Junior Matt Morizio hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and sophomore pitchers Adam Ottavino and Dave Pellegrine combined to throw a one-hitter as the Northeastern baseball team defeated Binghamton, 2-1, in the first game of a doubleheader on Senior Day Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
Tied 1-1 in the eighth, junior Arman Sidhu grounded to third and Bearcats (19-20, 8-5 America East) third baseman Mathieu Bergeron made a poor throw to first in the dirt, allowing Sidhu to reach. Senior Jeff Heriot followed with a double down the right field line, with Sidhu making it to third. After an intentional walk to senior Tim Bush to load the bases, Morizio flied to deep right center, allowing Sidhu to tag up and score from third.
NU (19-18, 10-3 America East) scored the first run of the game in the third inning when senior Miguel Paquette doubled and scored on freshman Mike Lyon's bloop single to center.
Ottavino was stellar again for the Huskies. He retired the first 15 batters he faced before giving up a walk to Jeff Monaco to lead off the sixth inning. Monaco then stole second and scored on Jamie Boyer's RBI single up the middle to tie the game, 1-1.
Ottavino settled down and ended up pitching seven innings, allowing just the one hit and one run. He walked two and struck out eight. His 78 strikeouts on the season has moved him to eighth all time in Huskies history in single season strikeout totals.
Pellegrine (4-2) relieved Ottavino in the eighth and finished the game, tossing two innings and striking out four batters.
Binghamton starter Jarrod Rampey (5-4) took the loss after pitching seven and a third innings and allowing two runs, one unearned.
NU will look for the doubleheader sweep in game two with senior Devin Monds making his final start at home.
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Binghamton at Northeastern (Game 1)
May 08, 2005 at Brookline, MA (Friedman Diamond)
Binghamton 1 (19-20,8-5 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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FORD, Keith lf/ss........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
SMUCKER, Justin ss....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
POWELL, Whitney lf...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
HITCHCOCK, Brendon 1b.... 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 2
BERGERON, Mathieu 3b..... 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
SIMEK, Matt 2b........... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
DAVIS, Aaron cf.......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
MONACO, Jeff rf.......... 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 1
BOYER, Jamie dh.......... 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
HAUGHIE, Pat c........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0
RAMPEY, Jarrod p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
WEGLINKSI, Mike p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 28 1 1 1 3 12 24 6 4
Northeastern 2 (19-18,10-3 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chris Emanuele cf........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Arman Sidhu ss........... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Jeff Heriot rf........... 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
Tim Bush 3b.............. 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
Matt Morizio c........... 3 0 0 1 0 1 12 0 1
Dan Milano dh............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Miguel Paquette 1b....... 3 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0
Brian Nutting 2b......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0
Mike Lyon lf............. 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
Adam Ottavino p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Pellegrine p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 29 2 7 2 3 6 27 7 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Binghamton.......... 000 001 000 - 1 1 1
Northeastern........ 001 000 01X - 2 7 0
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E - Bergeron. LOB - BING 4; Northeastern 7. 2B - Heriot(12); Paquette(11);
Lyon(5). HBP - Smucker. SF - Morizio(2). SB - Monaco.
Binghamton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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RAMPEY, Jarrod...... 7.1 7 2 1 2 6 28 30
WEGLINKSI, Mike..... 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Adam Ottavino....... 7.0 1 1 1 2 8 22 25
Dave Pellegrine..... 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 6 7
Win - Pellegrine (4-2). Loss - Rampey (5-4). Save - None.
HBP - by Ottavino (Smucker).
Umpires -
Start: 12:30 Time: 2:30 Attendance: 75
Game: GAME37
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Play-by-Play
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Binghamton at Northeastern (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
May 08, 2005 at Brookline, MA (Friedman Diamond)
Score by Innings R H E
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Binghamton.......... 000 001 000 - 1 1 1
Northeastern........ 001 000 01X - 2 7 0
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Binghamton starters: 7/lf Ford; 15/ss Smucker; 32/1b Hitchcock; 19/3b Bergeron; 8/2b
Simek; 29/cf Davis; 16/rf Monaco; 17/dh Boyer; 11/c Haughie; 25/p Rampey;
Northeastern starters: 27/cf Emanuele; 3/ss Sidhu; 44/rf Heriot; 45/3b Bush; 11/c
Morizio; 35/dh Milano; 31/1b Paquette; 8/2b Nutting; 7/lf Lyon; 22/p Ottavino;
Binghamton 1st - Ford out at first 2b to p. Smucker popped up to 2b.
Hitchcock grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Emanuele out on batter's interference. Sidhu walked.
Heriot flied out to rf; Sidhu out at first rf to 1b, runner left early. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton 2nd - Bergeron grounded out to 2b. Simek grounded out to 2b. Davis
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Bush struck out swinging. Morizio popped up to p. Milano
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton 3rd - Monaco struck out looking. Boyer struck out looking. Haughie
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Paquette doubled to center field. Nutting flied out to rf
down the rf line; Paquette advanced to third. Lyon singled to center field, RBI;
Paquette scored. Emanuele struck out swinging. Sidhu flied out to rf. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 4th - Ford struck out looking. Smucker grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Hitchcock struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Heriot struck out swinging. Bush singled to left field.
Morizio struck out swinging. Milano struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Binghamton 5th - Bergeron struck out swinging. Simek popped up to 2b. Davis
grounded out to 3b, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Paquette popped up to ss down the lf line. Nutting
grounded out to ss. Lyon doubled down the lf line. Emanuele flied out to rf to right
center. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 6th - Monaco walked. Monaco stole second. Boyer singled up the
middle, RBI; Monaco scored. Haughie popped up to p, bunt. Ford grounded out to 1b
unassisted; Boyer advanced to second. Smucker hit by pitch. Hitchcock struck out
swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Sidhu grounded out to 3b. Heriot singled up the middle.
Bush singled to shortstop; Heriot advanced to second. Morizio lined out to 1b; Bush
out at first 1b unassisted, runner left early. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Binghamton 7th - Bergeron struck out swinging. Simek flied out to cf. Davis
walked. Monaco fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Milano out at first 2b to p. Paquette flied out to lf to
left center. Nutting walked. Lyon struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Binghamton 8th - Pellegrine to p for Ottavino. Boyer struck out looking.
Haughie struck out looking. Ford flied out to rf to right center. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Ford to ss. Powell to lf for Smucker. Emanuele flied out
to lf. Sidhu reached on an error by 3b. Heriot doubled down the rf line; Sidhu
advanced to third. Weglinksi to p for Rampey. Bush intentionally walked. Morizio
flied out to rf to right center, SAC, RBI; Heriot advanced to third; Sidhu scored,
unearned. Milano grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Binghamton 9th - Powell struck out looking. Hitchcock walked. Bergeron struck
out swinging. Simek grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
