Northeastern battled back from a 3-0 deficit to make it 3-2 but Maine held off the Huskies to win the first game of Friday's doubleheader and win its first conference game. Northeastern came back later to win the second game 7-1.
Justin Hedrick started for NU and had nine strikeouts in seven innings, but allowed three runs on five hits and four walks and took the loss. Jim Madison started the eighth and pitched two scoreless innings to finish the game, striking out three. Maine's Greg Norton got the win, allowing two runs over six innings. Scott Robinson pitched the final three innings to earn the save.
Maine got two runs on the board early when center fielder Simon Williams led off the game with a double. Matt McGraw followed with an RBI triple, then he went home on a ground-out by Ryan Quintal. Maine put another run on the board in the third when Williams knocked homer over the left field wall.
The Huskies struck for two runs in the fifth, moving within a run of the Black Bears. Tim Bush singled to right-center to lead off the inning and Miguel Paquette followed with a hard liner to center that moved Bush to third. Brian Nutting lined a hit over the third baseman to score Bush. Brad Czarnowski followed with an RBI-single to make the score 3-2 in favor of Maine.
The Huskies threatened in the fourth inning when Czarnowski and Chris Emanuele reached on a hit-by-pitch and single, respectively. Paul Koslowski moved them up to second and third with a ground-out but Jeff Heriot ended the inning with a high-fly out to right field.
Paul Koslowski led off the bottom of the sixth, beating out an infield single. Jeff Heriot followed with a fly-out, then Bush took a Norton offering off the back for a free pass that moved Koslowski up to second. But the Huskies couldn't capitalize, stranding men on first and third. With two outs in the seventh inning, Arman Sidhu hit a single and Emanuele followed with a blooper to left, putting men on first and second for Koslowski, but Koslowski popped one up to end the inning.
Hedrick didn't allow any runs over his final four innings of work. He got into trouble in the seventh, walking two Maine batters but got out of the inning unscathed. Norton got the first nine batters in order, until hitting Brad Czarnowski to lead off the fourth inning.
In the eighth inning, Madison walked Maine's Ryan Quintal, but catcher Matt Morizio picked him off at first base to end the inning.
Maine 3 (14-12,1-0)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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WILLIAMS, Simon cf....... 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
McGRAW, Matt 3b.......... 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2
CREEK, Greg 1b........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 0
QUINTAL, Ryan lf......... 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0
BARRETT, Joel dh......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
HOUGH, Joe rf............ 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
IZARYK, Aaron c.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 0
FERRIGGI, Mike 2b........ 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 0
HARVEY, Jason ss......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
NORTON, Greg p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
ROBINSON, Scott p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 31 3 5 3 5 12 27 10 6
Northeastern 2 (10-9,0-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brad Czarnowski lf....... 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Arman Sidhu ss........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
Chris Emanuele rf........ 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
Paul Koslowski 1b........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 11 0 2
Jeff Heriot cf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2
Tim Bush 3b.............. 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Miguel Paquette dh....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Morizio c........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 9 4 2
Mike Steinberg ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Nutting 2b......... 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0
Justin Hedrick p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Madison p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 35 2 8 2 0 7 27 12 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Maine............... 201 000 000 - 3 5 0
Northeastern........ 000 020 000 - 2 8 1
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E - Nutting(2). DP - Northeastern 1. LOB - Maine 6; Northeastern 8. 2B -
WILLIAMS, S.(5); FERRIGGI, M.(6). 3B - McGRAW, M.(1). HR - WILLIAMS, S.(1).
HBP - Czarnowski; Bush.
Maine IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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NORTON, Greg........ 6.0 6 2 2 0 5 24 26
ROBINSON, Scott..... 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 11 11
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Justin Hedrick...... 7.0 5 3 3 4 9 25 29
Jim Madison......... 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 6 7
Win - NORTON, G. (3-4). Loss - Hedrick (3-2). Save - ROBINSON, S. (2).
HBP - by NORTON, G. (Czarnowski); by NORTON, G. (Bush). PB - Morizio(3).
