Hood 1, Franciscan 0 - 7 Innings
 
Franciscan Lineup
Michael Maynard 2B, Kyle Ferrance CF Ryan Scavnicky SS, Brendan Burke RF, Aidan Hickey 3B, Dylan Robb C, Andrew Normandin 1B, Ryan Anselmino DH, Daniel Halsey LF, & Jacob Whitmore P 

Hood Lineup
Schwarzman CF, Jenkins 3B, Sommer DH, Wheeler 2B, Saylor C, Monteleon 1B, Onerevole SS, Brennan LF, Perkins RF & Deprospero P 
 
How It Happened
The Franciscan baseball team opened up their spring break trip in Fort Pierce, Florida with two games against Hood on Sunday. The Blazers would throw one of their Dutch Deprospero in the first game, who was coming off being named conference pitcher of the week back to back weeks. Coach Rick Carver sent out Jacob Whitmore to start the very important first game of what is slated to be a busy week in Florida.

Both pitcher brought their best, as we had a 0-0 game through five innings with only four hits amongst both teams. Hood would get on the board in the top of the the sixth inning. A two out single put a runner aboard, and then he would score on a error by Hickey to score an unearned run on Whitmore. Franciscan went to Ryan Neely in the seventh, and he shutdown Hood to keep it a one run game going into the final half inning. The Barons went down, 1-2-3, as Depospero would register a complete game one-hit shutout.

At the Plate
- Reigning PAC Hitter of the Week, Brendan Burke got the lone hit for Franciscan in the first inning. 
- Kyle Ferrance and Aidan Hickey each drew one walk.

On the Mound
- Starter Jacob Whitmore pitched six solid innings allowing four hits and striking out four. 
- Ryan Neely pitched a scoreless seventh, as he is beginning to string together some quality relief appearances
 

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Franciscan 1, Hood 0 - 7 Innings
 
Franciscan Lineup
Kyle Ferrance RF Ryan Scavnicky SS, Daniel Halsey LF, Brendan Burke 1B, Aidan Hickey 3B, Wade Stoehr DH, Samuel Tyler CF, Ryan Anselmino C, Michael Maynard 2B, & Jacob Watson P

Hood Lineup
Brennan LF, Jenkins 3B, Sommer 1B, Schopf DH, Saylor C, Rivera CF, Onerevole SS,Haines 2B, Perkins RF, & Martin P
 
How It Happened
The second game felt eerily similar to the first one, as there were only four hits through four innings and no score. The Barons chases the Blazers starter after five innings, but would not get their first run across of the day until the top of the seventh. Michael Maynard led off the inning get on base by the way of a hit by pitch. Kyle Ferrance moved him over on a sacrifice bunt, as the small ball tactics from last weekend were initiated to score a run by any means possible. Ryan Scavnicky would deliver a single, but Maynard would stay at third to give us runners at the corners. Daniel Halsey deliver with a deep ball to right field tht was caught, but Maynard was able to tag up and score the lone run of the game. Watson came out in the bottom of the seventh to finish what he started, and he did so in 1-2-3 fashion to earn his second win of the season.

At the Plate
- Daniel Halsey had the lone RBI for the Barons
- Franciscan had five hits in this game.
- Scavnicky had one hit and stole two bases.
- Maynard was 1-1 with the lone run; he reached base twice by being hit by the pitch.

On the Mound
- Starter Jacob Watson was stellar with nine strikeouts over seven shutout innings.
- He needed 80 pitches to throw the complete game while only allowing two hits.
- He retired the last 18 batters in a row to close this one out.
- He is now 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA over 14 innings of work thus far this season.

Up Next
Franciscan will have a couple days off with practice and JV games in Florida before they take on Albright College in a doubleheader on Thursday. This will be the first time Barons and Lions have played each other in Baseball. Albright headed down south from Pennsylvania with an 0-6 record. They took on Kenyon on Sunday and won the first game by a score of 9-2, but lost the second one by a score of 13-5.

Baron Summer Camps
Franciscan University Athletics is partnering with Steubenville Conferences to offer summer sports camps in conjunction with the Steubenville Main Campus 1 (June 9-12th, 2022) and 3 (June 23-26th, 2022). Youth Conferences. Participants will be able to strengthen both their athletic skills and their relationship with Christ in this uniquely Franciscan hybrid experience. Baseball is just one of the sports that will be included, check out more info on our Baron Summer Camps Page.

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