As he did in the first game of the doubleheader, freshman Chris Emanuele homered in bottom of the first inning, which gave NU an early 1-0 lead.

NU gave Madison all the run support he would need in the bottom of the third inning. The hero of game one, Mike Steinberg, led off the inning with a single up the middle. After a fly out, Emanuele walked and combined on a double steal with Steinberg to put runners on second and third with two outs. Sophomore Jeff Heriot then extended NU's lead with a single to right that scored Emanuele and Steinberg. Miguel Paquette followed with a single to right, putting runners on first and second. Freshman Arman Sidhu (2-3, RBI) continued the hit parade by lining a double off the base of the left field fence to bring around Heriot (2-3, two RBIs) and make it 4-0.

Madison did not give up a hit until the top of the fourth when Jay Balback led off the inning with a towering homer to left field to cut NU's lead to 4-1.

Tim Bush took the first pitch of the bottom of the fifth and hammered it deep over the left field wall for his third home run of the season to give the Huskies their last run of the day and a 5-1 advantage.

Madison picked up the win on the mound, going the distance, to even his record at 3-3. The sophomore benefited from inducing the Bearcats into 10 ground ball outs. Jacob Thiel took the loss for Binghamton, pitching the first five innings and giving up all five runs. The Huskies end the regular season with a 24-21 overall record and a 12-10 mark in America East action. NU will now travel to Burlington, Vt. to take part in the America East Championship on Thursday. The Huskies clinched the fourth seed and will play the top seed of the tournament, which will be either Vermont or Maine, who are playing this weekend.

• Game 1: Full story & box score

Binghamton 1 (10-40-1,2-20)

Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A
Tony Berube 1b............  3  0  0  0    0  0  5  1 
Justin Smucker ss.........  3  0  0  0    0  1  0  0 
Jay Balback 3b............  2  1  1  1    0  0  0  2 
Joe Costello lf...........  3  0  1  0    0  0  2  0 
T.J. Kowalchuk cf.........  2  0  0  0    1  2  1  0 
Kyle Loucks dh............  2  0  0  0    1  0  0  0 
Tom Cummings rf...........  2  0  0  0    0  1  1  0 
John Hark c...............  2  0  0  0    0  0  7  0 
Matt Caputo 2b............  2  0  0  0    0  0  1  1 
Jacob Thiel p.............  0  0  0  0    0  0  1  1 
 Phil Artonio p............ 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 
Totals.................... 21  1  2  1    2  4 18  5 


Northeastern 5 (24-21,12-10)

Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A
Mike Steinberg dh.........  4  1  1  0    0  1  0  0 
Brad Czarnowski lf........  2  0  0  0    1  0  0  0 
Chris Emanuele rf.........  2  2  1  1    1  0  2  0 
Tim Bush 3b...............  3  1  1  1    0  1  1  5 
Jeff Heriot cf............  3  1  2  2    0  1  1  0 
Miguel Paquette 1b........  3  0  1  0    0  1 13  0 
Arman Sidhu ss............  3  0  2  1    0  0  0  4 
Matt Morizio c............  3  0  0  0    0  2  4  0 
Diego Garcia 2b...........  3  0  0  0    0  1  0  1 
Jim Madison p.............  0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 
Totals.................... 26  5  8  5    2  7 21 10 



Score by innings:                   R  H  E
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Binghamton            000 100 0  -  1  2  0
Northeastern          103 010    -  5  8  0
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LOB - Binghamton 3; Northeastern 5. 
2B - Sidhu. 
HR - Balback; Emanuele(3); Bush(3). 
SB - Steinberg; Czarnowski; Emanuele. 
SH - Cummings. 

Binghamton             IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF
Jacob Thiel.........  5.0   8   5   5   2   6  23 25 
Phil Artonio........  1.0   0   0   0   0   1   3  3 


Northeastern           IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF
Jim Madison.........  7.0   2   1   1   2   4  21 25 



Win - Madison 3-3.  Loss - Thiel 1-7.  Save - None.
WP - Madison. 
HBP - by Madison (Balback). 
Start: 2:15 pm   Time: 1:43   Attendance: 91



Play-by-play
                     


Binghamton inning 1

  Berube grounded out to 3b.  Smucker struck out swinging.  Balback hit by
  pitch.  Balback advanced to second on a wild pitch.  Costello grounded out
  to 3b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern inning 1

  Steinberg struck out looking.  Czarnowski out at first 1b to p.  Emanuele
  homered down the lf line, RBI.  Bush flied out to cf.  1 run, 1 hit, 0
  errors, 0 LOB.

Binghamton inning 2

  Kowalchuk struck out looking.  Loucks walked.  Cummings grounded out to 3b,
  SAC, bunt; Loucks advanced to second.  Hark grounded out to 3b.  0 runs, 0
  hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern inning 2

  Heriot singled to center field.  Paquette flied out to lf.  Sidhu singled to
  right field; Heriot advanced to second.  Morizio reached on a fielder's
  choice, out at first 2b to 1b; Sidhu advanced to second; Heriot advanced to
  third.  Garcia struck out looking.  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Binghamton inning 3

  Caputo grounded out to ss.  Berube flied out to 1b.  Smucker grounded out to
  ss.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern inning 3

  Steinberg singled to center field.  Czarnowski popped up to 2b.  Emanuele
  walked; Steinberg advanced to second.  Bush struck out swinging; Emanuele
  stole second; Steinberg stole third.  Heriot singled to right field, 2 RBI;
  Emanuele scored; Steinberg scored.  Paquette singled to right field; Heriot
  advanced to second.  Sidhu doubled to left field, RBI; Paquette advanced to
  third; Heriot scored.  Morizio struck out swinging.  3 runs, 4 hits, 0
  errors, 2 LOB.

Binghamton inning 4

  Balback homered, RBI.  Costello singled to right field.  Kowalchuk struck
  out swinging.  Loucks lined out to 1b; Costello out at first 1b unassisted. 
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern inning 4

  Garcia grounded out to 3b.  Steinberg grounded out to p.  Czarnowski walked.
  Czarnowski stole second.  Emanuele flied out to rf.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0
  errors, 1 LOB.

Binghamton inning 5

  Cummings flied out to rf.  Hark grounded out to 2b.  Caputo flied out to rf.
   0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern inning 5

  Bush homered, RBI.  Heriot struck out swinging.  Paquette struck out
  swinging.  Sidhu lined out to lf.  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Binghamton inning 6

  Berube grounded out to 3b.  Smucker grounded out to ss.  Balback grounded
  out to ss.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern inning 6

  Artonio to p for Thiel.  Morizio struck out looking.  Garcia lined out to
  1b.  Steinberg grounded out to 3b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Binghamton inning 7

  Costello popped up to 3b.  Kowalchuk walked.  Loucks flied out to cf. 
  Cummings struck out looking.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.