Story written and posted by Anthony Perry '08, Fisher College Sports Information Director

LYNN, MASS. - The Fisher College Baseball team took both ends of the double-header this evening from Briarcliffe College, earning the game one win 7-3 and finishing with a 5=2 triumph in the night cap. 

GAME ONE: FISHER 7, BRIARCLIFFE 3 (Final) 

The Falcons used a four run fourth inning to take game one, 7-3.

Junior Gary Lunetta (North Andover, MA) went 2-for-2 with two RBI and scored twice as Fisher improves to 14-22 on the season. Sophomore Sebastiano Petruzzelli (Saugus, MA) added a 2-for-3 performance. Seven of the starting nine reached base safely via a base hit while senior Jose Rodriguez (Clermont, FL) and freshman Davidson Peguero (Boston, MA) collected a RBI.

Junior Michael Hashem (North Andover, MA) earned his second win of 2011. The left-hander tossed five innings giving up two runs, both earned, on four hits while striking out five. Freshman Tyler Baker (Haverhill, MA) pitched a scoreless sixth while senior Mark Dorso (Waterbury, CT) allowed just one run in the seventh. With that appearance, Dorso has tied former Falcon Patrick Shanahan (Haverhill, MA) for the Fisher College All Time appearance record (61 games).

GAME TWO: FISHER 5, BRIARCLIFFE 2 (Final)

With the bases loaded and two away, sophomore Alex Orsini (Loudon, NH) cleared them with one swing of the bat. Orsini drilled a 3-2 pitch deep line drive over the left fielder's head to give Fisher a 5-0 lead and helped complete the double-header sweep of Briarcliffe College.

Sophomore Michael Callahan (Chepachet, RI) held Briarcliffe scoreless until the seventh inning. Freshman Andrew Hurd (Barnstable, MA) came in with two outs and runners on first and second and got the only batter he faced to groundout to second to record his first collegiate save.

Callahan finished the game with 6.2 innings pitched allowing two runs on 9 hits while striking out five as he even his 2011 record at 3-3.

Senior Reynaldo Nunez (Santiago, Dominican Republic) had a solid day at the plate as he went 2-for-3 with a RBI. Other Falcons recording base hits were senior Jose Rodriguez (Clermont, FL), sophomore Gary Lunetta (North Andover, MA) and freshman Victor Lebron (Union City, NJ).

Fisher, now with a 15-22 overall record, will look to take all four games as they play Briarcliffe College again tomorrow. First game of the double-header is scheduled for 12:05pm.