Franklin Pierce baseball splits midweek twinbill at Bentley

Apr. 1—WALTHAM, Mass. — For the second straight trip to Bentley, the Franklin Pierce University baseball team dropped a close first game, and then plated a slew of runs to win the second game of a doubleheader. On Wednesday afternoon, Bentley walked off via wild pitch for a 4-3 win in the first game at DeFelice Field. In the second game, the Ravens hammered out 15 hits against seven Bentley pitchers on the way to an 18-10 victory.

With the split in Northeast-10 Conference play, Franklin Pierce moves to 5-2 (2-2 NE10), while Bentley now stands at 2-2 (2-2 NE10). The two teams split their four-game season series.

The first game of the day was a seven-inning affair, and the two sides were knotted at 3-3 through six. With the score still tied heading for the home half of the seventh, Bentley plated the winning run to walk off with the 4-3 victory.

Earlier in the game, Bentley had taken a 2-0 lead on a two-run single to left in the bottom of the third. Franklin Pierce evened things in the top of the fourth, as junior Jake Miller clubbed a two-run double into left-center. The two teams then traded runs in the fifth, as the Ravens got an RBI single the other way into left field by senior Jonel Ozuna.

In the second game, Franklin Pierce trailed, 10-9, heading into the seventh inning, but then used a loud top of the seventh to take control of the game.