STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's (12-7, 5-1 GNAC) scored a
program-record 54 runs in a sweep over Rivier College (0-8, 0-4) on
Saturday afternoon at Larry Mahaney Diamond. Kyle Dorr '10
(Berwick, ME) was rewarded with the win in the 25-1 opener and
Andrew Pooler '09 (Southwest Harbor, ME), making his first career
start, earned the victory in the 29-0 nightcap contest. Seventeen
players recorded base hits in the twin bill and 10 Monks notched
multiple-hit games. Michael
Burdin '10 (Gardiner, ME) was 7-9 with seven runs
and eight RBI's on the day and became the second player in program
history to hit for the cycle in game two. Tri-captain
Steve Gorsun '09 (South Berwick,
ME) enjoyed a breakout day as well and recorded six hits, six runs
and eight RBI's in the two-game set.
The last cycle by a Monks player was achieved by SJC Hall of Famer
Bill Mucci '87, who accomplished the feat against
Maine-Farmington on April 25th, 1987.
In game one, Michael Hebenstreit
'09 (Centerville, MA) recorded his first collegiate hit with a
single through the left side with two out in the fifth inning. The
senior catcher later went on to rope a double in game two.
Teammates Justin Frechette '12
(Oxford Hills, ME), Andrew
Devereaux '12 (Hope Valley, RI) and
Jon Dahms '12 (Gorham, ME) also
notched their first career base knocks in the twin bill.
As a team, St. Joe's recorded 46 hits in 93 at bats (.495) to go
with 52 RBI's in the two-game set. The Royal Blue also reached base
14 times via base on balls and another 13 times after getting hit
by a pitch.
A handful of Saint Joseph's single-game records were broken in the
doubleheader. In game two, the Monks notched 28 RBI's and 26 hits,
both new records, and the 29 runs scored in the nightcap ties the
team record (vs. SUNY-New Paltz 3/26/95 and vs. UMPI 3/31/06). In
the opener, seven St. Joe's hitters were hit by a pitch to break
the former record of five, which occurred against Thomas College on
April 16th of last season. Frechette reached base
via hit by pitch three times in the second game to pass nine SJC
players who had been plunked twice in a game.
GAME ONE
St. Joe's scored two runs in the first frame, 15 runs in the second
and eight more in the fourth. The Raiders scored their only run of
the day when Shaun Hanson '10 (Lee, NH) doubled off
Dorr to plate Chris Hunt '10 (Lisbon, NH) in the
fourth inning.
Travis Adams '10 (Saco, ME) went
3-3 with a career-high five RBI's and Burdin was
3-3 with three runs and two RBI's in the first game.
Gorsun was 3-5 with three runs and three RBI's and
fell a long ball short of achieving the cycle himself.
Dan Brown '12 (Portland,
ME/Deering) recorded a pair of hits and crossed the plate three
times and Ben Grant-Roy '10 (Biddeford, ME) and
Craig Woodbrey '12 (Gorham, ME)
both registered three RBI's in the triumph.
Dorr went four innings on the hill and allowed two
hits and one earned run while fanning four. Reliever
Curtis Orlik '12 (Brimfield, MA)
allowed one base hit and struck out six batters to account for all
the outs in his two innings of work. Josh
Astbury '12 (Blue Hill, ME) did not yield a hit in
his inning on the mound and whiffed all three batters he faced.
GAME TWO
The second inning proved to be troublesome for the Raiders again in
the nightcap, as the Monks, after scoring twice in the first frame,
sent 12 runners scrambling home in the second to take an early 14-0
lead. St. Joe's tacked on three in the fourth, eight in the fifth,
three in the sixth and one in the seventh to cap the scoring for
the day.
In the nightcap, Burdin was 4-6 with four runs and
six RBI's and his home run to lead off the fourth inning was the
first of his career. Ian Lee '11
(Hampden, ME) was 4-4 with two runs and five RBI's and
Gorsun went 3-6 with three runs and five RBI's for
St. Joe's. Frechette posted three's across the
board, with three hits in three tries to go with a tri-fecta of
runs and RBI's and Grant-Roy,
Devereaux and Cameron
Sprague '12 (Portland, ME/Deering) all had a pair
of hits in the victory.
Pooler made the most of his first ever starting
nod, tossing four innings while fanning six and allowing one hit.
Shawn Hall '10 (West Newfield,
ME) and Chris Nanof '10 (Clinton,
MA) were both effective in relief, as the duo combined to allow
three hits and strike out four Raiders in three innings of
work.
Ryan O'Connor '10 (Medford, MA) was the lone bright spot for the
Raiders, as the shortstop went 4-6 with the bat for the day.
Saint Joseph's will host Lasell College on Sunday in a GNAC
two-game set scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM. Rivier will play at
Johnson & Wales University tomorrow in a conference
doubleheader set to start at 12:00 PM.