Northeastern advanced to the winners bracket of the America East Tournament with a 7-3 win over Binghamton Thursday afternoon at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vt.
NU will play Maine, which beat Vermont, 14-2, at 3:30 p.m while Binghamton will play the Catamounts at noon.
Sophomore Adam Ottavino (8-4), named the conference's Pitcher of the Year yesterday, pitched a valiant seven and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits.
Ottavino fanned five batters, passing Donald Eason in the school record books for most strikeouts in a single season. Ottavino now has 106 punchouts this year while Eason had the record for 51 years with 101 strikeouts.
Things could have been a lot worse for Ottavino early. In the first inning, he allowed two hits and a walk to load the bases with only one out. However, he struck out Justin Smucker and got Jeff Monaco to ground out to end the inning and strand the baserunners.
The Bearcats (23-25) did get to Ottavino in the sixth when Mathieu Bergeron homered to right and Pat Haughie hit a two-run single to cut the Huskies' lead to 4-3.
Clinging to a one-run lead, the Huskies scored three runs in the seventh inning. Binghamton starter Jarrod Rampey (5-5) balked in a run with the bases loaded and then junior Matt Morizio roped a two-run single to right to give NU a 7-3 advantage. The Huskies (26-21) scored their first two runs in the first inning off of Rampey. Junior Chris Emanuele scored on a wild pitch and junior Arman Sidhu scored on a sacrifice fly to left by senior Jeff Heriot.
NU tacked on two in the third inning when senior Tim Bush doubled down the left field line to give the team a 4-0 lead.
The Huskies are one win closer to an America East title. With a win over the Black Bears tomorrow, NU will put itself in the final on Saturday.
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Binghamton at Northeastern
May 26, 2005 at Burlington, Vt. (Centennial Field)
Binghamton 3 (23-25-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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FORD, Keith lf........... 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2
SIMEK, Matt 2b........... 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0
HITCHCOCK, Brendon 1b.... 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
BERGERON, Mathieu 3b..... 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
SMUCKER, Justin ss....... 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0
MONACO, Jeff rf.......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 3
DAVIS, Aaron cf.......... 3 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 0
BOYER, Jamie dh.......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
JAMES, Ryan pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HAUGHIE, Pat c........... 4 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 2
RAMPEY, Jarrod p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
VAN GORDER, Mike p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 37 3 11 3 3 6 24 5 10
Northeastern 7 (26-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chris Emanuele cf........ 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Arman Sidhu ss........... 5 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 3
Jeff Heriot rf........... 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0
Tim Bush 3b.............. 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 0
Miguel Paquette 1b....... 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 0
Matt Morizio c........... 4 0 1 2 0 0 7 0 2
Dan Milano dh............ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brian Nutting 2b......... 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
Mike Lyon lf............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
Adam Ottavino p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kris Dabrowiecki p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 33 7 9 5 4 4 27 7 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Binghamton.......... 000 003 000 - 3 11 1
Northeastern........ 202 000 30X - 7 9 0
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E - Haughie. DP - Northeastern 1. LOB - Binghamton 10; Northeastern 7. 2B -
Smucker(7); Sidhu(16); Bush(13). HR - Bergeron(16). SF - Heriot. SB -
Davis(7).
Binghamton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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RAMPEY, Jarrod...... 6.2 9 7 6 3 4 29 33
VAN GORDER, Mike.... 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Adam Ottavino....... 7.2 10 3 3 3 5 32 35
Kris Dabrowiecki.... 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 5 5
Win - Ottavino (8-4). Loss - Rampey (5-5). Save - Dabrowiecki (1).
WP - Rampey 2; Ottavino. BK - Rampey.
