The Northeastern baseball team got six shutout innings from freshman Kris Dabrowiecki and four hits, including a homer and two doubles, from senior Tim Bush to defeat Harvard, 10-3, Tuesday afternoon at O'Donnell Field. The win is head coach Neil McPhee's 500th victory of his career.
McPhee's 500th win in his 20th season comes as no surprise as the Husky skipper has had winning teams throughout his tenure with NU. A Northeastern Hall of Famer, inducted in 1980, McPhee has produced three America East titles and three NCAA appearances. He has coached teams to 25 or more wins in a season 12 times including in each of the last three seasons. He is also a two-time America East Coach of the Year, winning the honor in 1991 and 1994.
In addition to McPhee's milestone victory, junior Chris Emanuele doubled to lead off the game, breaking NU's all-time hitting streak mark of 17 games. Emanuele has now recorded a hit in 18 consecutive games, surpassing Preston Carroll, who set the record for the Huskies in 1980. The Husky center fielder has a hit in 31 of NU's 36 games this season.
Emanuele helped put the Huskies (18-18) on the board in the first inning. After his leadoff double, Bush drove him home with an RBI double down the left field line, giving NU a 1-0 lead.
Bush struck again in the fourth inning with a solo home run to left center. Later in the inning, junior Brian Nutting drew a bases loaded walk for a 3-0 Huskies advantage.
NU added three runs in the eighth off of Harvard's Mike Dukovich. Freshman Mike Lyon doubled to right center, scoring sophomore Dan Milano. Emanuele then added the Huskies' fifth run with a sacrifice fly to right, allowing Nutting to score. Junior Arman Sidhu capped the inning with an RBI double to the gap in left center to bring home Lyon.
Harvard (24-15) could not get much off of Dabrowiecki (6-1), who pitched a sterling six innings, allowing just three hits. He walked none and struck out two.
Harvard however did get to junior Matt Morizio, the Huskies' regular catcher and former high school pitcher, for three runs in the bottom of the eighth when Josh Klimkiewicz homered to right with two men on to cut the Huskies' lead to 6-3.
The Huskies answered back with four runs in the ninth, thanks to a two-run single to left by Nutting and a two-run homer by Lyon, putting NU up by seven, 10-3. For Lyon, it was his eighth hit in his last 13 at-bats.
Crimson starter Jake Bruton (1-2) took the loss despite going three innings and allowing just one run.
NU, which is currently in first place in America East, will host second-place Binghamton, in a three-game series at Friedman Diamond, starting Saturday at noon.
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Northeastern at Harvard Crimson
May 03, 2005 at Cambridge, Mass. (O'Donnell field)
Northeastern 10 (18-18)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chris Emanuele cf........ 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
Arman Sidhu ss........... 3 0 1 1 2 2 3 6 0
Jeff Heriot rf........... 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2
Tim Bush 3b/p............ 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Morizio dh/p........ 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Jeff Maher lf........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Milano c............. 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 1 0
Miguel Paquette 1b....... 4 0 1 0 1 1 11 0 0
Brian Nutting 2b/3b...... 4 2 1 3 1 0 3 1 1
Mike Lyon lf/2b.......... 5 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0
Kris Dabrowiecki p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Madison p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 37 10 13 10 7 8 27 11 9
Harvard Crimson 3 (24-15)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Byrne 2b................. 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1
Warren ph/lf............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jenkins 2b.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Farkes lf................ 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Klimkiewicz 1b........... 4 1 1 3 0 0 5 1 0
Mann dh.................. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wolff dh................ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson 3b................ 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Herrmann ph............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Brown, M. ss............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Meehan ss............... 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Friedman c............... 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0
Kramer c................ 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
Bach cf.................. 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mackey rf................ 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3
Bruton p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wheeler p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miller p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Castellanos p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brunnig p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dukovich p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arteaga p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 34 3 7 3 2 5 27 8 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Northeastern........ 100 200 034 - 10 13 2
Harvard Crimson..... 000 000 030 - 3 7 1
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E - Paquette 2(6); Wilson(13). DP - NU 1; Harvard 2. LOB - NU 9; Harvard 6.
2B - Emanuele(9); Sidhu(14); Bush 2(11); Morizio(10); Paquette(10); Lyon(4).
HR - Bush(7); Lyon(3); Klimkiewicz(9). SH - Milano(1). SF - Emanuele(3). CS
- Wilson(1).
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Kris Dabrowiecki.... 6.0 3 0 0 0 2 21 21
Jim Madison......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4
Matt Morizio........ 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 5 6
Tim Bush............ 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 5
Harvard Crimson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Bruton.............. 3.0 3 1 1 1 4 11 12
Wheeler............. 0.0 2 2 2 3 0 2 5
Miller.............. 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5
Castellanos......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
Brunnig............. 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 5 6
Dukovich............ 1.0 2 3 1 1 1 5 7
Arteaga............. 1.0 3 4 4 1 2 5 7
Win - Dabrowiecki (6-1). Loss - Bruton (1-2). Save - None.
