RINDGE, N.H. - Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) became the 20th player in Saint Michael's College baseball history to reach 100 career hits, highlighting the Purple Knights' 7-6 win over Franklin Pierce University in Northeast 10 Conference play on Wednesday at Dr. Pappas Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (14-18, 12-11 NE10), Franklin Pierce (9-22, 7-16 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Gilboy, 2-for-4, R, BB, 2B
• Senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 1-for-5, R, 3 RBI, HR
• Junior Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 1-for-3, R, HP
• Junior Josh Ayala (San Diego, Calif./Alexandria City/West Virginia Wesleyan), 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
• Junior Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, HR
• Junior Jacob Smith (Hopedale, Mass./Hopedale), 2-for-3, R, 2 2B, HP
• Senior Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, no-decision
• First-year John Macdonald (Revere, Mass./Malden Catholic), 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, win
• Sophomore Griffin Dupuis (Rowley, Mass./Deerfield Academy), 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief
• Sophomore Jerry Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Brunswick School), 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K in relief, save

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Joey Acker, 2-for-5, R, 2 RBI, HR
• Junior Shane Starr, 1-for-2, R, 3 BB
• Redshirt sophomore Andreas Boglis, 3-for-5, R, RBI, 2B
• First-year Nathan Eckerson, 2-for-5, R
• Junior Jamie Leggett, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, loss

GAME FACTS

• Guzman tied a school record with his sixth career save, matching a mark Rob McCarty '13 set also in only two seasons.
• Gilboy remains one RBI short of Sean Finnell's '94 32-year-old program season mark (32), and graduate student Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury) is one away from Finnell's career record (87).
• Kinsella moved into a six-way tie for fifth place in program history with his eighth career home run.
• The Purple Knights picked up their first win at Franklin Pierce since March 30, 2019, winning for just the third time in 42 all-time meetings in Rindge. Saint Michael's leads the season series, 2-1, after entering the year with three wins and one tie in the first 59 contests between the teams.
• Saint Michael's tied the 2004 squad for fifth in program history in victories.

THE ACTION

• The teams traded three-run third innings for the opening runs. Cavossa swatted an opposite-field three-run homer to right field in the top of the frame before Acker led off the bottom half with a dinger, and Boglis later doubled home the tying run.
• Ayala's two-out RBI single in the fourth put Saint Michael's back in front, and Kinsella's two-run homer in the fifth extended the lead to 7-3. Guzman added an RBI groundout in the inning.
• Sophomore Jacob Roque's bases-loaded walk in the home half forced in a run, and Acker's two-out RBI single cut the deficit to 7-6 in the seventh.
• In between, Gilboy led off the fifth inning with a double for his 100th career hit.
• Dupuis fanned his final batter to escape the seventh before Guzman retired six of the seven Ravens he faced, working around a one-out walk in the ninth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Assumption University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.