Umpires - HP: Don January 2B: Joe C.
Start: 12 pm Time: 2:30 Attendance: 102
Game: GAME19
Maine starters: 27/cf WILLIAMS, S.; 25/3b McGRAW, M.; 13/1b CREEK, G.; 11/lf
QUINTAL, R.; 26/dh BARRETT, J.; 10/rf HOUGH, J.; 7/c IZARYK, A.; 4/2b FERRIGGI, M.;
2/ss HARVEY, J.; 23/p NORTON, G.;
Northeastern starters: 17/lf Czarnowski; 3/ss Sidhu; 7/rf Emanuele; 9/1b Koslowski;
44/cf Heriot; 45/3b Bush; 31/dh Paquette; 11/c Morizio; 8/2b Nutting; 24/p Hedrick;
Maine 1st - WILLIAMS, S. doubled to center field. McGRAW, M. tripled to right
field, RBI; WILLIAMS, S. scored. CREEK, G. struck out swinging. QUINTAL, R. grounded
out to 2b, RBI; McGRAW, M. scored. BARRETT, J. flied out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Czarnowski struck out looking. Sidhu grounded out to p.
Emanuele grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Maine 2nd - HOUGH, J. grounded out to ss. IZARYK, A. struck out, out at first
c to 1b. FERRIGGI, M. struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Koslowski struck out looking. Heriot struck out looking.
Bush grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Maine 3rd - HARVEY, J. struck out looking. WILLIAMS, S. homered to left
field, RBI. McGRAW, M. singled up the middle. McGRAW, M. advanced to second on a
passed ball. CREEK, G. struck out swinging. QUINTAL, R. walked. BARRETT, J. struck
out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Paquette out at first 1b to p. Morizio struck out looking.
Nutting grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Maine 4th - HOUGH, J. walked. IZARYK, A. grounded into double play ss to 2b
to 1b; HOUGH, J. out on the play. FERRIGGI, M. doubled to center field. HARVEY, J.
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Czarnowski hit by pitch. Sidhu fouled out to c. Emanuele
singled to left field; Czarnowski advanced to second. Koslowski grounded out to 1b
unassisted; Emanuele advanced to second; Czarnowski advanced to third. Heriot flied
out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Maine 5th - WILLIAMS, S. grounded out to p. McGRAW, M. grounded out to ss.
CREEK, G. flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Bush singled to right center. Paquette singled to center
field; Bush advanced to third. Morizio flied out to lf. Nutting singled to left
field, RBI; Paquette advanced to second; Bush scored. Czarnowski singled to right
field, RBI; Nutting advanced to third; Paquette scored. Sidhu popped up to 2b.
Emanuele grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Maine 6th - QUINTAL, R. struck out looking. BARRETT, J. flied out to rf.
HOUGH, J. flied out to rf to right center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Koslowski singled to shortstop. Heriot flied out to lf.
Bush hit by pitch; Koslowski advanced to second. Paquette flied out to cf; Koslowski
advanced to third. Morizio struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Maine 7th - IZARYK, A. flied out to cf. FERRIGGI, M. walked. HARVEY, J. flied
out to cf. WILLIAMS, S. walked; FERRIGGI, M. advanced to second. McGRAW, M. struck
out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - ROBINSON, S. to p for NORTON, G.. Nutting grounded out to
3b. Czarnowski grounded out to 2b. Sidhu singled through the left side. Emanuele
singled to left field; Sidhu advanced to second. Koslowski popped up to c. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Maine 8th - Madison to p for Hedrick. CREEK, G. grounded out to 3b. QUINTAL,
R. walked. BARRETT, J. struck out swinging. QUINTAL, R. out at first c to 1b, picked
off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Heriot flied out to rf. Bush struck out swinging. Paquette
out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Maine 9th - HOUGH, J. struck out looking. IZARYK, A. reached on an error by
2b. FERRIGGI, M. struck out swinging. HARVEY, J. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 9th - Steinberg pinch hit for Morizio. Steinberg grounded out to
c. Nutting struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Czarnowski flied out to 3b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
