Senior Matt Cavallaro pitched a complete game to lead Northeastern to a 7-3 win over Boston College for the 13th annual Beanpot championship at Fenway Park. It was NU's first Beanpot title since 1995 and the team's third overall. Cavallaro, who earned his first win of the season to improve to 1-2, was named the tournament MVP. BC, the number one ranked team in New England, was the defending champion.
"This is a very big win for us," said 17th-year NU head coach Neil McPhee, whose team has now won three straight games after dropping eight of nine. "[BC] is a very strong team. This win was big not just in terms of the Beanpot, but for our season. Hopefully this will get us going and we can get on a roll."
Miguel Paquette doubled in Brad Czarnowski to break a 2-2 tie, starting a three-run Husky rally in the fourth that put NU ahead to stay. Czarnowski led off with a single and moved up when Luke Carlin walked. Paquette followed with his double and then Ben Beck got Czarnowski home with a sacrifice fly. Erik Hagstrom made it 5-2 when he knocked in Paquette with a single to left. NU added to the advantage with two more runs in the fifth on three straight doubles by Jeff Heriot, Czarnowski and Omar Pena.
The Huskies got on the board right away, scoring a pair of runs in the top of first without a hit, thanks to some sloppy BC play. Czarnowski led off with a routine grounder to BC shortstop Ryan Morgan, who booted it. After Pena flied out to center, Carlin bounced a ball to third baseman Jason Delaney whose throw to second sailed into right field, allowing Czarnowski to take third and Carlin to take two bases. Following a strikeout by Paquette, Beck was walked intentionally to load the bases and then BC starter Paul Knapic threw three straight balls to Hagstrom.
Former NU baseball and football assistant Pete Hughes, now in his fourth season as BC head coach, went to the bullpen to replace Knapic, who appeared not to be loose. Knapic, who has missed nearly all of the past two seasons with an arm injury, made his first appearance of this year just last week in a three-inning stint against Harvard. With the bases loaded, reliever James Dawson entered with a 3-0 count to Hagstrom and threw the fourth ball on the first pitch to give NU a 1-0 lead. Dawson then plunked Colin Gaynor to make it 2-0 before striking out Nick Graves to end the inning.
BC cut the deficit in half with a run of NU starter Matt Cavallaro in the second. Jeff Mackor led off with a double and moved to third on a fly out by Vinny Scavone. Mackor came home on Brian Durkin's groundout to short. BC tied it in the third when Josh DiScipio doubled, went to third on a Cavallaro wild pitch and scored on a single by Morgan.
Cavallaro, working on four days rest for the first time in his career, threw his second straight complete game against a Big East team. He gave up just two earned runs and struck out a career-high nine in NU's 6-3 loss to UConn last Thursday. Cavallaro gave up seven hits with three strikeouts against BC en route to his first win since May 5, 2001 against Hofstra.
Northeastern 7 (16-13)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Brad Czarnowski cf........ 5 3 2 1 0 0 7 0
Omar Pena ss.............. 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 4
Luke Carlin c............. 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0
Miguel Paquette dh........ 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0
Ben Beck lf............... 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 0
Erik Hagstrom 2b.......... 4 0 2 2 1 1 2 2
Colin Gaynor 1b........... 4 0 2 1 0 1 6 1
Nick Graves 3b............ 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Jeff Heriot rf............ 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 0
Matt Cavallaro p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals.................... 40 7 13 7 3 10 27 10
Boston College 3 (22-16)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Ryan Morgan ss............ 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
Drew Locke cf............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
Brian Macchi rf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Jeff Mackor c............. 4 1 1 0 0 0 9 2
Vinny Scavone 1b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Brian Durkin lf........... 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Jason Delaney 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Zach Keenan dh............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Marc Albano pr............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh DiScipio 2b.......... 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
Paul Knapic p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Dawson p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Gauthier p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joseph Martinez p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 34 3 7 3 2 3 27 6
Score by innings: R H E
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Northeastern 200 320 000 - 7 13 3
Boston College 011 010 000 - 3 7 2
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E - Pena 2; Hagstrom; Morgan; Delaney.
DP - Northeastern 1. LOB - Northeastern 11; BC 6.
2B - Czarnowski; Pena; Paquette; Beck; Heriot; Mackor, J.; Durkin; DiScipio 2.
