The Northeastern University baseball team saw its brief three-game winning streak snapped by the University of Rhode Island, taking a 10-2 loss in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Friedman Diamond. In what was a seven-inning contest, the Husky pitching staff struggled with its control, while the Husky lineup struggled to produce runs as it stranded 11 runners in the game.
Frank Pesanello went 4-4 with a double and a run scored and David Gustafson went 3-3 with a double of his own to lead the Husky offense in the losing effort. Brendan Stokes also had a strong game, finishing 2-3 with a double.
Trevor Smith started for the Huskies and took the loss after lasting just 1-1/3 innings. Bobby Carrington struck out seven in three innings of relief, including the side in order in the fourth, but the outing was marred by a fifth inning grand slam against the senior right-hander. JT Ross followed Carrington and was charged with two runs in 1-2/3 innings before Russ Lloyd came in to toss a scoreless sixth.
The Huskies dropped to 23-24-1 on the season with the loss, while Rhode Island improved to 28-22-1.
Statistics
Rhode Island 10 (28-22-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Pete Mastors lf.......... 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
Ron Bracchi ph/lf....... 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Oliver Palmer 2b......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1
Shaun Hagey 3b........... 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
Zach Zaneski c........... 2 2 1 2 1 0 6 1 0
Mike O'Malley 1b......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1
Dan Rhault ss............ 4 2 3 6 0 1 0 1 0
Rob Deveney rf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2
Tom Coulombe dh.......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kenny Burns cf........... 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
Chris Pickering p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Boyce p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Fraser p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 29 10 9 9 6 9 21 7 6
Northeastern 2 (23-24-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Dicesare, Tony rf........ 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Tamsin, Mike 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
Lyon, Mike ss............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Pesanello, Frank c....... 4 1 4 0 0 0 9 0 0
Porter, Josh 1b.......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0
Gustafson, David lf...... 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0
Zentek, Teddy cf......... 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 4
Donaldson, James 2b...... 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Stokes, Brendan dh....... 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Smith, Trevor p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrington, Bobby p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross, JT p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd, Russ p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 29 2 11 2 4 5 21 5 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Rhode Island........ 040 042 0 - 10 9 0
Northeastern........ 000 200 0 - 2 11 1
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E - Donaldson(9). DP - URI 1. LOB - URI 6; NU 11. 2B - Pesanello(7);
Gustafson(14); Stokes(2). 3B - Rhault(1). HR - Rhault(3). HBP - Zaneski;
Lyon. SF - Mastors(1). SB - Palmer(8); Hagey 2(13); Zaneski(7); Coulombe(5).
CS - Stokes(1).
Rhode Island IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Chris Pickering..... 3.0 6 2 2 3 2 12 16
Tim Boyce........... 2.2 4 0 0 0 2 12 12
Mark Fraser......... 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 5 6
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Smith, Trevor....... 1.1 3 4 3 1 1 8 9
Carrington, Bobby... 3.0 2 4 4 3 7 10 15
Ross, JT............ 1.2 2 2 2 2 1 6 8
Lloyd, Russ......... 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5
Win - Boyce (4-1). Loss - Smith (0-1). Save - None.
WP - Smith(1); Carrington(4). HBP - by Pickering (Lyon); by Carrington
(Zaneski). BK - Fraser(1).
Umpires -
Start: 12 PM Time: 2:40 Attendance: 55
Pickering faced 4 batters in the 4th.
Play-by-Play
Rhode Island starters: 30/lf Mastors; 8/2b Palmer; 16/3b Hagey; 17/c Zaneski; 7/1b
O'Malley; 10/ss Rhault; 21/rf Deveney; 29/dh Coulombe; 1/cf Burns; 25/p Pickering;
Northeastern starters: 20/rf DiCesare; 6/3b Tamsin; 7/ss Lyon; 11/c Pesanello; 32/1b
Porter; 9/lf Gustafson; 8/cf Zentek; 33/2b Donaldson; 17/dh Stokes; 42/p Smith;
Rhode Island 1st - Mastors struck out swinging. Palmer grounded out to 3b.
Hagey grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - DiCesare struck out swinging. Tamsin flied out to lf. Lyon
hit by pitch. Pesanello singled up the middle; Lyon advanced to second. Porter
singled through the right side; Pesanello advanced to third; Lyon advanced to third,
out at home rf to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Rhode Island 2nd - Zaneski reached on a fielding error by 2b. Zaneski stole
second. O'Malley singled to right field; Zaneski advanced to third. Rhault tripled
to right center, 2 RBI; O'Malley scored; Zaneski scored, unearned. Rhault scored on
a wild pitch. Deveney flied out to cf. Coulombe singled to center field. Burns
walked; Coulombe advanced to second. Carrington to p for Smith. Burns advanced to
second; Coulombe stole third. Mastors flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Coulombe scored.
Palmer struck out swinging. 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Gustafson singled to right field. Zentek flied out to rf.
Donaldson grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Gustafson out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Rhode Island 3rd - Hagey walked. Hagey stole second. Zaneski hit by pitch.
Zaneski advanced to second; Hagey stole third. O'Malley grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Rhault struck out swinging. Deveney struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Stokes singled to center field. DiCesare flied out to rf.
Tamsin walked; Stokes advanced to second. Lyon struck out swinging; Stokes out at
third c to 3b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Rhode Island 4th - Coulombe struck out swinging. Burns struck out looking.
Mastors struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Pesanello doubled down the lf line. Porter walked.
Gustafson singled to left field; Porter advanced to second; Pesanello advanced to
third. Zentek walked, RBI; Gustafson advanced to second; Porter advanced to third;
Pesanello scored. Boyce to p for Pickering. Donaldson singled through the right
side, RBI; Zentek advanced to second; Gustafson advanced to third; Porter scored.
Stokes struck out swinging. DiCesare struck out swinging. Tamsin grounded out to 2b.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Rhode Island 5th - Palmer singled to center field. Palmer stole second. Hagey
walked. Hagey advanced to second; Palmer advanced to third on a wild pitch. Zaneski
walked. O'Malley struck out swinging. Rhault homered to left field, 4 RBI; Zaneski
scored; Hagey scored; Palmer scored. Ross to p for Carrington. Deveney flied out to
cf. Coulombe popped up to 2b. 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Lyon fouled out to 1b. Pesanello singled up the middle.
Porter flied out to rf. Gustafson doubled to left center; Pesanello advanced to
third. Zentek grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Rhode Island 6th - Burns walked. Bracchi pinch hit for Mastors. Bracchi
walked; Burns advanced to second. Palmer singled to right center; Bracchi advanced
to second; Burns advanced to third. Hagey struck out swinging. Zaneski singled up
the middle, 2 RBI; Palmer out at second cf to 1b to 3b; Bracchi scored; Burns
scored. O'Malley flied out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Bracchi to lf. Donaldson lined out to lf. Stokes doubled
to right center. DiCesare out at first 1b to p; Stokes advanced to third. Fraser to
p for Boyce. Tamsin lined out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Rhode Island 7th - Lloyd to p for Ross. Rhault singled through the right
side. Deveney flied out to lf. Coulombe singled up the middle; Rhault advanced to
third. Burns grounded out to p; Coulombe advanced to second. Bracchi flied out to
lf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Lyon flied out to cf to left center. Pesanello singled to
left field. Porter struck out looking. Gustafson walked; Pesanello advanced to
second. Gustafson advanced to second; Pesanello advanced to third on a balk. Zentek
flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
