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SEATTLE, Wash. – The Fairleigh Dickinson University baseball team opened its 2015 season with a doubleheader at the University of Seattle on Saturday.  The Knights (0-2) dropped both games of the twin bill falling 6-0 in the first and 14-1 in the second.  Seattle improves to 3-8 with the sweep.

Game One

Joe Borelli (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan ) earned the opening day start for the Knights and pitched six innings.  He was credited with the loss after allowing five earned runs on 10 hits.  He struck out two Seattle hitters and did not issue any walks.

Borelli pitched a scoreless first inning, but surrendered four runs in the second.  However, following that he settled back in and pitched three scoreless frames before allowing a single run in the sixth inning.

Senior Anthony Calise (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) worked a scoreless seventh inning allowing one walk and one hit.

Senior Yonah Perline (Dix Hills, N.Y./St. Dominic) allowed one run, on one hit and one walk in the eighth.

The Knights' offense managed just four hits on the day with two coming from Ryan Brennan (Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville).

Brennan went two-for-three at the plate and recorded FDU's first extra-base hit of the season a double in the first inning.  The double was also the first hit of the season for FDU. 

The Knights added two infield singles in the fifth inning with Jason Fatzinger (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) and Shane Siebler (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) each picking up a hit.

Brennan picked up FDU's finally hit of the game with a leadoff single to start the ninth inning.

Will Dennis went seven innings for Seattle in the 6-0 shutout victory.  He earned the victory allowing three hits and striking out six.


Game Two

The Knights dropped the second game by a score of 14-1.  Seattle posted 14 runs on 16 hits with a seven-run eighth inning breaking the game open.
FDU was limited to just two hits, both singles.  Sophomore Matt McCann (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro ) singled to lead off the fourth inning, but was eventually erased from the bases trying to steal second.

The Knights scored their run in the sixth inning following a leadoff single by junior Joel Roman (East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford).  Junior Chris Grupp (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands College Park) followed with a walk and both runners moved up a base on senior Shane Siebler (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area)'s sacrifice bunt.  With runners on second and third with one out, McCann drove in the run with an RBI ground out to short stop.


The series concludes with a single game on Sunday, March 1 at 5 p.m. eastern.