CS - Carlin.
SF - Beck.
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Matt Cavallaro...... 9.0 7 3 3 2 3 34 36
Boston College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Paul Knapic......... 0.2 0 2 0 2 1 4 6
James Dawson........ 3.2 9 5 5 1 5 19 22
Mike Gauthier....... 3.2 3 0 0 0 2 13 13
Joseph Martinez..... 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4
Win - Cavallaro 1-2. Loss - Dawson 1-1. Save - None.
WP - Cavallaro.
HBP - by Dawson (Gaynor).
Start: 2 pm Time: 2:15 Attendance: 300
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Northeastern inning 1
Czarnowski reached on an error by ss. Pena flied out to cf. Carlin reached
on a fielder's choice, advanced to second; Czarnowski advanced to second on
a throwing error by 3b, advanced to third. Paquette struck out looking.
Beck intentionally walked. Hagstrom walked, RBI; Beck advanced to second;
Carlin advanced to third; Czarnowski scored, unearned. Dawson to p for
Knapic. Gaynor hit by pitch, RBI; Hagstrom advanced to second; Beck
advanced to third; Carlin scored, unearned. Graves struck out looking. 2
runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Boston College inning 1
Morgan fouled out to lf. Locke grounded out to ss. Macchi flied out to cf.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Heriot popped up to p. Czarnowski grounded out to ss. Pena singled through
the left side. Carlin singled to shortstop; Pena advanced to second.
Paquette struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Boston College inning 2
Mackor, J. doubled down the lf line. Scavone flied out to lf; Mackor, J.
advanced to third. Durkin grounded out to ss, RBI; Mackor, J. scored.
Delaney walked. Keenan struck out looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Beck grounded out to 3b. Hagstrom singled to right field. Gaynor singled
through the left side; Hagstrom advanced to second. Graves struck out
swinging. Heriot struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Boston College inning 3
DiScipio doubled down the lf line. DiScipio advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Morgan singled to right field, RBI; DiScipio scored. Locke flied
out to cf. Macchi reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a
throwing error by ss, advanced to third; Morgan out at second p to ss.
Mackor, J. flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
Czarnowski singled to center field. Pena flied out to rf. Carlin walked;
Czarnowski advanced to second. Paquette doubled to left field, RBI; Carlin
advanced to third; Czarnowski scored. Beck flied out to rf, SF, RBI;
Paquette advanced to third; Carlin scored. Hagstrom singled to left field,
RBI; Paquette scored. Gaynor struck out swinging. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Boston College inning 4
Scavone out at first 1b to p. Durkin walked. Delaney grounded into double
play ss to 2b to 1b; Durkin out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Graves flied out to cf. Heriot doubled to right field. Czarnowski doubled
down the rf line, RBI; Heriot scored. Gauthier to p for Dawson. Pena
doubled to left field, RBI; Czarnowski scored. Carlin flied out to cf; Pena
advanced to third. Paquette grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Boston College inning 5
Keenan singled to right field. DiScipio doubled to right center; Keenan
advanced to third. Morgan out at first 2b to p, RBI; DiScipio advanced to
third; Keenan scored. Locke struck out swinging. Macchi flied out to cf.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Beck doubled to right center. Hagstrom lined out to ss. Gaynor flied out
to cf; Beck advanced to third. Graves struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Boston College inning 6
Mackor, J. flied out to cf. Scavone flied out to cf. Durkin doubled to
right field. Delaney flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 7
Heriot grounded out to p. Czarnowski grounded out to 2b. Pena flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 7
Keenan flied out to lf. DiScipio grounded out to 3b. Morgan flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 8
Carlin singled to left field. Paquette flied out to rf. Carlin out at
second c to 2b, caught stealing. Beck struck out, out at first c to 1b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 8
Locke singled to center field. Macchi struck out looking. Mackor, J.
reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b;
Locke out at second ss to 2b. Scavone grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 9
Martinez to p for Gauthier. Hagstrom struck out looking. Gaynor singled
through the left side. Graves flied out to cf. Heriot struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Boston College inning 9
Durkin flied out to rf. Delaney flied out to rf. Keenan reached on an
error by ss. Albano pinch ran for Keenan. DiScipio flied out to 1b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
