Northeastern fell to visiting Harvard 10-8 on Wednesday afternoon at Friedman Diamond. The Huskies looked to be in control, leading 6-1 heading into the top of the seventh, but that's when the Crimson bats came alive and produced nine runs over the next two innings to pull out the come-from-behind victory.
Trailing 6-1 in the top of the seventh, Chris Mackey led off with a single for Harvard. Ian Wallace (2-5, 3 RBI) followed with a home run off NU starter Jim Madison to cut the deficit to 6-3. After Morgan Brown flied out, both Bryan Hale and Lance Salsgiver walked, chasing Madison. Paul Kozlowski came on and allowed a single to Zak Farkes, loading the bases for pinch-hitter Schuyler Mann. Mann singled to right, scoring Hale. Trey Hendricks kept the rally going, doubling to left-center, scoring two and tying the game, 6-6.
The Crimson added four more in the top of the eighth, all charged to Kozlowski, as it was Mann (2-2, 3 RBI) who came up with a big bases loaded double to right, scoring two and giving Harvard the lead for good.
NU got on the board in the third inning when Omar Pena hit a one-out homer, his first of the season. Jeff Maher then reached on an error, moved to third on a Tim Bush single and came in to score on a wild pitch.
After Harvard made it a 2-1 game in the top of the fifth, NU posted four runs in the bottom of the inning. Arman Sidhu started the uprising with a single, followed by a Pena single. Maher then reached on another Crimson error to load the bases for Bush, who delivered a two-run single. Jeff Heriot followed with an RBI single and Bush later scored on a wild pitch for the 6-1 edge.
The Huskies were led by Bush who went 3-4 on the day and added a pair of RBIs. Arman Sidhu went 3-5 and is now 8-14 over his last three games. NU falls to 6-12 on the season. The Huskies will travel to Maine for a pair of doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday.
Harvard 10 (9-16)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Salsgiver rf/3b........... 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 0
Farkes 2b................. 3 2 2 0 2 1 3 1
Seminara c................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Mann c.................... 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Hendricks 1b.............. 4 0 1 3 0 1 9 1
Wheeler dh................ 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Herrmann rf............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mackey lf................. 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0
Solomine lf............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallace ss................ 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 3
Brown, M 3b/p............. 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
Hale cf................... 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Brown, J p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Reed p.................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsukikawa p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wahlberg p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 37 10 11 9 6 9 27 9
Northeastern 8 (6-12)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Chris Emanuele rf......... 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Arman Sidhu 2b............ 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 4
Omar Pena ss.............. 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 1
Jeff Maher dh............. 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miguel Paquette dh........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Bush 1b/p............. 4 1 3 2 0 0 9 0
Jeff Heriot cf............ 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0
Brian Nutting 3b.......... 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Matt Morizio c............ 5 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
Brad Czarnowski lf........ 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jim Madison p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Koslowski p/1b....... 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals.................... 40 8 12 5 2 4 27 11
Score by innings: R H E
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Harvard 000 010 540 - 10 11 2
Northeastern 002 040 011 - 8 12 0
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E - Brown, M; Brown, J.
DP - Harvard 1. LOB - Harvard 8; NU 9.
2B - Mann; Hendricks; Mackey; Wallace.
HR - Wallace; Pena.
SB - Mann; Wheeler; Heriot.
SF - Hendricks.
Harvard IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Brown, J............ 5.0 9 6 4 0 3 26 27
Reed................ 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6
Tsukikawa........... 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 4 5
Wahlberg............ 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 2 4
Brown, M............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Jim Madison......... 6.1 5 5 5 4 7 24 28
Paul Koslowski...... 1.2 6 5 5 2 1 10 14
Tim Bush............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Win - Reed 2-1. Loss - Koslowski 0-1. Save - Brown, M (1).
WP - Brown, J 3. PB - Seminara.
HBP - by Brown, J (Czarnowski); by Koslowski (Wheeler); by Wahlberg (Bush).
Umpires -
Start: 3:30 pm Time: 2:55 Attendance: 77
Wahlberg faced 3 batters in the 9th.
