Franciscan Loses Second Straight Double-Header to Rio Grande

The Barons of Franciscan faced-off for the second straight set of games against the Red Storm of Rio Grande. FUS was completely dominated in both games, losing 20-0 and 11-1 to fall to 0-4 on the season.

Franciscan ate up five pitchers from their staff in the first contest. Kevin Marrow (0-1) took the mound for five innings, giving up 3 earned runs off 6 hits. Two errors in the first and fifth innings set the score 6-0 going into the bottom of the sixth. Dustin Pagano replaced Marrow on the mound. Pagano walked four consecutive batters without an out before being pulled for Sam Quillen, who pitched one inning of relief the day before. Quillen struck out Rio Grande's Dominick McAllister before giving up a single that drove in two runs, charged to Pagano. Quillen then gave up a double to Ryan Yakura which moved the runner to third and scored another. Chris Kotur replaced Quillen, giving up a walk and a hit along with a balk to allow two more runs. Kotur was pulled for Jared Kimutis. Kimutis gave up six more earned runs off four hits before the inning was finally over.

Offensively, Franciscan also struggled. Center fielder Will Peyton went 2-3 and Robert Penate went 1-3 as Rio Grande's Desmond Sullivan held the Barons to three hits.

The second game revealed more struggles for the Barons. Peyton took the mound for FUS. Peyton (0-1) gave up 3 earned runs in four innings of work, while Robert Marrow gave up 3 more in relief. The Barons' defense struggled, with three errors allowing 3 runs to score. Franciscan's lone run came in the second with Chris Clynes scoring off a wild-pitch.

Franciscan will look to get back on track as they head to Coco Beach, Fla. for spring training on March 15.