WP - Bruton(9).
Umpires -
Start: 3:00 Time: 2:26 Attendance: 219
Wheeler faced 5 batters in the 4th.
Game: GAME36
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Play-by-Play
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Northeastern at Harvard Crimson - Play-by-Play
May 03, 2005 at Cambridge, Mass. (O'Donnell field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Northeastern........ 100 200 034 - 10 13 2
Harvard Crimson..... 000 000 030 - 3 7 1
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Northeastern starters: 27/cf Emanuele; 3/ss Sidhu; 44/rf Heriot; 45/3b Bush; 11/dh
Morizio; 35/c Milano; 31/1b Paquette; 8/2b Nutting; 7/lf Lyon; 12/p Dabrowiecki;
Harvard Crimson starters: 13/2b Byrne; 3/lf Farkes; 19/1b Klimkiewicz; 22/dh Mann;
24/3b Wilson; 12/ss Brown, M.; 6/c Friedman; 32/cf Bach; 4/rf Mackey; 29/p Bruton;
Northeastern 1st - Emanuele doubled to left field. Sidhu struck out swinging.
Heriot fouled out to c. Bush doubled down the lf line, RBI; Emanuele scored. Morizio
struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 1st - Byrne grounded out to ss. Farkes grounded out to 2b.
Klimkiewicz grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Milano singled to left center. Paquette flied out to rf.
Nutting hit into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Milano out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 2nd - Mann popped up to 2b. Wilson singled down the lf line.
Brown, M. struck out swinging. Wilson out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Lyon struck out swinging. Emanuele flied out to lf. Sidhu
walked. Sidhu advanced to second on a wild pitch. Heriot struck out swinging. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 3rd - Friedman reached on a fielding error by 1b. Bach hit
into double play ss to 1b; Friedman out on the play. Mackey singled to right field.
Byrne grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Wheeler to p for Bruton. Bush homered to left field, RBI.
Morizio doubled to center field. Milano walked. Paquette walked; Milano advanced to
second; Morizio advanced to third. Nutting walked, RBI; Paquette advanced to second;
Milano advanced to third; Morizio scored. Miller to p for Wheeler. Lyon popped up to
3b. Emanuele hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Nutting out on the play. 2
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 4th - Farkes grounded out to 3b. Klimkiewicz reached on a
fielding error by 1b. Mann struck out looking. Wilson grounded out to ss. 0 runs,
0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Sidhu struck out swinging. Heriot out at first 1b to p.
Bush flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 5th - Brown, M. popped up to ss. Friedman singled up the
middle. Bach reached on a fielder's choice; Friedman out at second p to ss. Mackey
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Castellanos to p for Miller. Meehan to ss for Brown, M..
Kramer to c for Friedman. Morizio flied out to cf. Milano popped up to ss. Paquette
doubled down the lf line. Nutting flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Harvard Crimson 6th - Byrne grounded out to ss. Farkes flied out to lf.
Klimkiewicz flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Brunnig to p for Castellanos. Lyon grounded out to c.
Emanuele grounded out to 2b. Sidhu walked. Heriot singled to right field; Sidhu
advanced to second. Bush singled to pitcher; Heriot advanced to second; Sidhu
advanced to third. Morizio popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 7th - Madison to p for Dabrowiecki. Wolff to dh for Mann.
Wolff lined out to 1b. Wilson walked. Meehan struck out swinging. Kramer grounded
out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Dukovich to p for Brunnig. Milano walked. Paquette flied
out to cf. Nutting reached on a fielding error by 3b; Milano advanced to second.
Lyon doubled to right center, RBI; Nutting advanced to third; Milano scored.
Emanuele flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Nutting scored, unearned. Sidhu doubled to left
center, RBI; Lyon scored, unearned. Heriot struck out swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 8th - Morizio to p. / for Madison. Bach flied out to rf.
Mackey walked. Warren pinch hit for Byrne. Warren struck out swinging. Farkes
singled to third base; Mackey advanced to second. Klimkiewicz homered to right
field, 3 RBI; Farkes scored; Mackey scored. Wolff lined out to 2b. 3 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 9th - Jenkins to 2b for Warren. Arteaga to p for Dukovich. Bush
doubled down the lf line. Morizio walked. Milano grounded out to p, SAC, bunt;
Morizio advanced to second; Bush advanced to third. Warren to lf for Farkes.
Paquette struck out swinging. Nutting singled down the lf line, 2 RBI; Morizio
scored; Bush scored. Lyon homered to left field, 2 RBI; Nutting scored. Emanuele
struck out swinging. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harvard Crimson 9th - Bush to p. Maher to lf for Morizio. Nutting to 3b. Lyon
to 2b. Herrmann pinch hit for Wilson. Herrmann struck out swinging. Meehan singled
to center field. Kramer singled through the right side; Meehan advanced to second.
Bach flied out to cf; Meehan advanced to third. Mackey grounded out to 1b
unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
