RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost a non-league twinbill with Franklin Pierce University, 5-3 and 9-6, in a pair of seven-inning contests on Friday at Pappas Field. The Ravens were ninth in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-7), Franklin Pierce (4-5)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• After swiping three bases during the doubleheader today, senior Andrew Lanthier (Orwell, Vt./Fair Haven Union) is second in program history for career stolen bases with 34, passing Tyler Wild '14 (32). He is two shy of Brian Rayder's '93 31-year-old program mark (36).
• Sophomore Seth Larson (Leicester, Mass./Leicester) recorded his first career hit in game two of the doubleheader.
• The Purple Knights' pitching staff struck out 13 Franklin Pierce batters between the two games.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Lanthier, 1-for-4, 1 SB
• Sophomore Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 1-for-2
• First-year Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 3B
• First-year Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• First-year Dom Tetta (East Northport, N.Y./Northport), 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
• Sophomore Braedon Jones (Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union/UMass Dartmouth), 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, no-decision
• Sophomore Colin Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K in relief
• Sophomore Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 0.2 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB in relief, loss
• Sophomore Ryan Canty (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Kiobel Lugo, 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 2B
• Sophomore Nolan DeAndrade, 0-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• Redshirt first-year Brennan Staubley, 0-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 SF, 1 BB
• Senior Kyle Roche, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 9 K, win
• Junior Esteban Rivera III, 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, save

THE ACTION

• The Ravens scored first in the bottom of the second inning when Staubley brought in Lugo on a sacrifice fly to center field.
• The Purple Knights tied the game in the top of the fourth inning when Arsenault legged out a triple to the right center gap to score Tetta from first base. 
• Burke escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the fourth inning with his third strikeout of the frame for the final out to keep the game tied.
• Tetta gave the Purple and Gold the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a two-out, two-run single that scored Gilboy and junior Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) to make the score 3-1.
• The Ravens cut the lead to 3-2 when graduate student Eli Battipaglia scored on a throwing error in the home half and took the lead when Lugo plated two runs on a three-base error with two down.
• Rivera shut down the Purple Knights in the final two innings of the game, striking out five of the six batters he faced.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Gilboy, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Kolifrath, 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Lanthier, 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB
• Larson, 1-for-1, 1 BB
• Junior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 1-for-3, 1 2B
• Junior Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• First-year Tyler Caldon (Milford, Mass./Milford), 0 IP, 1 H, 4 R in relief, loss
• First-year Chris Robinson (Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K in relief
• First-year Brad Alexander (Ridgefield, Conn./Trinity-Pawling School), 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Eli Battipaglia, 0-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• Lugo, 3-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 3 SB
• Staubley, 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 BB
• Graduate student Ian Battipaglia, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• First-year Michael Quiros, 2-for-4, 1 R
• Graduate student Christopher Roberti, 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• Junior Stephen Bangs, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Kolifrath drove in the first two runs of the game in the top of the first inning on an opposite-field two-run home run that gave the Purple and Gold a 2-0 lead.
• Lugo cut the visitors' lead in half in the bottom of the first with an RBI single to left field. DeAndrade followed with a double to left field that drove in Lugo to tie the game at two.
• The Purple Knights scored four runs in the top of the second inning, as Arsenault plated Santos, Lanthier drove in two on a single to right field, and Gilboy walked with the bases loaded to bring Lanthier home to score and make the score 6-2.
• In the bottom of the third inning, Lugo drove in two on a double to cut the Purple Knights' lead to 6-4.
• The Ravens scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth, with redshirt first-year Vincent Eramo hitting an RBI double, Roberti knocking a two-run home run, and Ian Battipaglia singling to center to drive in Staubley.
• Lugo single to center in the bottom of the sixth to drive in Ian Battipaglia and give the Ravens a 9-6 lead.
• The Purple Knights were able to get two men on base in the top of the seventh inning but couldn't shorten the hosts' lead.                          

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at the University of Mount Olive, 4 p.m.
• Mount Olive was eighth in the latest NCBWA Southeast Region poll.