Binghamton starting pitcher Scott Diamond threw a complete game shutout as the Bearcats defeated the Northeastern baseball team, 2-0, in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
NU had beaten the Bearcats, 2-1, in the first game.
Diamond (3-4) struck out six batters in his outing. He scattered six hits and walked three.
The Huskies (19-19, 10-4 America East) had their opportunities to score, but left five men on base and had two more caught stealing. Senior Devin Monds (2-5) once again was a victim of a NU offensive shortage. He allowed just one earned run on five hits in seven innings. He struck out eight batters, but took his fifth loss of the season. NU has scored just four runs in those five losses.
Binghamton (20-20, 9-5 America East) got its runs in the fifth inning. Monds issued a leadoff walk to Jeff Monaco, who stole second and scored on Jamie Boyer's RBI single up the middle. Boyer then scored on junior shortstop Arman Sidhu's throwing error to make it 2-0 in favor of the Bearcats.
That was all that Diamond needed as he recorded his third complete game of the season and first shutout.
The Huskies, despite the split, remain in sole possession of first place in America East at 10-4. Maine and Vermont are half a game back at 10-5 while Binghamton is still a game back at 9-5. NU's magic number to clinch a berth in the America East tournament is three.
The final game of this series has been postponed and no makeup date has been announced.
Northeastern will look to add to the win column when they play at Central Connecticut on Tuesday, May 10, at 3 p.m.
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Binghamton at Northeastern (Game 2)
May 08, 2005 at Brookline, MA (Friedman Diamond)
Binghamton 2 (20-20,9-5 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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FORD, Keith ss........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
SIMEK, Matt 2b........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
HITCHCOCK, Brendon 1b.... 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 0
BERGERON, Mathieu 3b..... 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
MONACO, Jeff rf.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
DAVIS, Aaron cf.......... 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
BOYER, Jamie dh.......... 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
POWELL, Whitney lf....... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
DARLING, Chris c......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0
DIAMOND, Scott p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 26 2 5 1 1 8 21 14 4
Northeastern 0 (19-19,10-4 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chris Emanuele cf........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Arman Sidhu ss........... 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Tim Bush 3b.............. 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Miguel Paquette 1b....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 2
Jeff Maher dh............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dan Milano dh........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Heriot rf........... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Nutting 2b......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Matt Morizio c........... 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 1 1
Mike Lyon lf............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Devin Monds p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 23 0 6 0 3 6 21 3 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Binghamton.......... 000 020 0 - 2 5 1
Northeastern........ 000 000 0 - 0 6 2
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E - Darling; Sidhu(4); Bush(9). DP - BING 1. LOB - BING 4; Northeastern 5.
2B - Heriot(13). SB - Davis; Heriot(10). CS - Heriot 2(3).
Binghamton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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DIAMOND, Scott...... 7.0 6 0 0 3 6 23 26
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Devin Monds......... 7.0 5 2 1 1 8 26 27
Win - Diamond (3-4). Loss - Monds (2-5). Save - None.
WP - Monds(1).
Umpires -
Start: 3:30 Time: 1:58 Attendance: 75
Game: GAME38
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Play-by-Play
2005 Northeastern Baseball
Binghamton at Northeastern (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
May 08, 2005 at Brookline, MA (Friedman Diamond)
Score by Innings R H E
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Binghamton.......... 000 020 0 - 2 5 1
Northeastern........ 000 000 0 - 0 6 2
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Binghamton starters: 7/ss Ford; 8/2b Simek; 32/1b Hitchcock; 19/3b Bergeron; 16/rf
Monaco; 29/cf Davis; 17/dh Boyer; 20/lf Powell; 14/c Darling; 34/p Diamond;
Northeastern starters: 27/cf Emanuele; 3/ss Sidhu; 45/3b Bush; 31/1b Paquette; 1/dh
Maher; 44/rf Heriot; 8/2b Nutting; 11/c Morizio; 7/lf Lyon; 21/p Monds;
Binghamton 1st - Ford popped up to 1b. Simek grounded out to 1b unassisted.
Hitchcock grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Emanuele struck out looking. Sidhu lined out to rf. Bush
singled to left field. Paquette grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Binghamton 2nd - Bergeron grounded out to p. Monaco grounded out to 3b. Davis
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Maher struck out looking. Heriot singled to first base,
bunt. Nutting flied out to lf. Heriot stole second, advanced to third on an error by
c. Morizio walked. Heriot out at home p to 1b to ss to c, caught stealing. 0
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 3rd - Boyer singled to right field. Boyer advanced to second on a
wild pitch. Powell struck out looking. Darling struck out swinging. Ford struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Lyon grounded out to 2b. Emanuele popped up to 1b, bunt.
Sidhu flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton 4th - Simek popped up to 1b. Hitchcock singled up the middle.
Bergeron singled through the right side; Hitchcock advanced to second. Monaco lined
out to ss; Hitchcock out at second ss unassisted, runner left early. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Bush singled to second base. Paquette grounded into double
play 2b to ss to 1b; Bush out on the play. Maher struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton 5th - Davis walked. Davis stole second. Boyer singled up the
middle, RBI; Davis scored. Powell struck out swinging. Darling grounded out to 1b
unassisted; Boyer advanced to second. Ford reached on an error by ss; Boyer scored,
unearned. Simek flied out to cf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Heriot doubled down the lf line. Heriot out at third p to
3b, caught stealing. Nutting grounded out to 3b. Morizio singled up the middle. Lyon
reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Morizio out at second ss to 2b. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 6th - Hitchcock reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to
second. Bergeron struck out swinging. Monaco singled to center field, out at second
c to 2b; Hitchcock advanced to third. Davis flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Emanuele struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Sidhu
walked. Bush singled to right center, out at second lf to ss to 2b; Sidhu advanced
to third. Paquette struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton 7th - Boyer struck out looking. Powell grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Darling struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Milano to dh for Maher. Milano struck out swinging. Heriot
flied out to cf. Nutting walked. Morizio grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
