RINDGE, N.H. – Freshman Jackson Powers (Woburn, Mass.) launched the first two home runs of his career in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader, helping the Saint Anselm College baseball team earn an 8-6 extra innings win split its Northeast-10 Conference (NE10) doubleheader at Franklin Pierce. Sophomore Owen McCarron (Holliston, Mass.) came up with a clutch two-run triple in the top of the eighth that sent the Hawks home with the win.
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GAME ONE
Score: Saint Anselm 3, Franklin Pierce 10
Win: DeLucia (2-3) | Loss: Smith (2-2)
Records: Saint Anselm (7-19, 3-16 NE10), Franklin Pierce (18-15, 9-3 NE10)
Location: Rindge, N.H. (Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field)
Date: Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Attendance: 104
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE):
- After a scoreless first inning, junior Ben Rose (Webster, N.H.) led off the top of the second for Saint Anselm with a single. Freshman Peter Fischer (Marshfield, Mass.) followed that up with a base hit that moved Rose to third, and Rose then scored after a groundout to give the Hawks a 1-0.
- Franklin Pierce responded quickly in the bottom half of the inning as Curt Boyd launched a two-run homer to give the Ravens their first lead. Shane Hewlette followed with a solo shot, making it back-to-back home runs and a 3-1 advantage for the home team.
- The Ravens extended their lead in the fourth with a double from Hewlette, who later scored on an error. Joey Acker added an RBI double to bring in Julien Monks, pushing the lead to 5-1.
- Monks drove in two more runs for Franklin Pierce in the sixth with a single that scored both Hewlette and Boyd. He later scored on a wild pitch, making it an 8-1 game.
- Monks came through again in the seventh with another two-RBI single that scored Boyd and Kiobel Lugo and made it 10-1.
- Saint Anselm got back on the board in the eighth after a leadoff home run by freshman George Slauson (Plymouth, Mass.).
- The Hawks added one more run in the ninth as junior Shea Howrigan (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) singled to start the inning and eventually scored on a passed ball, but that was the final run of the game as the Ravens secured a 10-3 win in game one.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME ONE):
- Both teams recorded 12 hits in the contest.
- Saint Anselm left eight runners on base and committed two errors, while Franklin Pierce left eight runners aboard and had a clean game in the field.
- Drew DeLucia picked up the win for the Ravens after pitching 7.2 innings. He allowed 10 hits and two earned runs while striking out five batters.
- Sophomore Caden Smith (Lowell, Mass.) started on the mound for the Hawks and went five innings. He allowed eight hits, five earned runs, and struck out a career-best eight batters.
- Sophomore Andrew Chenevert (Dracut, Mass.) came on in relief and pitched a perfect eighth inning for the Hawks, forcing two fly outs and a pop up.
- Slauson finished with a 3-4 game at the plate. He smashed his team-leading fifth home run of the season and also tied McCarron for the team-lead in RBIs with 16. Slauson's 49 total bases this season also rank first on the squad.
- Fischer had a 3-4 game at the dish as well as he and Slauson accounted for half of their team's hits in the game.
- This marked the 74th all-time meeting between the two programs. Franklin Pierce improved to 57-16-1 in the series that began in 2000. It was the eighth straight win for the Ravens over the Hawks.
GAME TWO
Score: Saint Anselm 8, Franklin Pierce 6 (8 inn.)
Win: Bryant (1-0) | Loss: Lee (0-2)
Records: Saint Anselm (8-19, 3-6 NE10), Franklin Pierce (18-16, 9-3 NE10)
Location: Rindge, N.H. (Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field)
Date: Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Attendance: 124
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO):
- Powers wasted no time getting Saint Anselm on the board to start game two. He launched his first career home run over the right field wall to give Saint Anselm an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
- The freshman Powers was not done there. In the top of the third, he crushed his second home run of the game to double his team's lead.
- In the same inning, the Hawks kept the pressure on, loading the bases and adding two more runs off a double by Fischer. A wild pitch later in the inning brought home Rose, giving Saint Anselm a 5-0 cushion.
- Franklin Pierce responded with a five-run fifth inning, starting with a two-run single by Anthony Marcano. One batter later, Boyd tied the game at 5-5 with a three-run homer to left.
- In the seventh, Rose came through with an RBI single that scored senior Jax Budgell (Newburyport, Mass.) as the Hawks reclaimed the lead.
- Once again, the Ravens had an answer, drawing a bases-loaded walk in the bottom half to tie it at 6-6 and force the game to extra innings.
- After two runners got on base with one out in the top of the eighth, McCarron broke the tie with a clutch two-run triple to center field that scored Slauson and Powers to put the Hawks up, 8-6.
- Freshman Josh Bryant (Plymouth, Mass.) closed out the win for Saint Anselm. He pitched a hitless bottom of the eighth to secure his first career victory and help Saint Anselm finish the weekend on a high note.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME TWO):
- Saint Anselm finished the game with eight runs on 11 hits and four walks while leaving 10 runners on base.
- Franklin Pierce posted six runs on five hits and five walks while leaving eight baserunners stranded, including three in the bottom of the seventh.
- Bryant earned his first career win on the mound for the Hawks after tossing the final three innings in relief. He allowed just one hit and one earned run while striking out a career-best five batters.
- Freshman Jake Boudreau (Hollis, N.H.) started on the mound for Saint Anselm and pitched 4.2 innings. He surrendered three hits, three walks, and four earned runs while striking out three.
- Slauson finished with a 3-4 game at the plate. He smashed his team-leading fifth home run of the season and also tied McCarron for the team-lead in RBIs with 16. Slauson's 49 total bases this season also rank first on the squad.
- Powers ended the second game of the doubleheader 2-4 at the plate with a walk, two home runs, two RBIs, and three runs scored. He became the third Saint Anselm player this season with multiple home runs. He crossed the plate three times, tying the team's single-game high for runs scored this year.
- McCarron had a stellar performance at the plate as well. He went 3-3 with two walks, two RBIs, a run scored, and the game-clinching extra-base hit. He regained the team lead in RBIs with 18 and also stole two bases, becoming the first Hawk to swipe multiple bags in a game this season.
- This marked the 75th all-time meeting between the two programs. Saint Anselm improved to 17-57-1 in the series that began in 2000. The victory snapped an eight-game winning streak for the Ravens — both in the head-to-head matchup and their current season.
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