Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CARY, N.C. – Bryan Rivera (Jr./Puerto Rico) hurled a four-hit shutout as Saint Augustine's University blanked Chowan University 7-0 in the second game of a CIAA baseball doubleheader at USA Baseball National Training Complex on Senior Day Saturday, April 5, 2014. Chowan rallied in the seventh inning to win the first game 7-4.

Rivera struck out seven batters with no walks in seven complete innings for the win. This was the second shutout this week for Rivera, who threw a five-hitter in seven complete innings in a 9-0 win over Virginia State University Monday, March 31. The Hawks were shut out for only the third time this season.

With the split, the Falcons remained in fourth place at 6-8 in the CIAA and 14-22 overall. The Hawks fell to second place by one game behind conference leader Winston-Salem State at 13-5 in the CIAA. Their overall record is 14-21.

The Falcons combined for 27 hits including 15 in the second contest which gave Rivera more than enough support. They have compiled 10 or more hits in seven of their last nine games including five in a row.

The home team wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Clarence Peace (Sr./Creedmoor, NC), who was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, singled in the first inning to score Calvin Butcher (Sr./New Castle, DE), who was 3-for-4 with an RBI, two doubles and two runs scored. Peace later scored in the inning on a bsingle by Jason Baytop (Soph./Manchester, MD), who was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

The Falcons added three more runs for a 5-0 lead in the fourth inning. Butcher drove in Darryl Washington-Hardy (Jr./River Grove, IL) and Darien Hardaway (Sr./Atlanta, GA) with a double and later scored on a single by Peace.

Hardaway hit an RBI lineout to score Baytop in the fifth inning. William Thomas (Soph./Yorktown, VA), who was 2-for-3, finished the scoring for the Falcons in the sixth inning with a sacrifice fly which scored Darren Burks (Sr./Matteson, IL), who was also 2-for-3. All but one batter collected at least a hit in the win for the Falcons.

The Falcons nearly pulled out the first game after trailing 3-0 after three innings. Corey Fields (Fr./Upper Marlboro, MD) started a three-run fourth inning with a two-run single to score Thomas and Carey Cheek (Soph./Baltimore, MD). Butcher tied the game on an RBI bunt single which scored Hardaway.

The Falcons took the lead 4-3 in the fifth inning on a Cheek RBI single which scored Thomas. The lead held up until the top of the seventh inning when the Hawks scored four runs for the final margin.

Cheek was 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Falcons. Jamie Scott (Jr./Hampton, VA) was 3-for-3 and Sterling James (Jr./New Castle, DE) was 2-for-4.

Eight seniors were honored during the Senior Day ceremony between the first and second games. They were Burks, Butcher, Joshua Easter (Chicago, IL), Alex Edwards (Chicago, IL), Hardaway, Brock Holmes (Brunswick, NC), Scott and Peace.

Both teams play again Sunday, April 6, in a doubleheader at USA Baseball National Training Complex. The game times are 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.