Albany rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to come from behind and defeat Northeastern 5-3 to earn a split of a doubleheader at Friedman Diamond. It was the first America East action of the season for both teams.
Albany's rally started when Craig Farley reached first base on a wild pitch after striking out swinging against NU starter Brendan Ryan. He went to second on a single by Eddie Scott and came around to score after Ryan threw wildly to first on Mike Grasso's bunt single. After an intentional walk to cleanup hitter Jake Toms, Dan Schoonmaker bounced one to shortstop Omar Pena, who botched a flip to second baseman Erik Hagstrom and all runners were safe as Scott scored the tying run. Pat Delaney then singled to centerfield, scoring Grasso and Toms with the go-ahead runs. Nick Borgia (1-3) earned the win and retired NU in order in the last of the seventh.
The Huskies scored single runs in the first and second innings to take a 2-0 lead. In the first, Brad Czarnowski doubled and moved to third on a passed ball. Pena brought him home with a sacrifice fly. NU added to the advantage when freshman Miguel Paquette led off the second inning with his secod homer of the season, a blast to right field off Albany starter Steve Emmerthal.
The Great Danes got on the board in the fourth. Toms led off with a single and Delaney drew a one-out walk. Fred Estes then lifted a fly to left center that was mishandled by Czarnowski to load the bases. Toms came home to score on a ground-out by Matt Crudo. Ryan worked out of the jam by striking out Farley.
Nick Graves had an RBI single in the sixth to give NU what appeared to be a key insurance run and a 3-1 lead for Ryan. The Huskies had the bases loaded with one out in the inning, but Borgia worked out of trouble by striking out Hagstrom and getting Jeff Heriot to fly out.
The Huskies won game one 6-3. The two teams will meet in another doubleheader on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m.
Game 1 story & boxscore
Albany 5 (7-14,1-1)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Eddie Scott cf............ 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 0
Mike Grasso 2b............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
Joe Lamb ss............... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Jake Toms lf.............. 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 0
Dan Schoonmaker 1b........ 4 0 0 1 0 2 4 0
Pat Delaney 3b............ 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Fred Estes c.............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
Matt Crudo dh............. 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Craig Farley rf........... 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 0
Steve Emmerthal p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Borgia p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals.................... 32 5 8 4 4 10 21 5
Northeastern 3 (11-4,1-1)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Mike Steinberg rf......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Jeff Heriot rf............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Czarnowski cf........ 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Pena ss.............. 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
Ben Beck lf............... 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Miguel Paquette dh........ 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Luke Carlin c............. 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 4
Colin Gaynor 1b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
Nick Graves 3b............ 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Erik Hagstrom 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Brendan Ryan p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals.................... 27 3 7 3 2 6 21 11
Score by innings: R H E
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Albany 000 100 4 - 5 8 2
Northeastern 110 001 0 - 3 7 4
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E - Grasso; Lamb; Czarnowski; Pena; Graves; Ryan.
LOB - Albany 10; Northeastern 7.
2B - Czarnowski; Pena.
HR - Paquette(2).
SB - Carlin. CS - Grasso; Gaynor.
SF - Pena.
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Steve Emmerthal..... 5.1 7 3 2 2 5 22 26
Nick Borgia......... 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 5 5
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Brendan Ryan........ 7.0 8 5 3 4 10 32 36
Win - Borgia 1-3. Loss - Ryan 2-1. Save - None.
WP - Ryan. PB - Estes. BK - Ryan.
HBP - by Emmerthal (Gaynor).
Start: 2:30 pm Time: 2:14 Attendance: 86
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Albany inning 1
Scott singled to center field. Grasso reached on a fielder's choice; Scott
out at second 2b to ss. Grasso out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.
Lamb grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 1
Steinberg flied out to cf. Czarnowski doubled to right field. Czarnowski
advanced to third on a passed ball. Pena flied out to rf, SF, RBI;
Czarnowski scored, unearned. Beck flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Albany inning 2
Toms grounded out to c. Schoonmaker reached on an error by 3b. Delaney
singled to pitcher; Schoonmaker advanced to second. Estes flied out to rf.
Crudo lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Paquette homered to right field, RBI. Carlin singled to center field.
Gaynor struck out looking. Carlin stole second. Graves struck out looking.
Hagstrom grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Albany inning 3
Farley singled. Farley advanced to second on a balk. Scott grounded out to
2b; Farley advanced to third. Grasso struck out, out at first c to 1b.
Lamb grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Steinberg struck out swinging. Czarnowski popped up to ss. Pena doubled to
left center. Beck walked. Paquette lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Albany inning 4
Toms singled to center field. Schoonmaker struck out swinging. Delaney
walked; Toms advanced to second. Estes reached on an error by cf; Delaney
advanced to second; Toms advanced to third. Crudo reached on a fielder's
choice, RBI; Estes out at second ss to 2b; Delaney advanced to third; Toms
scored, unearned. Farley struck out, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1
error, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
Carlin flied out to cf. Gaynor hit by pitch. Graves struck out swinging;
Gaynor out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Albany inning 5
Scott struck out swinging. Grasso grounded out to ss. Lamb grounded out to
ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Hagstrom flied out to cf. Steinberg singled to center field. Czarnowski
grounded out to ss; Steinberg advanced to second. Pena struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Albany inning 6
Heriot to rf for Steinberg. Toms walked. Schoonmaker struck out swinging.
Delaney walked; Toms advanced to second. Estes struck out swinging. Crudo
flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Beck singled to second base, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b.
Paquette flied out to lf. Carlin intentionally walked. Gaynor reached on
an error by ss; Carlin advanced to second; Beck advanced to third. Graves
singled to left field, RBI; Gaynor advanced to second; Carlin advanced to
third; Beck scored. Borgia to p for Emmerthal. Hagstrom struck out
looking. Heriot flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Albany inning 7
Farley struck out, reached first on a wild pitch. Scott singled to left
field; Farley advanced to second. Grasso singled, bunt, advanced to second
on a throwing error by p; Scott advanced to third; Farley scored. Lamb
struck out swinging. Toms intentionally walked. Schoonmaker reached on a
fielder's choice, RBI; Toms advanced to second on an error by ss; Grasso
advanced to third; Scott scored. Delaney singled to center field, 2 RBI;
Schoonmaker advanced to second; Toms scored, unearned; Grasso scored. Estes
singled to left field; Delaney advanced to second; Schoonmaker advanced to
third. Crudo struck out swinging. Farley struck out swinging. 4 runs, 4
hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Northeastern inning 7
Czarnowski out at first p to ss to 1b. Pena fouled out to 1b. Beck flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