Umpires - HP: Craig Alden 1B: Joe Cacciatore 2B: Steve Ricciardi 3B: Nick
Zibelli Start: 3:35 pm Time: 2:48 Attendance:
Game notes:
2005 America East Baseball Championship
Game: GAME47
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Play-by-Play
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Binghamton at Northeastern - Play-by-Play
May 26, 2005 at Burlington, Vt. (Centennial Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Binghamton.......... 000 003 000 - 3 11 1
Northeastern........ 202 000 30X - 7 9 0
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Binghamton starters: 7/lf Ford; 8/2b Simek; 32/1b Hitchcock; 19/3b Bergeron; 15/ss
Smucker; 16/rf Monaco; 29/cf Davis; 17/dh Boyer; 11/c Haughie; 25/p Rampey;
Northeastern starters: 27/cf Emanuele; 3/ss Sidhu; 44/rf Heriot; 45/3b Bush; 31/1b
Paquette; 11/c Morizio; 35/dh Milano; 8/2b Nutting; 7/lf Lyon; 22/p Ottavino;
Binghamton 1st - Ford grounded out to ss. Simek singled to shortstop.
Hitchcock singled to center field; Simek advanced to second. Bergeron walked;
Hitchcock advanced to second; Simek advanced to third. Smucker struck out. Monaco
grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Emanuele reached on a throwing error by c. Sidhu doubled
to left center; Emanuele advanced to third. Sidhu advanced to third; Emanuele scored
on a wild pitch, unearned. Heriot flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Sidhu scored. Bush
struck out looking. Paquette out at first 1b to p. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0
LOB.
Binghamton 2nd - Davis singled to left field. Boyer struck out looking; Davis
stole second. Haughie struck out. Ford grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Morizio flied out to rf. Milano flied out to lf. Nutting
singled down the lf line. Lyon fouled out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Binghamton 3rd - Simek grounded out to 3b. Hitchcock grounded out to ss.
Bergeron flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Emanuele popped up to 2b. Sidhu singled to left field.
Heriot singled to right field; Sidhu advanced to second. Bush doubled down the lf
line, 2 RBI; Heriot scored; Sidhu scored. Bush advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Paquette struck out. Morizio flied out to rf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Binghamton 4th - Smucker lined out to cf. Monaco flied out to rf. Davis
walked. Boyer fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Milano grounded out to ss. Nutting walked. Lyon struck
out. Emanuele walked; Nutting advanced to second. Sidhu reached on a fielder's
choice; Emanuele out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Binghamton 5th - Haughie singled to second base. Ford singled through the
right side; Haughie advanced to second. Simek reached on a fielder's choice; Ford
out at second ss to 2b; Haughie advanced to third. Hitchcock grounded into double
play ss to 1b; Simek out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Heriot struck out. Bush singled to left center. Paquette
flied out to cf. Morizio flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 6th - Bergeron homered to right field, RBI. Smucker flied out to
rf. Monaco singled through the left side. Davis singled to third base, bunt; Monaco
advanced to second. Davis advanced to second; Monaco advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Boyer fouled out to 3b. Haughie singled to right center, 2 RBI; Davis scored;
Monaco scored. Ford flied out to rf. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Milano lined out to lf. Nutting flied out to cf. Lyon
popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton 7th - Simek struck out. Hitchcock lined out to lf. Bergeron
grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Emanuele grounded out to p. Sidhu singled up the middle.
Heriot flied out to rf. Bush singled to left field; Sidhu advanced to second.
Paquette walked; Bush advanced to second; Sidhu advanced to third. Paquette advanced
to second; Bush advanced to third; Sidhu scored on a balk. Morizio singled to right
field, 2 RBI; Paquette scored; Bush scored. Van Gorder to p for Rampey. Milano flied
out to lf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 8th - Smucker doubled to right field. Monaco popped up to 2b.
Davis struck out looking. Boyer walked. James pinch ran for Boyer. Dabrowiecki to p
for Ottavino. Haughie struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Nutting walked. Lyon flied out to rf. Emanuele flied out
to cf. Sidhu reached on a fielder's choice; Nutting out at second 2b to ss. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 9th - Ford out at first 1b to p. Simek lined out to 3b. Hitchcock
singled to shortstop. Bergeron flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
