The Northeastern baseball team finished the first weekend of May on a strong note, completing the series sweep of UMBC with a 6-1 win on Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
Junior Devin Monds had another solid outing for the Huskies (19-15, 8-4 America East), as he allowed just one run on six hits in the complete game effort. Monds, who struck out six, improves to 4-3 on the season. Northeastern has now won three straight, while UMBC (10-29, 3-9 America East) drops its fifth in a row.
It didn't take the Huskies long to strike, as Northeastern put its first run on the board just two batters into the game. After a leadoff single from senior Mike Steinberg, senior Brad Czarnowski drove a shot down the right field line, scoring Steinberg from first and putting Czarnowski on third with his second triple of the season.
With Northeastern leading, 1-0, in the bottom of the third, the Husky bats would give Monds all the run support he needed. With one away, junior Tim Bush hit his first triple of the season into the right field gap. After a walk to junior Jeff Heriot put runners on the corners, UMBC brought Jon Pavlis in from the bullpen.
Pavlis would throw a passed ball against the first batter he would face, allowing Bush to score what would be the game-winning run and Heriot to advance to second. With two down, sophomore Jeff Maher singled to left field, scoring Heriot and putting the Huskies ahead, 3-0. The Huskies put the game away in the seventh, as junior Miguel Paquette sent a blast, his fourth of the season, into the right field seats to leadoff the inning, giving NU a 4-0 lead. A couple of Retriever errors and a balk from relief pitcher Kyle Wildasin led to two more Northeastern runs.
UMBC picked up its only run of the game in the last inning. After a two-out single from Zach Clark, Monds' wild pitch allowed Clark to move to second base. Wildasin followed with a basehit of his own, scoring Clark easily.
Northeastern returns to the field on Thursday for a non-conference game with UMass at 3 p.m. on Friedman Diamond before heading to America East foe Binghamton for a doubleheader beginning at noon on saturday and a single game on Sunday at noon.
UMBC 1 (10-29,3-9)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brooks, Kevin 2b......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
Carpenter, Dan ss........ 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Clark, Zach dh/1b........ 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wildasin, Kyle 1b/p...... 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 1
Orlando, Mike cf......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Gossard, Jon c........... 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0
Cerullo, Chris lf........ 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Scheffel, Mike rf........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
Saffron, Jack 3b......... 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1
Sauter, Bo p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pavlis, Jon p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 1 6 1 1 6 24 6 4
Northeastern 6 (19-15,8-4)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Mike Steinberg lf........ 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2
Brad Czarnowski rf....... 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0
Tim Bush 3b.............. 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
Jeff Heriot cf........... 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0
Dan Milano c............. 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 2
Jeff Maher dh............ 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Arman Sidhu ss........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1
Miguel Paquette 1b....... 3 1 1 1 1 0 8 1 0
Brian Nutting 2b......... 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Devin Monds p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 31 6 7 4 3 5 27 11 5
Score by Innings R H E
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UMBC................ 000 000 001 - 1 6 3
Northeastern........ 102 000 30X - 6 7 0
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E - Carpenter; Orlando; Pavlis. DP - UMBC 1; Northeastern 1. LOB - UMBC 4;
Northeastern 5. 2B - Saffron. 3B - Czarnowski(2); Bush(1). HR - Paquette(4).
SF - Czarnowski(2). SB - Steinberg(5). CS - Saffron.
UMBC IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Sauter, Bo.......... 2.1 5 3 1 2 1 11 13
Pavlis, Jon......... 3.2 2 3 1 0 3 15 15
Wildasin, Kyle...... 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Devin Monds......... 9.0 6 1 1 1 6 31 32
Win - Monds (4-3). Loss - Sauter (2-2).
WP - Monds(7). BK - Wildasin. PB - Gossard.
Umpires - HP: Tim Carey 1B: Mark Cherbonneau
Start: 1 p.m. Time: 1:56 Attendance: 175
Pavlis faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Game: GAME34
Score by Innings R H E
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UMBC................ 000 000 001 - 1 6 3
Northeastern........ 102 000 30X - 6 7 0
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UMBC starters: 5/2b Brooks; 3/ss Carpenter; 6/dh Clark; 34/1b Wildasin; 25/cf
Orlando; 35/c Gossard; 7/lf Cerullo; 20/rf Scheffel; 11/3b Saffron; 18/p Sauter;
Northeastern starters: 19/lf Steinberg; 17/rf Czarnowski; 45/3b Bush; 44/cf Heriot;
35/c Milano; 1/dh Maher; 3/ss Sidhu; 31/1b Paquette; 8/2b Nutting; 21/p Monds;
UMBC 1st - Brooks grounded out to ss. Carpenter flied out to lf. Clark
singled to center field. Wildasin flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Steinberg singled to left field. Czarnowski tripled to
right field, RBI; Steinberg scored. Bush reached on a fielder's choice; Czarnowski
out at home 3b to c. Heriot reached on a fielder's choice; Bush out at second 1b to
ss. Milano struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UMBC 2nd - Orlando grounded out to ss. Gossard flied out to rf. Cerullo
singled to left field. Scheffel flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Maher singled to left field. Sidhu singled to right
center; Maher advanced to second. Paquette walked; Sidhu advanced to second; Maher
advanced to third. Nutting lined out to 1b; Paquette out at first 1b unassisted.
Steinberg flied out to 1b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UMBC 3rd - Saffron doubled to left center. Brooks lined out to rf. Saffron
out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. Carpenter flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Czarnowski grounded out to 2b. Bush tripled to right
center. Heriot walked. Pavlis to p for Sauter. Heriot advanced to second on a passed
ball; Bush scored on a passed ball, unearned. Milano lined out to 2b. Maher singled
to left field, RBI; Heriot scored, unearned. Sidhu struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UMBC 4th - Clark flied out to rf. Wildasin grounded out to 3b. Orlando struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Paquette flied out to lf. Nutting struck out swinging.
Steinberg flied out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UMBC 5th - Gossard grounded out to ss. Cerullo struck out swinging. Scheffel
flied out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Czarnowski grounded out to ss. Bush flied out to ss.
Heriot struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UMBC 6th - Saffron singled to center field. Brooks struck out swinging.
Carpenter hit into double play 1b to ss to p; Saffron out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Milano reached on an error by p. Maher hit into double
play 3b to 2b to 1b; Milano out on the play. Sidhu flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
UMBC 7th - Clark grounded out to ss. Wildasin grounded out to 3b. Orlando
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Paquette homered to right field, RBI. Nutting reached on
an error by ss. Steinberg reached on an error by cf; Nutting advanced to third.
Steinberg advanced to second. Clark to 1b. Wildasin to p. / for Pavlis. Czarnowski
flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; Nutting scored, unearned. Bush flied out to 3b. Steinberg
stole third. Heriot walked. Heriot advanced to second on a balk; Steinberg scored on
a balk, unearned. Milano struck out swinging. 3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
UMBC 8th - Gossard walked. Cerullo flied out to cf. Scheffel struck out
swinging. Saffron struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Maher flied out to rf. Sidhu flied out to ss. Paquette
flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UMBC 9th - Brooks struck out swinging. Carpenter flied out to lf. Clark
singled to left field. Clark advanced to second on a wild pitch. Wildasin singled,
RBI; Clark scored. Orlando grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
