Four relievers combined to throw 8.1 innings of shutout, four-hit ball on Sunday afternoon, as the No. 2/8 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University baseball team completed a three-game weekend sweep of Assumption with a 4-1 win at Rocheleau Field in Northeast-10 Conference, Northeast Division play. Junior third baseman Jay Jabs provided the game’s key offensive blow, with a two-run, first-inning single.
With the win, Franklin Pierce improves to 35-4 (16-2 Northeast-10, 11-1 Northeast Division) and has won seven in a row, while Assumption falls to 14-22 (9-13 Northeast-10, 5-9 Northeast Division).
Franklin Pierce jumped out front early on Sunday afternoon with three runs in the top of the first inning. Senior center fielder Maxx Sheehan led off the game with a bunt single and moved to second on a walk to senior shortstop Justin Brock . After a wild pitch moved the runners to second and third, Jabs pulled a single through the right side of the infield to drive home the eventual game-winning run..
FPU starter Zach Hart would not escape the first inning after allowing a run, as senior Tanner Bird was called on to get the inning’s final out. Bird would go on to allow three hits over 3.2 shutout innings, while walking one and hitting a batter, to pick up his sixth win.
The Ravens return to the field on Wednesday at SNHU at 6 p.m.