The Northeastern University baseball team dropped a 10-6 contest in the second game of a three-game series against James Madison at Friedman Diamond on Friday afternoon. The Huskies dropped to seventh place in the Colonial Athletic Association standings, but the team's post-season hopes are still very much alive. If the Huskies win tomorrow's series finale against the Dukes and Georgia State and Towson split the final two games of their series, the Huskies will move into sixth and qualify for the CAA Championship in Wilmington, NC next week.
Neither starting pitcher in the game lasted more than three innings. James Madison's Trevor Kaylid was chased from the game after allowing four runs on four hits in the first 2-2/3 innings, while Jeff Thomson was pulled from the game after allowing four runs on six hits in the opening three frames. Les Williams took the loss in relief for the Huskies. He started out strong but ended up allowing seven hits and five earned runs over a 5-1/3 inning relief stint. Bobby Carrington relieved Williams with one down in the top of the ninth and retired the only two batters he faced. The Dukes' Kurt Houch picked up the win in relief.
The bottom third of the Husky lineup provided much of the offense for the Huskies in the game. James Donaldson went 2-4 with a run scored from the seven-spot. Teddy Zentek finished 2-3 with a walk and two runs scored from the eight-spot. And Brendan Stokes went 1-1 with two sacrifice bunts and a walk out of the nine-hole in the lineup. Josh Porter also had two hits and two RBI for the Huskies in the game.
Frank Pesanello became the first Husky to hit 20 home runs in a season when he hit a laser to left field with one down in the ninth inning, but it only brought the Huskies within four runs as they could not complete the comeback.
The Huskies dropped to 25-25-1 overall and 12-16-1 in the CAA with the loss, while James Madison improved to 33-17 on the season and 19-9 in the conference. Ryan Quigley takes the mound tomorrow for the Huskies in a must-win situation. It will also be both Alumni Day and Senior Day at Friedman Diamond, with a cookout beginning at 11:30 a.m. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.
James Madison 10 (33-17,19-9 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Foltz, Alex cf........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
Lake, Joe 2b............. 5 3 2 0 0 1 4 3 1
Sellers, Brett rf........ 5 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0
Caseres, Steven 1b....... 4 3 2 2 1 0 10 0 0
Browning, Matt lf........ 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Bujakowski, Lee dh....... 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Villenave, Shaun pr/dh.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herbek, David ss......... 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1
Johnson, Chris c......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
Garner, Brett c......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2
Fabiaschi, Mike 3b....... 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1
Kaylid, Trevor p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houck, Kurt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Knight, Trevor p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 10 13 9 2 3 27 12 7
Northeastern 6 (25-25-1,12-16-1 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Gustafson, David lf...... 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0
Tamsin, Mike 3b.......... 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 3
Lyon, Mike ss............ 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 1
Pesanello, Frank c....... 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 0
Porter, Josh 1b.......... 5 0 2 2 0 0 9 1 0
Dicesare, Tony rf........ 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
Donaldson, James 2b...... 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 5 5
Zentek, Teddy cf......... 3 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 0
Stokes, Brendan dh....... 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Thomson, Jeff p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams, Les p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Carrington, Bobby p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 34 6 10 5 4 10 27 15 9
Score by Innings R H E
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James Madison....... 004 021 003 - 10 13 1
Northeastern........ 004 100 001 - 6 10 0
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E - Johnson(3). LOB - JMU 7; NU 9. 2B - Caseres(18); Browning(13);
Bujakowski(8). 3B - Foltz(4); Sellers(3). HR - Sellers(15); Caseres(19);
Pesanello(20). HBP - Foltz; Villenave; Herbek; DiCesare. SH - Stokes 2(2).
SF - Fabiaschi(1); Tamsin(2). SB - Foltz(16); DiCesare(2).
James Madison IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Kaylid, Trevor...... 2.2 4 4 4 2 1 10 15
Houck, Kurt......... 3.1 3 1 0 1 4 12 14
Knight, Trevor...... 3.0 3 1 1 1 5 12 13
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Thomson, Jeff....... 3.0 6 4 4 0 1 14 15
Williams, Les....... 5.1 7 6 5 2 2 22 26
Carrington, Bobby... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Win - Houck (6-2). Loss - Williams (1-5). Save - Knight (5).
WP - Houck 2(9); Williams(9). HBP - by Thomson (Foltz); by Kaylid (DiCesare); by
Williams (Herbek); by Carrington (Villenave). PB - Pesanello(4).
