S GAME 2 NINTH INNINGS DOUBLE LIFTS PACE TO TWIN BILL SPLIT

RINDGE, NH- The Pace baseball split a doubleheader with #15 ranked Franklin Pierce, dropping the opener 5-0, while rallying in the nightcap, 2-1, as Jack Cawley's double in the ninth lifted the Setters past the Ravens.

Franklin Pierce took the opener 5-0 as Ravens' hurler Kevin Renaud tossed a three-hiter over his 7 2/3 innings of work, while striking out 12. Renuad also went 3-for-4 at the plate, scoring three of the Ravens' five runs. Clay Jenkins closed out the final 1 1/3 innings without allowing a hit. Jack Cawley, Ted Mullen and Joe Barracato accounted for the only Setters hits in the opener.

Dustin Corbett dropped his record to 4-4 on the season, tossing seven innings, allowing six hits and four runs, while striking out five. Doug Wenz pitched the final inning, giving up two hits and one unearned run.

Game 2 featured a pitcher's dual as the team combined to use five pitchers to stymie the opposing team's offenses. Franklin Pierce got on the board in the second to take an early 1-0 lead.

The Setters chipped away in the fourth as Matt Arburr singled with one out, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch. Aaron Zrenda tied the game with a run-scoring single to drive in Arburr.

The score remained tied until the ninth, when the Setters won the game with two outs. The first two Setters led off the inning with a pair of strikeouts. Andre Liscinsky doubled to right-center to get the rally started. Ray Caronia was hti by a pitch. Cawley won the game with a game-winning double to left to score Liscinsky and give the Setters a split.

Nicholas Demeo started, went 3 1/3 innings alllowing four hits and one run, while striking out two. Zach Dayton tossed the final 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball, allowing two hits, while fanning six, moving his record to 2-1 on the season.

The Setters returns to action when they travel to Lowell, MA to take on Northeast-10 Conference opponent UMass-Lowell on Friday, April 20 for a 4:00 pm first pitch.