Box Score Game 1
Box Score Game 2
The Huskies are making a habit of dramatic wins scoring their third walk off of the season against Central Michigan Friday morning. Central Michigan took a 1-0 lead in the third and in the bottom of the seventh the Huskies took the win when David Gustafson hit Ryan Kemp home.
Matt Miller came to the plate with Sam Berg and Ryan Kemp on second and third and with one out Miller was able to force CMU into an error driving Berg home.
David Gustafson was able to bloop one in the infield that scored Ryan Kemp giving the Huskies the walk-off win.
Jeff Thomson pitched a seven-inning complete game for the Huskies to pick up the win. Thomson only allowed four hits and one run through seven.
The second game of the double-header starts 20 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
After walking-off with game one, the Huskies took a decidedly easier route in the second game of their double-header against Central Michigan Friday afternoon, finishing the sweep with a 6-3 victory.
The Huskies opened the game scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. The inning started with back-to-back doubles by Matt Miller and David Gustafson. Gustafson's double scored Miller and Mike Tamsin followed Gustafson by drilling a single which scored Gustafson.
In the fifth the Huskies added another run when Frank Pesanello scored David Gustafson to increase the Huskies lead to three runs.
After Les Williams went four strong innings, striking out four and allowing no runs, Tyler Thornton came in to start the fifth. Thornton gave up a run but left the game with the lead in tact.
Freshmen Andrew Leenhouts pitched 3-2/3 innings of scoreless ball, striking out six along the way to close out the victory.
In the sixth inning the Huskies added to their lead again with a Mike Tamsin stand-up triple which sent Matt Miller and David Gustafson home. With Tamsin on third Frank Pesanello smacked a single scoring Tamsin increasing the Huskies lead to five runs.
Northeastern now moves to 7-1 on the season and extends their winning streak to seven games. The Huskies are back at it tomorrow starting with Miami (Ohio) at 9 a.m. followed by Ohio State. Both games will be nine innings.
