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NU 1, IPFW 5

uskies drop game one vs. IPFW, 5-1
March 8, 2008
Manatee Community College (Bradenton, Fla.)

The Northeastern University baseball team dropped a seven-inning contest to the University of Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne, 5-1, in game one of a doubleheader at Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Fla. on Saturday afternoon. Junior Jeff Thomson went the distance for the Huskies to take the loss.

The Husky bats were fairly quiet for the second straight game. Junior catcher Frank Pesanello went 2-2 with a double and a run scored and was the lone Husky to finish with multiple hits. Junior third baseman James Donaldson drove in the team's only run with a single to center field that scored Pesanello.

Thomson allowed seven hits and five runs in his second complete game of the season, while striking out six and walking two.

The loss drops the Huskies to 5-4, while the Mastadons improve to 1-4-1 with the win.

Statistics
Northeastern 1 (5-4)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Dicesare, Tony rf........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Compagnone, Frank cf..... 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lyon, Mike ss............ 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
Tamsin, Mike lf.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Porter, Josh 1b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0
Pesanello, Frank c....... 2 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 0
Gustafson, David dh...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donaldson, James 3b...... 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Fisher, Dave 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
Thomson, Jeff p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Totals................... 28 1 7 1 2 5 18 10 9

Indiana-Purdue FW 5 (1-4-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Mark Carden ss........... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
Chris Gottschall 2b...... 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Davis cf........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Shaun VanDriessche 1b.... 3 0 1 1 0 1 9 1 1
Jimmy Gilliland 3b....... 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 5 1
Aaron Kerns dh........... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Garrett Segraves rf...... 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
Devin Taylor c........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1
Quentin Brown lf......... 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Brandon Knowling p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Ransbottom p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 21 5 7 5 2 6 21 8 5

Score by Innings R H E
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Northeastern........ 010 000 0 - 1 7 0
Indiana-Purdue FW... 002 120 X - 5 7 1
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E - M. Carden. DP - NU 1. LOB - NU 9; IPFW 5. 2B - Pesanello. HR - J.
Gilliland. HBP - C. Gottschal; G. Segraves. SH - Gustafson; M. Carden; C.
Gottschal; D. Taylor.

Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Thomson, Jeff....... 6.0 7 5 5 2 6 21 28

Indiana-Purdue FW IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brandon Knowling.... 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 23 26
Matt Ransbottom..... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5

Win - B. Knowling (1-0). Loss - Thomson (1-1). Save - None.
HBP - by Thomson (G. Segraves); by Thomson (C. Gottschal). PB - Pesanello.
Umpires -
Start: 2:05 PM Time: 1:45 Attendance: 112


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Play-by-Play


Northeastern starters: 20/rf DiCesare; 4/cf Compagnone; 7/ss Lyon; 6/lf Tamsin;
32/1b Porter; 11/c Pesanello; 9/dh Gustafson; 33/3b Donaldson; 2/2b Fisher; 23/p
Thomson;
Indiana-Purdue FW starters: 7/ss M. Carden; 8/2b C. Gottschal; 23/cf J. Davis; 34/1b
S. VanDriess; 3/3b J. Gilliland; 4/dh A. Kerns; 21/rf G. Segraves; 2/c D. Taylor;
5/lf Q. Brown; 28/p B. Knowling;

Northeastern 1st - DiCesare grounded out to 1b unassisted. Compagnone
grounded out to 3b. Lyon struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Indiana-Purdue FW 1st - M. Carden walked. C. Gottschal grounded out to p,
SAC, bunt; M. Carden advanced to second. J. Davis struck out swinging. S. VanDriess
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 2nd - Tamsin walked. Porter struck out swinging. Pesanello
doubled to right center; Tamsin advanced to third. Gustafson reached on a fielder's
choice; Tamsin out at home 3b to c. Donaldson singled to center field, RBI;
Gustafson advanced to third; Pesanello scored. Fisher struck out swinging. 1 run,
2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Indiana-Purdue FW 2nd - J. Gilliland struck out swinging. A. Kerns singled to
left field. G. Segraves reached on a fielder's choice; A. Kerns out at second ss to
2b. D. Taylor struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 3rd - DiCesare struck out swinging. Compagnone struck out
looking. Lyon singled to center field. Tamsin flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Indiana-Purdue FW 3rd - Q. Brown singled to right field. M. Carden grounded
out to p, SAC, bunt; Q. Brown advanced to second. C. Gottschal singled to center
field, RBI; Q. Brown scored. J. Davis singled to center field; C. Gottschal advanced
to second. S. VanDriess singled up the middle, RBI; J. Davis advanced to third; C.
Gottschal scored. J. Gilliland grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; S.
VanDriess out on the play. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 4th - Porter singled down the lf line. Pesanello walked; Porter
advanced to second. Gustafson grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Pesanello advanced to
second; Porter advanced to third. Donaldson reached on a fielder's choice; Pesanello
advanced to third; Porter out at home 1b to c. Fisher popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Indiana-Purdue FW 4th - A. Kerns grounded out to 2b. G. Segraves hit by
pitch. D. Taylor grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; G. Segraves advanced to second. Q.
Brown singled through the right side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; G.
Segraves scored. M. Carden struck out looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 5th - DiCesare grounded out to ss. Compagnone singled to left
field. Lyon flied out to rf. Tamsin flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Indiana-Purdue FW 5th - C. Gottschal hit by pitch. J. Davis popped up to p,
bunt. C. Gottschal advanced to second on a passed ball. S. VanDriess grounded out to
3b. J. Gilliland homered down the rf line, 2 RBI; C. Gottschal scored. A. Kerns
walked. G. Segraves struck out looking. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 6th - Porter fouled out to rf. Pesanello singled down the lf
line. Gustafson flied out to lf. Donaldson grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Indiana-Purdue FW 6th - D. Taylor grounded out to ss. Q. Brown grounded out
to ss. M. Carden grounded out to p unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Northeastern 7th - M. Ransbotto to p for B. Knowling. Fisher grounded out to
3b. DiCesare singled up the middle. Compagnone fouled out to 1b. Lyon reached on an
error by ss; DiCesare advanced to second. Tamsin grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

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