PACE KNOCKED OUT OF NE-10 PLAYOFFS
LOWELL, MA- The Pace baseball was eliminated from the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament Saturday night as the Setters lost their second game of the weekend to Franklin Pierce, 5-1. The Setters drop to 30-26 overall on the season and will await a possible at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Selection Show is Sunday night at 8:00 pm and will be broadcast on ncaasports.com.
The Ravens got all the runs they would need in the second, capitalizing on two Setter errors to score three times with two of the runs being unearned. Franklin Pierce used the long ball in the fifth as Kevin Renaud hit a two-run home run.
The Setter offense was limited to three hits on the evening as Raven starter Arric Mather tossed a complete game, striking out six.
Pace scored their lone run in the ninth as Andre Liscinsky led off, reaching base on an error and scored on a triple by Matt Arburr. Neil Ross had singles in the second and seventh innings to account for the Setters other hits in the game.
On the hill for Pace, Justin Kanellis got the start, going four
innings, allowing six hits and five runs (three earned) and struck
out four. Nicholas DeMeo and Michael Sheehy came on in relief
tossing a combined four innings of shutout ball. DeMeo pitched an 1
2/3 innings giving up one hit and fanned two, whiel Sheehy hurled 2
1/3 innings, allowing three hits and struck out one.