Play-by-play
Harvard inning 1
Salsgiver walked. Farkes struck out looking; Salsgiver out at second c to
ss. Seminara struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 1
Emanuele lined out to p. Sidhu singled to left center. Sidhu advanced to
second on a passed ball. Pena grounded out to ss. Maher grounded out to
3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard inning 2
Hendricks struck out swinging. Wheeler flied out to cf. Mackey grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Bush singled to center field. Heriot flied out to cf. Bush advanced to
second on a wild pitch. Nutting singled to right center; Bush advanced to
third. Morizio struck out looking. Czarnowski hit by pitch; Nutting
advanced to second. Emanuele grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
3 LOB.
Harvard inning 3
Wallace struck out swinging. Brown, M lined out to ss. Hale struck out
looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Sidhu flied out to cf. Pena homered, RBI. Maher reached on an error by 3b.
Bush singled to center field; Maher advanced to third. Bush advanced to
second on a wild pitch; Maher scored, unearned. Heriot flied out to lf.
Nutting flied out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Harvard inning 4
Salsgiver grounded out to 3b. Farkes singled to left center. Seminara
grounded out to 2b; Farkes advanced to second. Hendricks grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
Morizio grounded out to p. Czarnowski popped up to 2b. Emanuele grounded
out to p unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard inning 5
Wheeler grounded out to 3b. Mackey doubled down the rf line. Wallace
doubled down the lf line, RBI; Mackey scored. Brown, M struck out. Hale
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Sidhu singled to left field. Pena singled to center field; Sidhu advanced
to second. Maher reached on an error by p; Pena advanced to second; Sidhu
advanced to third. Bush singled to shortstop, 2 RBI; Maher advanced to
second; Pena scored; Sidhu scored. Heriot singled to right field, RBI; Bush
advanced to third; Maher scored, unearned. Heriot stole second. Heriot
advanced to third on a wild pitch; Bush scored. Nutting struck out
swinging. Morizio struck out looking. Czarnowski grounded out to p. 4
runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Harvard inning 6
Salsgiver grounded out to 3b. Farkes walked. Seminara reached on a
fielder's choice; Farkes advanced to second. Hendricks flied out to lf.
Wheeler struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Reed to p for Brown, J. Emanuele flied out to cf. Sidhu grounded out to
ss. Pena struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard inning 7
Mackey singled to center field. Wallace homered, 2 RBI; Mackey scored.
Brown, M flied out to cf. Hale walked. Salsgiver walked; Hale advanced to
second. Koslowski to p for Madison. Farkes singled to right field;
Salsgiver advanced to second; Hale advanced to third. Mann to c for
Seminara. Mann singled to right field, RBI; Farkes advanced to second;
Salsgiver advanced to third; Hale scored. Hendricks doubled to left center,
2 RBI; Mann advanced to third; Farkes scored; Salsgiver scored. Wheeler
intentionally walked. Mackey struck out swinging. Wallace grounded out to
p. 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Northeastern inning 7
Paquette to dh for Maher. Paquette flied out to lf. Bush flied out to rf.
Heriot flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard inning 8
Brown, M singled to shortstop. Hale out on batter's interference.
Salsgiver singled to center field; Brown, M advanced to second. Farkes
walked; Salsgiver advanced to second; Brown, M advanced to third. Mann
doubled to right field, 2 RBI; Farkes advanced to third; Salsgiver scored;
Brown, M scored. Hendricks flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Mann advanced to
third; Farkes scored. Wheeler hit by pitch. Solomine to lf for Mackey.
Wheeler stole second; Mann stole home. Solomine grounded out to 2b. 4
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 8
Tsukikawa to p for Reed. Nutting flied out to rf. Morizio out at first 1b
to p. Czarnowski walked. Emanuele singled to shortstop; Czarnowski
advanced to second. Sidhu singled to left field, RBI; Emanuele advanced to
second; Czarnowski scored. Wahlberg to p for Tsukikawa. Pena popped up to
1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard inning 9
Bush to p. Koslowski to 1b. Wallace flied out to cf. Brown, M struck out
looking. Hale grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 9
Koslowski to dh for Paquette. / for Koslowski. Koslowski singled to center
field. Bush hit by pitch; Koslowski advanced to second. Heriot walked;
Bush advanced to second; Koslowski advanced to third. Salsgiver to 3b.
Herrmann to rf for Wheeler. Brown, M to p. / for Wahlberg. Nutting hit
into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Heriot out on the play; Bush advanced to
third; Koslowski scored. Morizio grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wahlberg faced 3 batters in the 9th.
