In a rematch of last year's Beanpot title game, defending champion Northeastern lost to Boston College 13-7 at Fenway Park on Wednesday.
The Huskies spotted BC a quick 5-0 lead in the first inning. Jason Delaney picked up the first of his three hits to drive home Josh DiScipio, who led off the game with a single, to give BC a 1-0 edge. Matt Lederhos (3-5) followed with an RBI double and then Ryan Leahy (2-4, 4 RBIs) reached on an error by Omar Pena to make it 3-0. Shawn McGill completed the uprising with a two-out, two-RBI single, which chased home two unearned runs.
NU got two runs back in the second inning when Tim Bush singled and Jeff Heriot (3-4, 3 RBIs) homered into the Green Monster seats. The Eagles scored two more before NU starter Jim Madison could retire a batter in the third inning for a 7-2 edge. Matt Piryk relieved and sent down six straight BC hitters. Meanwhile, the Huskies struck for two runs in the top of the fourth as Heriot hit a two-out triple to score Paul Kozlowski, who led off with a single. Heriot scored on a single by Matt Morizio.
The Huskies got no closer, however, as the Eagles scored six decisive runs in the fifth, four of them unearned thanks to three NU errors. Leahy had a two-run single and Ryan Morgan a two-run double to fuel the surge.
Down 13-4 heading into their last at-bat, the Huskies scored three runs in the ninth (all unearned) off BC reliever Matthew Duffey. David Preziosi, who relieved starter Matt O'Donnell in the fourth inning, pitched four strong innings, allowing just five hits and two runs to earn the win.
The Huskies will play in the third-place game at Fenway Park against UMass on Thursday at 2 p.m. Harvard defeated UMass 8-7 in the other semifinal.
Northeastern 7 (7-16)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Brad Czarnowski lf........ 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Chris Emanuele rf/cf...... 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Koslowski 1b......... 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 0
Diego Garcia 3b........... 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Miguel Paquette dh........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Maher dh............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Bush 3b/1b............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 3
Jeff Heriot cf/c.......... 4 3 3 3 0 0 5 0
Matt Morizio c............ 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
Mike Steinberg rf......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Omar Pena ss/2b........... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Arman Sidhu 2b/ss......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
Jim Madison p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Piryk p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals.................... 38 7 14 6 2 2 24 11
Boston College 13 (19-16)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
DiSCIPIO 2b............... 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 1
MORGAN 1b................. 4 2 1 2 1 0 8 1
LOCKE rf.................. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FLYNN rf.................. 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
DELANEY lf................ 4 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
WRIGHT lf................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LEDERHOS cf............... 5 3 3 2 0 0 5 0
LEAHY ss.................. 4 2 2 4 0 0 3 3
MACKOR ss/3b.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SCAVONE dh................ 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
McGILL c.................. 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
ALBANO 3b/ss.............. 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
O'DONNELL p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PREZIOSI p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
GAUTHIER p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DUFFEY p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 38 13 13 13 2 3 27 10
Score by innings: R H E
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Northeastern 020 200 003 - 7 14 4
Boston College 502 060 00 - 13 13 2
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E - Morizio; Pena 3; ALBANO 2.
LOB - Northeastern 6; Boston Coll 5.
2B - Emanuele; Garcia; MORGAN; FLYNN; LEDERHOS; McGILL. 3B - Heriot; DELANEY.
HR - Heriot.
SB - DiSCIPIO; LEDERHOS 2; LEAHY 3; ALBANO. CS - Emanuele.
SF - SCAVONE.
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Jim Madison......... 2.0 7 7 5 1 0 14 15
Matt Piryk.......... 6.0 6 6 2 1 3 24 27
Boston College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
O'DONNELL........... 3.0 4 2 2 0 0 11 11
PREZIOSI............ 4.0 5 2 2 2 0 16 18
GAUTHIER............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
DUFFEY.............. 1.0 5 3 0 0 0 8 8
Win - PREZIOSI 1-0. Loss - Madison 0-3. Save - None.
HBP - by Piryk (DiSCIPIO).
Umpires -
Start: 5:40 Time: 2:53 Attendance: 640
Madison faced 3 batters in the 3rd.
Play-by-play
Northeastern inning 1
Czarnowski flied out to cf. Emanuele doubled to left field. Emanuele out
at third c to 3b, caught stealing. Koslowski out at first 1b to p. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 1
DiSCIPIO singled up the middle. DiSCIPIO stole second. MORGAN walked.
