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May 9, 2005 |
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Eric Thibault Named Little East Baseball Rookie of the Week
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Providence, RI—Rhode
Island College freshman pitcher Eric Thibault (Somerset, MA)
was named the Little East Conference Baseball Rookie of the Week. |
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Thibault posted a 1-0 record in two games started last week. In
15.0 innings pitched, he gave up just nine hits, while striking
out ten batters and earning an ERA of 1.20. In his first outing of
the week versus Johnson & Wales, he received a no-decision, going
six innings, giving up two earned runs, while striking out six. In
his second start against LEC foe Western Connecticut, he pitched a
complete game shutout, giving up five hits and two walks, while
striking out four Colonials. |
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He is a criminal justice major and a 2004 graduate of Somerset
High School. |
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Head Coach Jay Grenier's team is 15-19 overall and 7-7 in
the Little East Conference. The Anchormen went 3-4 last week. All
of RIC’s games were played on the road. The Anchormen dropped
their first two games of the week, 6-1, to Eastern Connecticut on
Monday, May 2 in a make-up game, and a, 4-3, decision to in-state
rival Johnson & Wales on Tuesday, May 3. The Anchormen bounced
back on Wednesday, May 4 with a, 8-1, victory over Babson, before
splitting a doubleheader (12-13, 10-6) with LEC foe Plymouth State
on Friday, May 6. RIC closed out its week on Sunday, May 8 against
LEC rival Western Connecticut. The Anchormen dropped the first
game of the double-dip, 4-3, in ten innings, but then went on to
shut out the Colonials, 4-0, in game two. |
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The Anchormen bounced back on Wednesday, May 4 with a, 8-1,
victory over Babson, before splitting a doubleheader (12-13, 10-6)
with LEC foe Plymouth State on Friday, May 6. RIC closed out its
week on Sunday, May 8 against LEC rival Western Connecticut. The
Anchormen dropped the first game of the double-dip, 4-3, in ten
innings, but then went on to shut out the Colonials, 4-0, in game
two. |
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In upcoming action, RIC will play in the LEC Tournament to be
held at Eastern Connecticut on May 12-15. |
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