The Huskies made up for a loss in the first game of the doubleheader with a 3-1 win over Vermont in the second game on Saturday at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vt. Husky hurler Jordan Thomson led NU to victory, pitching the complete seven-inning game and striking out 10 Vermont batters.
The split puts NU at 13-10 overall and 3-2 in America East while Vermont is 9-15 and 3-2. Vermont won the early game 11-10 after a five-run rally in the bottom of the ninth. The teams play the third of the three-game series on Sunday at noon.
Thomson cruised through the Catamount lineup with 1-2-3 innings in the first and fourth and double plays in the in the sixth and seventh, including the game-ending play. Vermont scored its lone run in the second inning on an RBI-single by Nick Roberts.
Freshman catcher Dan Milano had a huge game with the bat, hitting a solo homerun in the third inning and an RBI-single in the fourth. Jeff Maher, in his first start as designated hitter, had a one-run single in the fourth that plated Paul Koslowski and then scored on Milano's single.
Northeastern 3 (13-10,3-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Steinberg, Mike rf....... 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2
Sidhu, Arman ss.......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0
Emanuele, Chris cf....... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Koslowski, Paul 1b....... 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 1
Bush, Tim 3b............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
Czarnowski, Brad lf...... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Maher, Jeff dh........... 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nutting, Brian 2b........ 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Murray, Eric 2b......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Milano, Dan c............ 2 1 2 2 0 0 8 0 0
Morizio, Matt c......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Thomson, Jordan p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 24 3 4 3 6 8 21 7 6
Vermont 1 (9-15,3-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Tewksbary, Bobby ss...... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
Geoffrey, Dean 2b........ 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
Magrass, Miguel 3b....... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Brault, Kyle rf.......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Chamberland, Barry 1b.... 3 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 0
Ekelund, Leif cf......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Chapman, James dh........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roberts, Nick c.......... 2 0 1 1 0 1 8 0 0
Folley, Andrew lf........ 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Blazek, Chris p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bissonnette, Justin p... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plefka, Jon p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 24 1 6 1 1 10 21 7 3
Score by Innings R H E
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Northeastern........ 001 200 0 - 3 4 0
Vermont............. 010 000 0 - 1 6 1
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E - Roberts. DP - N.U. 3; Vermont 1. LOB - N.U. 6; Vermont 3. HR -
Milano(1). SB - Emanuele; Folley(1).
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Thomson, Jordan..... 7.0 6 1 1 1 10 24 25
Vermont IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Blazek, Chris....... 5.0 4 3 3 5 7 18 23
Bissonnette, Justin. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Plefka, Jon......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4
Win - Thomson (4-2). Loss - Blazek (1-3). Save - None.
WP - Blazek 2.
Start: 4:00pm Time: 2:10 Attendance: 238
Northeastern starters: 19/rf Steinberg; 3/ss Sidhu; 7/cf Emanuele; 9/1b
Koslowski; 45/3b Bush; 17/lf Czarnowski; 1/dh Maher; 8/2b Nutting; 35/c
Milano; 23/p Thomson;
Vermont starters: 28/ss Tewksbary; 15/2b Geoffrey; 32/3b Magrass; 23/rf
Brault; 18/1b Chamberland; 5/cf Ekelund; 3/dh Chapman; 17/c Roberts;
31/lf Folley; 27/p Blazek;
Northeastern - inning 1
Steinberg walked. Sidhu walked; Steinberg advanced to second. Emanuele
grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Sidhu out on the play; Steinberg
advanced to third. Koslowski struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Vermont - inning 1
Tewksbary struck out looking. Geoffrey grounded out to ss. Magrass struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern - inning 2
Bush fouled out to 1b. Czarnowski struck out swinging. Maher walked.
Nutting flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Vermont - inning 2
Brault walked. Chamberland singled to left field; Brault advanced to
second. Ekelund struck out swinging. Chapman struck out swinging. Roberts
singled to center field, RBI; Chamberland advanced to second; Brault
scored. Folley struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern - inning 3
Milano homered to left field, RBI. Steinberg struck out swinging. Sidhu
struck out swinging. Emanuele fouled out to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Vermont - inning 3
Tewksbary fouled out to 3b. Geoffrey singled to third base. Magrass
reached on a fielder's choice; Geoffrey out at second p to ss. Brault
popped up to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern - inning 4
Koslowski walked. Bush flied out to 2b. Koslowski advanced to second on a
wild pitch. Koslowski advanced to third on a wild pitch. Czarnowski
struck out looking. Maher singled up the middle, RBI; Koslowski scored.
Nutting walked; Maher advanced to second. Milano singled to left field,
RBI; Nutting advanced to second; Maher scored. Steinberg struck out
swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Vermont - inning 4
Chamberland struck out looking. Ekelund flied out to rf. Chapman grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern - inning 5
Sidhu flied out to cf. Emanuele singled to third base. Emanuele stole
second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c. Koslowski struck out
swinging. Bush flied out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Vermont - inning 5
Roberts struck out swinging. Folley singled to shortstop. Tewksbary
struck out swinging; Folley stole second, out at third cf to 3b. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern - inning 6
Bissonnette to p for Blazek. Czarnowski grounded out to ss. Maher
grounded out to 2b. Nutting struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Vermont - inning 6
Murray to 2b for Nutting. Morizio to c for Milano. Geoffrey singled to
left field. Magrass struck out swinging. Brault lined into double play ss
to 1b; Geoffrey out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern - inning 7
Plefka to p for Bissonnette. Morizio walked. Steinberg reached on a
fielder's choice; Morizio out at second ss to 2b. Sidhu grounded out to
3b; Steinberg advanced to second. Emanuele grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Vermont - inning 7
Chamberland struck out swinging. Ekelund singled to right field. Chapman
grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Ekelund out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
