Northeastern won the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament over Massachusetts 6-1 on Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park. The win snapped the Huskies' four-game losing streak and improved their record to 8-16 on the season. NU got a solid pitching performance from the trio of Jordan Thomson, Brendan Ryan and Paul Koslowski to bounce back from a 13-7 loss the previous night against Boston College.
Sophomore Tim Bush went 4-4 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Koslowski picked up his first win of the season by pitching four innings in relief, giving up one run on three hits and striking out three batters. Jeff Maher and Koslowski both went 2-4. The NU victory was the first over the Minutemen in the Beanpot, breaking a three-game skid with the most recent loss coming in the 2000 championship game.
The Huskies jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first. With two outs, Koslowski singled to left field and then scored when Jeff Heriot belted his second home run in as many days at Fenway Park. Heriot sent a Jeremy Demers pitch into the stands just over the right field bullpen. Bush kept the inning going with a single up the middle. Maher brought Bush home with a sharply hit double down the right-field line to wrap up the scoring in the inning.
Northeastern struck again with two outs in the top of the third, as Bush started things off with an infield single. Maher knocked in Bush for the second time on the afternoon with a double off the Green Monster. Catcher Matt Morizio hit a shallow fly ball to left that looked to be the third out until it got caught up in the wind. The ball dropped in for a double, scoring Maher and giving NU a 5-0 advantage.
Massachusetts finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jeff Altieri hit a sacrifice fly to left field, which scored Cullan Maumus from third.
NU added an insurance run in the top of the seventh for a 6-1 advantage when Bush hit a bloop single to center that scored freshman Chris Emanuele from second.
The Huskies will return to action tomorrow and again on Sunday against Hartford for two America East doubleheaders. The action will get underway at Friedman Diamond on Friday at noon and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Northeastern 6 (8-16)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Brad Czarnowski lf........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chris Emanuele rf......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Paul Koslowski 1b/p....... 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 1
Jeff Heriot cf............ 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
Tim Bush 3b/1b............ 4 2 4 1 0 0 5 0
Jeff Maher dh/3b.......... 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 1
Matt Morizio c............ 3 0 1 1 0 2 6 0
Omar Pena 2b.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Arman Sidhu ss............ 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Jordan Thomson p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Ryan p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals.................... 31 6 11 6 1 7 21 6
Massachusetts 1 (14-13)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Mike Athas ss............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Cullan Maumus 2b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
John Seed 2b.............. 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Morgan dh........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Sarno dh............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Altieri 1b........... 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
Matt Reynolds 3b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Frank Curreri cf.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Curt Szado lf............. 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 0
Matt Boulanger rf......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Ellerbrook c.......... 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 1
Jeremy Demers p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Gallo p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jon Davis p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 25 1 5 1 1 6 21 8
Score by innings: R H E
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Northeastern 302 000 1 - 6 11 0
Massachusetts 000 001 0 - 1 5 0
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LOB - Northeastern 6; UMass 5.
2B - Maher 2; Morizio; Morgan; Reynolds.
HR - Heriot(4).
CS - Czarnowski.
SF - Altieri.
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Jordan Thomson...... 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 8 8
Brendan Ryan........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Paul Koslowski...... 4.0 3 1 1 1 3 14 16
Massachusetts IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Jeremy Demers....... 5.0 9 5 5 0 6 24 25
Anthony Gallo....... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
Jon Davis........... 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 5
Win - Koslowski 1-1. Loss - Demers 0-2. Save - None.
WP - Davis.
HBP - by Demers (Czarnowski).
Umpires -
Start: 2 p.m. Time: 1:51 Attendance: 332
Play-by-play
Northeastern inning 1
Czarnowski flied out to lf. Emanuele popped up to 2b. Koslowski singled to
left field. Heriot homered to right field, 2 RBI; Koslowski scored. Bush
singled to center field. Maher doubled down the rf line, RBI; Bush scored.
Morizio struck out swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 1
Athas grounded out to 2b. Maumus struck out looking. Morgan grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Pena grounded out to 3b. Sidhu struck out looking. Czarnowski hit by
pitch. Emanuele reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Czarnowski out
at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 2
Altieri lined out to 3b. Reynolds doubled to right field. Curreri singled
up the middle; Reynolds advanced to third. Szado struck out looking.
Boulanger flied out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Koslowski flied out to cf. Heriot flied out to lf. Bush singled to
shortstop. Maher doubled to left center, RBI; Bush scored. Morizio doubled
to left field, RBI; Maher scored. Pena struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 3
Ryan to p for Thomson. Ellerbrook struck out looking. Athas grounded out
to 1b unassisted. Maumus out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
Sidhu grounded out to 2b. Czarnowski grounded out to 2b. Emanuele grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 4
Koslowski to p. Bush to 1b. / for Ryan. Maher to 3b. Morgan grounded out
to ss. Altieri grounded out to 3b. Reynolds lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Koslowski singled to pitcher. Heriot struck out looking. Bush singled up
the middle; Koslowski advanced to second. Maher struck out swinging.
Morizio struck out looking. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 5
Curreri flied out to cf. Szado singled to second base. Boulanger struck
out swinging. Ellerbrook walked; Szado advanced to second. Athas flied out
to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Gallo to p for Demers. Pena lined out to cf. Sidhu singled to right field.
Czarnowski reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher; Sidhu out at second p
to ss. Czarnowski out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 6
Seed to 2b for Maumus. Seed singled to right field. Morgan doubled to left
field; Seed advanced to third. Altieri flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; Seed
scored. Sarno to dh for Morgan. Reynolds grounded out to 2b; Sarno
advanced to third. Curreri grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 7
Davis to p for Gallo. Emanuele walked. Emanuele advanced to second on a
wild pitch. Koslowski struck out looking. Heriot flied out to lf. Bush
singled to center field, RBI; Emanuele scored. Maher reached on a fielder's
choice to second base; Bush out at second 2b to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Massachusetts inning 7
Szado struck out looking. Boulanger struck out looking. Ellerbrook flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
