Northeastern sophomore righthander Devin Monds fanned nine batters over six innings for his second victory of the season, as the Huskies downed visiting Hartford, 7-4, in the first game of an America East doubleheader at Friedman Diamond on Friday.
The Huskies improved to 9-16 overall and 3-6 in the conference, while the Hawks fell to 3-22-1 and 1-4.
Chris Emanuele went 2-3 and scored two runs for the Huskies. Jeff Heriot continued to hit the ball well as he went 1-2 with an RBI and a run scored.
Northeastern broke open a 1-1 game in the fourth with a five-run inning. Paul Koslowski knocked in Emanuele, who had doubled to lead off. After Heriot was hit by a pitch from Jeff Swedberg, Tim Bush dropped a sacrifice bunt down the line. Swedberg tried to get Koslowski at third but threw the ball away, allowing him to score. Miguel Paquette followed with a two-RBI triple down the right field line, scoring Heriot and Bush. Matt Morizio hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Paquette to cap off the inning.
Hartford got on the board first in the top half of the third. With two outs, Cory Parker reached on an error by second baseman Omar Pena. Matt Denorfia walked after Parker stole second, putting runners on first and second. Ryan Cuscovich followed with an RBI single to center to plate Parker. Custovich went 2-4 on the day with a pair of RBIs and a run scored.
The Huskies answered with a run in the bottom half of the third. Arman Sidhu hit a two-out solo home run to knot the game at one. It was the first homer of Sidhu's career.
Hartford 4 (3-22-1,1-4)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cory Parker cf............ 4 2 0 0 0 2 6 0
Matt Denorfia ss.......... 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 3
Ryan Cuscovitch 1b........ 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0
Brian Eck c............... 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Ryan Waldron dh........... 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Josh Topp lf.............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Steve Moyer rf............ 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Luke Trahan 3b............ 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Kyle O'Neill 2b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Ron Acabbo 2b............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Swedberg p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals.................... 29 4 8 3 3 10 18 5
Northeastern 7 (9-16,3-6)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Brad Czarnowski lf........ 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Chris Emanuele rf......... 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Paul Koslowski 1b......... 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Jeff Heriot cf............ 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 1
Tim Bush 3b/p............. 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Maher 3b............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miguel Paquette dh........ 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Matt Morizio c............ 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
Omar Pena 2b.............. 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 3
Arman Sidhu ss............ 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
Devin Monds p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals.................... 25 7 9 6 0 3 21 9
Score by innings: R H E
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Hartford 001 030 0 - 4 8 1
Northeastern 001 510 - 7 9 3
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E - Swedberg; Bush; Morizio; Pena.
DP - Hartford 1; Northeastern 1. LOB - Hartford 7; Northeastern 3.
2B - Waldron; Moyer; Emanuele; Heriot. 3B - Paquette.
HR - Sidhu(1).
SB - Parker; Denorfia; Emanuele; Pena 2.
SH - Bush. SF - Morizio.
Hartford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Jeff Swedberg....... 6.0 9 7 6 0 3 25 28
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Devin Monds......... 6.0 7 4 1 3 9 26 29
Tim Bush............ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3
Win - Monds 2-2. Loss - Swedberg 0-5. Save - Bush (2).
HBP - by Swedberg (Heriot).
Start: 12 p.m. Time: 2:20 Attendance: 110
Play-by-play
Hartford inning 1
Parker struck out swinging. Denorfia singled to shortstop. Cuscovitch
flied out to rf to right center. Denorfia stole second. Denorfia advanced
to third on an error by c. Eck struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 1
Czarnowski singled to pitcher. Emanuele grounded into double play ss to 2b
to 1b; Czarnowski out on the play. Koslowski flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hartford inning 2
Waldron struck out swinging. Topp struck out swinging. Moyer popped up to
2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 2
Heriot struck out swinging. Bush grounded out to ss. Paquette flied out to
ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hartford inning 3
Trahan struck out swinging. O'Neill struck out swinging. Parker reached on
an error by 2b. Parker stole second. Denorfia walked. Cuscovitch singled
to center field, RBI; Denorfia advanced to third; Parker scored, unearned.
Eck reached on a fielder's choice; Cuscovitch out at second ss to 2b. 1
run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 3
Morizio flied out to cf. Pena grounded out to p. Sidhu homered to left
field, RBI. Czarnowski struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hartford inning 4
Waldron flied out to cf. Topp struck out swinging. Moyer struck out
looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern inning 4
Emanuele doubled down the lf line. Koslowski singled through the right
side, RBI; Emanuele scored. Heriot hit by pitch; Koslowski advanced to
second. Bush reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt; Heriot advanced to
second; Koslowski advanced to third on a throwing error by p, scored,
unearned. Paquette tripled to right field, 2 RBI; Bush scored; Heriot
scored. Morizio flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Paquette scored. Pena singled
to center field. Sidhu popped up to 2b. Pena stole second. Czarnowski
struck out swinging. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Hartford inning 5
Trahan singled up the middle. O'Neill grounded out to 2b; Trahan advanced
to second. Parker reached on a fielder's choice; Trahan out at third p to
3b to 2b to p. Denorfia singled to left field; Parker advanced to second.
Cuscovitch singled up the middle, RBI; Denorfia advanced to third; Parker
scored. Eck reached on an error by 3b; Cuscovitch advanced to second;
Denorfia scored, unearned. Waldron doubled to left center, RBI; Eck
advanced to third, out at home cf to ss to c; Cuscovitch scored, unearned.
3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern inning 5
Emanuele singled to second base. Koslowski flied out to cf. Emanuele stole
second. Heriot doubled to left center, RBI; Emanuele scored. Bush flied
out to cf; Heriot advanced to third. Paquette flied out to cf. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hartford inning 6
Topp flied out to cf. Moyer doubled down the lf line. Trahan walked.
Acabbo to 2b for O'Neill. Acabbo flied out to lf. Parker struck out
looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern inning 6
Morizio flied out to rf. Pena singled to left center. Pena stole second.
Sidhu grounded out to ss; Pena advanced to third. Czarnowski flied out to
rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hartford inning 7
Denorfia walked. Maher to 3b for Bush. Bush to p for Monds. Cuscovitch
grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Denorfia out on the play. Eck
singled to right field. Waldron struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Monds faced 1 batter in the 7th.