Umpires -
Start: 2 PM Time: 2:43 Attendance: 75
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Play-by-Play
James Madison starters: 6/cf Foltz; 7/2b Lake; 5/rf Sellers; 29/1b Caseres; 4/lf
Browning; 15/dh Bujakowski; 1/ss Herbek; 8/c Johnson; 12/3b Fabiaschi; 27/p Kaylid;
Northeastern starters: 9/lf Gustafson; 6/3b Tamsin; 7/ss Lyon; 11/c Pesanello; 32/1b
Porter; 20/rf DiCesare; 33/2b Donaldson; 8/cf Zentek; 17/dh Stokes; 23/p Thomson;
James Madison 1st - Foltz tripled, out at home cf to rf to 2b to c. Lake
struck out swinging. Sellers flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Gustafson flied out to lf. Tamsin struck out swinging.
Lyon grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 2nd - Caseres grounded out to ss. Browning flied out to rf.
Bujakowski singled through the right side. Herbek reached on a fielder's choice;
Bujakowski out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Pesanello flied out to rf. Porter grounded out to 3b.
DiCesare flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 3rd - Johnson lined out to cf. Fabiaschi singled down the rf
line. Foltz hit by pitch; Fabiaschi advanced to second. Lake reached on a fielder's
choice; Foltz out at second ss unassisted; Fabiaschi advanced to third. Sellers
homered to left field, 3 RBI; Lake scored; Fabiaschi scored. Caseres homered to
right field, RBI. Browning singled to right center. Bujakowski flied out to cf. 4
runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Donaldson singled to left center. Zentek singled to right
field; Donaldson advanced to second. Stokes grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Zentek
advanced to second; Donaldson advanced to third. Gustafson walked. Tamsin lined out
to cf, SF, RBI; Donaldson scored. Lyon singled to left field, RBI; Gustafson
advanced to second; Zentek scored. Pesanello walked; Lyon advanced to second;
Gustafson advanced to third. Porter singled to left center, 2 RBI; Pesanello
advanced to second; Lyon scored; Gustafson scored. DiCesare hit by pitch; Porter
advanced to second; Pesanello advanced to third. Houck to p for Kaylid. Donaldson
reached on a fielder's choice; DiCesare out at second ss to 2b. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
James Madison 4th - Williams to p for Thomson. Herbek grounded out to 3b.
Johnson grounded out to 3b. Fabiaschi walked. Foltz grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Zentek walked. Stokes singled to right field; Zentek
advanced to second. Zentek advanced to third on a wild pitch. Gustafson struck out
swinging. Tamsin struck out swinging. Stokes advanced to second on a wild pitch,
advanced to third on the throw; Zentek scored on a throwing error by c, unearned.
Lyon grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
James Madison 5th - Lake singled to center field. Sellers flied out to rf.
Caseres doubled to left center, RBI; Lake scored. Browning grounded out to ss;
Caseres advanced to third. Caseres scored on a passed ball, unearned. Bujakowski out
at first 1b to p. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Pesanello struck out swinging. Porter grounded out to 2b.
DiCesare grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 6th - Herbek hit by pitch. Johnson singled to left center;
Herbek advanced to third. Fabiaschi flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Herbek scored. Foltz
reached on a fielder's choice; Johnson out at second ss to 2b. Foltz stole second.
Lake flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Donaldson singled through the right side. Zentek singled
to left field; Donaldson advanced to second. Stokes out at first 3b to 2b, SAC,
bunt; Zentek advanced to second; Donaldson advanced to third. Gustafson struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. Tamsin grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
James Madison 7th - Sellers lined out to lf. Caseres grounded out to 2b.
Browning fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Knight to p for Houck. Garner to c for Johnson. Lyon
struck out looking. Pesanello struck out swinging. Porter singled to center field.
DiCesare singled to right center; Porter advanced to third. DiCesare stole second.
Donaldson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
James Madison 8th - Bujakowski doubled to right field. Villenave pinch ran
for Bujakowski. Herbek struck out looking. Garner struck out swinging. Fabiaschi
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Zentek grounded out to 3b. Stokes walked. Gustafson struck
out looking. Tamsin grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 9th - Foltz flied out to rf. Lake singled through the right
side. Lake advanced to second on a wild pitch. Sellers tripled to right center, RBI;
Lake scored. Caseres intentionally walked. Browning doubled to right center, RBI;
Caseres advanced to third; Sellers scored. Villenave to dh. Carrington to p for
Williams. Villenave hit by pitch. Herbek grounded out to 2b, RBI; Villenave advanced
to second; Browning advanced to third; Caseres scored. Garner grounded out to 2b.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 9th - Lyon struck out looking. Pesanello homered to left field,
RBI. Porter lined out to 2b. DiCesare lined out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
