Box Score (Box Score)
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The Plymouth State University
baseball team recorded its first victory of the season Friday
afternoon, defeating Rivier College, 24-5, in the home opener at
Panther Park.
The
Panthers scored 24 run on 17 hits and five Rivier errors. Sophomore
Joe Eramo (Shirley, Mass.) led the way with three
hits, including a pair of doubles, along with four runs batted in
and four runs scored. Classmate Marcus Joyce
(Scituate, Mass.) also collected three hits off the Panther bench,
including a double and an RBI. PSU improves to 1-11 on the
season while Rivier falls to 2-10.
Several other Panthers had big days at the plate. Freshman
Steve Beard (Middleton, Mass.) reached base five
times on four walks and a two-run double; sophomore Mike
Cappiello (Westfield, N.J.) reached in all four plate
appearances with two singles, two walks and two RBI; and senior
Steve Picco (Marshfield, Mass.) hammered out two
hits, including a solo home run. Junior Matt Koban
(Bradford, N.H./Kearsarge) and freshman Brendan
Cosgrove (Merrimack, N.H.) also hit home runs for the
Panthers.
Junior left-hander John Andersch (Concord, N.H.)
worked six shutout innings to earn the victory (1-2) for PSU,
scattering five hits and four walks while striking out nine.
Senior Ryan O'Connor (Medford, Mass.) led the Raiders with
two hits, including a double. Freshmen Art Hoffman (Malden,
Mass.) and Gilberto Luis (Miami, Fla.) delivered two-run singles in
Rivier's four-run eighth inning, which broke up the shutout.
Plymouth State scored at least one run in every inning, plating one
in the first, two in the second and third and putting the game away
with seven runs in the fourth inning.
Both teams are right back on the diamond with conference
doubleheaders on Saturday at 12 noon as PSU travels to the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for the Little East
Conference opener and Rivier visits Emerson College for a Great
Northeast Athletic Conference pair.
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