In Northeastern's season opener, Bradley defeated the Huskies 6-2 in Bradenton, Fla.
Senior third baseman Ryan Sullivan put the Braves on the board first by hitting his third home run of the season, a two-run blast to left field off Devin Monds in the top of the first inning. Northeastern pulled even by scoring a single run in both the third and fourth innings. Erik Hagstrom and Matt Morizio knocked in the first two NU runs of the season.
With the Braves leading 2-1 in the fourth, Mike Jakubowski replaced Bradley starter Derek Goins after Omar Pena tripled to open the frame. After giving up a walk to Brian Nutting and a single to Hagstrom to load the bases with no outs, Jakubowski allowed only one run to score on a Tim Bush sacrifice bunt, before inducing a couple of ground balls to end the Northeastern rally.
The Braves broke the game open with a four-run sixth inning. After Brad Canada and Ross Vandehey hit run-scoring singles, second baseman Brian Meischner completed the scoring with a two-run single. Justin Hedrick relieved Monds and got the final five outs.
Bradley 6 (6-4)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Aqueron lf................ 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Strickler cf.............. 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Kenny rf.................. 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sullivan 3b............... 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 1
Canada c.................. 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 0
Vandehey 1b............... 3 1 1 1 0 0 10 1
Morelock ss............... 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
Meischner 2b.............. 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
LaJeone dh................ 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Goins p................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jakubowski p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 22 6 7 6 8 3 21 12
Northeastern 2 (0-1)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Christopher Emanuele cf... 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Steinberg rf......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Heriot ph/rf......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Omar Pena ss.............. 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 6
Brian Nutting dh.......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Miguel Paquette ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erik Hagstrom 2b.......... 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2
Tim Bush 1b............... 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Paul Koslowski 1b......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Czarnowski lf........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Arman Sidhu 3b............ 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
Matthew Morizio c......... 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1
Devin Monds p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Hedrick p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Pileski p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 26 2 6 2 1 3 21 14
Score by innings: R H E
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Bradley 200 004 0 - 6 7 1
Northeastern 001 100 0 - 2 6 0
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E - Meischner(1).
DP - Bradley 1; Northeastern 3. LOB - Bradley 4; Northeastern 5.
2B - Sidhu(1). 3B - Pena(1).
HR - Sullivan(1).
CS - Morelock(1); LaJeone(1).
SH - Kenny(1); Bush(1).
Bradley IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Goins............... 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 12 12
Jakubowski.......... 4.0 2 0 0 1 2 14 16
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Devin Monds......... 5.1 5 6 6 7 3 16 24
Justin Hedrick...... 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
Matt Pileski........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
Win - Jakubowski 2-0. Loss - Monds 0-1. Save - None.
PB - Morizio(1).
Play-by-play
Bradley inning 1
Aqueron popped up to 3b. Strickler struck out. Kenny walked. Sullivan
homered to left field, 2 RBI; Kenny scored. Canada walked. Vandehey
reached on a fielder's choice; Canada out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 1
Emanuele flied out to cf. Steinberg struck out. Pena grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bradley inning 2
Morelock walked. Meischner grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b;
Morelock out on the play. LaJeone walked. LaJeone out at second c to ss,
caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Nutting grounded out to p. Hagstrom grounded out to ss. Bush flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bradley inning 3
Aqueron walked. Strickler grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Aqueron
out on the play. Kenny grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Czarnowski grounded out to p. Sidhu doubled to right center. Morizio
singled to center field, RBI; Sidhu scored. Emanuele singled; Morizio
advanced to second. Steinberg grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b;
Emanuele out on the play. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bradley inning 4
Sullivan struck out. Canada struck out. Vandehey grounded out to 3b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
Pena tripled. Jakubowski to p for Goins. Nutting walked. Hagstrom
singled, RBI; Nutting advanced to second; Pena scored. Bush out at first 1b
to 2b, SAC; Hagstrom advanced to second; Nutting advanced to third.
Czarnowski reached on an error by 2b. Sidhu reached on a fielder's choice;
Czarnowski advanced to second; Hagstrom advanced to third; Nutting out at
home 3b to c. Morizio grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Bradley inning 5
Morelock grounded out to 3b. Meischner walked. LaJeone singled; Meischner
advanced to second. Aqueron grounded into double play ss to 1b; LaJeone out
on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Emanuele grounded out to ss. Heriot pinch hit for Steinberg. Heriot struck
out. Pena grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bradley inning 6
Heriot to rf. Strickler singled. Kenny grounded out to p, SAC; Strickler
advanced to second. Sullivan walked. Canada singled to left field, RBI;
Sullivan advanced to third; Strickler scored. Vandehey singled to center
field, RBI; Canada advanced to second; Sullivan scored. Hedrick to p for
Monds. Vandehey advanced to second; Canada advanced to third on a passed
ball. Morelock walked. Meischner singled to left field, 2 RBI; Morelock
advanced to second, advanced to third on the throw; Vandehey scored; Canada
scored. LaJeone popped up to ss. Morelock out at home ss to c, caught
stealing. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Paquette pinch hit for Nutting. Paquette flied out to cf. Hagstrom
grounded out to 1b unassisted. Bush struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Bradley inning 7
Koslowski to 1b for Bush. Pileski to p for Hedrick. Aqueron singled.
Strickler grounded out to 3b; Aqueron advanced to second. Kenny reached on
a fielder's choice; Aqueron out at third ss to 3b. Sullivan flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 7
Czarnowski singled to shortstop. Sidhu flied out to rf. Morizio flied out
to lf. Emanuele grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Goins faced 1 batter in the 4th.