LOCKE flied out to cf; DiSCIPIO advanced to third. DELANEY singled to left
field, RBI; MORGAN advanced to second; DiSCIPIO scored. LEDERHOS doubled
down the lf line, 2 RBI; DELANEY advanced to third; MORGAN scored. LEAHY
reached on an error by ss, RBI; LEDERHOS advanced to third; DELANEY scored.
LEAHY stole second. SCAVONE popped up to 3b. McGILL singled to left field,
2 RBI; LEAHY scored, unearned; LEDERHOS scored, unearned. ALBANO grounded
out to ss. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Paquette grounded out to 2b. Bush singled up the middle. Heriot homered to
left field, 2 RBI; Bush scored. Morizio grounded out to ss. Pena grounded
out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 2
DiSCIPIO grounded out to ss. MORGAN flied out to lf. LOCKE popped up to
2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Sidhu singled up the middle. Sidhu out at second c to ss. Czarnowski flied
out to cf. Emanuele lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 3
DELANEY singled to pitcher. LEDERHOS singled to left field; DELANEY
advanced to third. LEAHY singled through the right side, RBI; LEDERHOS
advanced to third; DELANEY scored. Piryk to p for Madison. SCAVONE popped
up to 2b. McGILL fouled out to c. LEAHY stole second; LEDERHOS stole home.
ALBANO struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
PREZIOSI to p for O'DONNELL. Koslowski singled up the middle. Paquette
flied out to ss. Bush flied out to rf. Heriot tripled to center field,
RBI; Koslowski scored. Morizio singled up the middle, RBI; Heriot scored.
Pena walked; Morizio advanced to second. Sidhu reached on a fielder's
choice; Pena out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Boston College inning 4
DiSCIPIO flied out to cf. MORGAN grounded out to p. LOCKE fouled out to
1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Czarnowski grounded out to p. Emanuele singled, advanced to second on a
throwing error by 3b. Emanuele out at second p to ss. Koslowski walked.
Paquette singled down the rf line; Koslowski advanced to third. Bush flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Boston College inning 5
DELANEY tripled to right field. LEDERHOS reached on an error by ss.
LEDERHOS stole second. LEAHY singled up the middle, 2 RBI; LEDERHOS scored,
unearned; DELANEY scored. LEAHY stole second, advanced to third on an error
by c. SCAVONE flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; LEAHY scored. McGILL doubled down
the lf line. McGILL out at second p to ss to 3b to 2b. ALBANO reached on
an error by ss. ALBANO stole second. DiSCIPIO hit by pitch. MORGAN
doubled to left field, 2 RBI; DiSCIPIO scored, unearned; ALBANO scored,
unearned. FLYNN to rf for LOCKE. FLYNN doubled to center field, RBI;
MORGAN scored, unearned. DELANEY struck out swinging. 6 runs, 5 hits, 3
errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Heriot fouled out to 1b. Morizio grounded out to 1b unassisted. Pena
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 6
Pena to 2b. Sidhu to ss. LEDERHOS grounded out to 3b. LEAHY flied out to
cf. SCAVONE walked. McGILL reached on a fielder's choice; SCAVONE out at
second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 7
Sidhu fouled out to p. Czarnowski grounded out to 1b unassisted. Emanuele
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 7
ALBANO grounded out to 3b. Garcia to 3b for Koslowski. Bush to 1b.
DiSCIPIO grounded out to 2b. MORGAN flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 8
GAUTHIER to p for PREZIOSI. Garcia struck out swinging. Maher to dh for
Paquette. Maher popped up to 2b. Bush struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Boston College inning 8
Emanuele to cf. Heriot to c. Steinberg to rf for Morizio. FLYNN flied out
to rf. WRIGHT to lf for DELANEY. WRIGHT struck out swinging. LEDERHOS
singled to left field. MACKOR to ss for LEAHY. MACKOR grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 9
MACKOR to 3b. ALBANO to ss. DUFFEY to p for GAUTHIER. Heriot singled to
shortstop. Steinberg singled to right field; Heriot advanced to second.
Pena reached on a fielder's choice; Steinberg out at second 2b unassisted;
Heriot advanced to third. Sidhu reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to
second on an error by ss; Pena out at second ss unassisted; Heriot scored,
unearned. Czarnowski singled to center field, RBI; Sidhu scored, unearned.
Emanuele singled down the lf line; Czarnowski advanced to second. Garcia
doubled down the rf line, RBI; Emanuele advanced to third; Czarnowski
scored, unearned. Maher flied out to cf. 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Madison faced 3 batters in the 3rd.
