Senior Justin Hedrick struck out a season-high 14 batters and senior Paul Koslowski drove in two runs to lead Northeastern (7-6) to a 3-1 win in the first game of its doubleheader with Harvard on Saturday, March 27 at Friedman Diamond. The Crimson (5-5) rallied for a 2-1 win in the nightcap.
Hedrick struck out seven of the first nine batters he faced, including the side in the third. The teams combined for just three hits in the first six innings.
Harvard's Zak Farkes broke a scoreless tie in the top of the seventh when he cranked a solo home run to left, his team-leading fourth long ball of the year.
Koslowski answered in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot to right. It was his first home run of the season and just the second of his career.
Sophomore Matt Morizio followed with a single and sophomore Brian Nutting got hit by a pitch. Senior Brad Czarnowski then came through with a base hit to right, bringing in Morizio and giving the Huskies a 2-1 lead.
Northeastern loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, and Koslowski lofted a sacrifice fly to center, plating the Huskies' third run.
Hedrick's 14 strikeouts are one short of his career high, which he set last year against Vermont. He gave up one run on three hits in 7.2 innings in earning his second win of the year.
Freshman Adam Ottavino pitched 1.1 scoreless innings and was credited with his first career save.
In game two, junior Jeff Heriot got NU on the board in the second, crushing a Trey Hendricks offering over the center-field wall to put his team up 1-0.
Husky starter Jordan Thomson cruised through the first six innings, allowing just two hits, but he got in trouble in the seventh.
Farkes and Hendricks led off with singles, and moved over to second and third on a sac bunt by Schuyler Mann. Thomson got Josh Klimkiewicz on strikes, but the third strike was wild, and Farkes scored to knot the game at 1-1.
The next batter, Rob Wheeler, struck out swinging, but the third strike again was wild, allowing Hendricks to score the go-ahead run.
Hendricks allowed one run on four hits while striking out six and walking none. Thomson was equally impressive, giving up just four hits and striking out eight.
Northeastern and Harvard do battle tomorrow at noon at the Crimson's O'Donnell Field.
Harvard 1 (4-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Hale cf.................. 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
Herrmann lf.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bach ph/lf.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Farkes 3b................ 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 0
Hendricks 1b............. 1 0 1 0 3 0 9 0 0
Mann dh/c................ 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3
Salsgiver rf............. 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
Brown, M. ss............. 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1
Wallace 2b............... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Casey c.................. 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0
Hordon ph/dh............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Brunnig p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 29 1 3 1 6 16 24 8 7
Northeastern 3 (7-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brad Czarnowski lf/rf.... 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
Arman Sidhu ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Chris Emanuele rf........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Maher lf/rf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Steinberg ph/rf.... 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Heriot cf........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Miguel Paquette dh....... 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Garrett Chin pr/dh...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Bush 3b.............. 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0
Paul Koslowski 1b........ 3 1 1 2 0 1 7 0 0
Matt Morizio c........... 3 1 1 0 0 0 15 3 2
Brian Nutting 2b......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Justin Hedrick p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Adam Ottavino p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 29 3 7 3 2 8 27 8 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Harvard............. 000 000 100 - 1 3 0
Northeastern........ 000 000 21X - 3 7 0
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DP - Harvard 1. LOB - Harvard 7; Northeastern 8. 2B - Steinberg; Nutting(2).
HR - Farkes(4); Koslowski(1). HBP - Emanuele; Morizio; Nutting. SF -
Koslowski(2). SB - Salsgiver(3); Emanuele(7).
Harvard IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brunnig............. 8.0 7 3 3 2 8 29 35
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Justin Hedrick...... 7.2 3 1 1 6 14 25 31
Adam Ottavino....... 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 4 4
Win - Hedrick (2-1). Loss - Brunnig (1-1). Save - Ottavino (1).
HBP - by Brunnig (Morizio); by Brunnig (Emanuele); by Brunnig (Nutting). BK -
Brunnig(1).
Umpires - HP: Dan Deshares 1B: Rob Robinson
Start: 12 pm Time: 2:25 Attendance: 135
Harvard starters: 1/cf Hale; 5/lf Herrmann; 3/3b Farkes; 21/1b Hendricks; 22/dh
Mann; 8/rf Salsgiver; 12/ss Brown, M.; 17/2b Wallace; 42/c Casey; 7/p Brunnig;
Northeastern starters: 17/lf Czarnowski; 3/ss Sidhu; 7/rf Emanuele; 44/cf Heriot;
31/dh Paquette; 45/3b Bush; 9/1b Koslowski; 11/c Morizio; 8/2b Nutting; 24/p
Hedrick;
Harvard 1st - Hale struck out swinging. Herrmann popped up to ss. Farkes
fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Czarnowski struck out looking. Sidhu grounded out to 3b.
Emanuele flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard 2nd - Hendricks walked. Mann struck out swinging. Salsgiver struck
out swinging. Brown, M. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Heriot grounded out to 1b unassisted. Paquette flied out
to cf. Bush struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard 3rd - Wallace struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Casey struck
out swinging. Hale struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Koslowski struck out looking. Morizio grounded out to ss.
Nutting doubled down the lf line. Nutting advanced to third on a balk. Czarnowski
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard 4th - Herrmann grounded out to 2b. Farkes walked. Hendricks singled
to right field; Farkes advanced to second. Farkes picked off, out at third p to 2b
to 3b. Mann struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Sidhu grounded out to 3b. Emanuele flied out to cf. Heriot
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard 5th - Salsgiver struck out swinging. Brown, M. grounded out to c
unassisted, bunt. Wallace grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Paquette struck out swinging. Bush walked. Koslowski
popped up to 3b. Morizio hit by pitch; Bush advanced to second. Nutting grounded out
to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard 6th - Casey struck out looking. Hale struck out swinging, out at
first c to 1b. Herrmann struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Czarnowski singled to right field. Sidhu hit into double
play rf to 1b; Czarnowski out on the play. Emanuele hit by pitch. Emanuele stole
second. Heriot struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard 7th - Farkes homered to left field, RBI. Hendricks walked. Mann
fouled out to c. Salsgiver singled to center field; Hendricks advanced to third.
Salsgiver stole second. Brown, M. walked. Wallace struck out looking. Hordon pinch
hit for Casey. Hordon struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Mann to c. Hordon to dh. Paquette struck out swinging.
Bush grounded out to ss. Koslowski homered to right field, RBI. Morizio singled up
the middle. Nutting hit by pitch; Morizio advanced to second. Czarnowski singled to
right field, RBI; Nutting advanced to third; Morizio scored. Sidhu struck out
swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard 8th - Czarnowski to rf. Maher to lf for Emanuele. Hale popped up to
3b. Bach pinch hit for Herrmann. Bach grounded out to p. Czarnowski to lf. Maher to
rf. Farkes walked. Czarnowski to rf. Maher to lf. Hendricks walked; Farkes advanced
to second. Ottavino to p for Hedrick. Mann struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Bach to lf. Steinberg pinch hit for Maher. Steinberg
doubled to right center. Heriot struck out swinging. Paquette intentionally walked.
Chin pinch ran for Paquette. Bush singled to shortstop; Chin advanced to second;
Steinberg advanced to third. Koslowski flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Steinberg scored.
Morizio fouled out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard 9th - Czarnowski to lf. Steinberg to rf. Chin to dh. Salsgiver flied
out to lf. Brown, M. struck out looking. Wallace flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
