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Andrew Leenhouts scattered nine Delaware hits en route to his third complete game of the season, and a Rob Fonseca home run put the exclamation mark on a 6-2 Northeastern win that keeps the Huskies well within contention for the final CAA playoff spot.
 
The senior tri-captain Leenhouts struck out eight and walked just two, and moves to 7-3 with the win. With 282 career K's, the Franklin, Mass., native is now eight shy of tying Adam Ottavino's school record of 290.
 
Facing the reigning CAA Pitcher of the Week, Northeastern touched up Delaware starter Corey Crispell for six runs (five earned) over six innings, and with 10 hits on the afternoon reached double digits for the fifth consecutive CAA game. Junior John Puttress and senior tri-captain Matt Miller both went 2-for-5.
 
Leenhouts left the bases loaded in the first and allowed just a Ryan Hartley single in the second before Northeastern was able to get him some run support in the top of the third. Sophomore Connor Lyons doubled off Crispell to lead off the inning, and four consecutive Huskies reached base following classmate Aaron Barbosa's groundout. First, Puttress singled in Lyons, and Miller's single moved Puttress to second. Junior Jon Leroux walked to load the bases, and from there Delaware's yielded two runs: first a Crispell wild pitch scored Puttress, and then an error by right fielder Nick Ferdinand allowed freshman Jason Vosler to reach base, with Miller scoring to make it 3-0.
 
Delaware pulled a run back in its half of the third, but Puttress singled home senior tri-captain Tucker Roeder to make it 4-1 in the fourth, and the Huskies struck a big blow in the following inning. After Vosler singled to right, freshman Rob Fonseca blasted his eighth homer of the year, and second in three games, to make it 6-1 Northeastern.
 
First baseman Jimmy Yezzo, who enjoyed a 2-for-4 afternoon for Delaware, chipped in an RBI single to make it 6-2, but Leenhouts settled in afterwards. Following Yezzo's hit, he retired 12 of his final 15 batters faced to end the game.
 
The Blue Hens' biggest threat late in the game came in the seventh, when Yezzo stepped to the plate with two on and two out. But the Northeastern defense, which went errorless on the day, bailed out its starter: a Leroux snap throw picked off pinch-runner Dan Gatto, who had strayed off of first base, to end the inning.
 
Leenhouts retired the UD's three, four and five hitters in the eighth, and set down three straight after allowing a ninth-inning leadoff single to center fielder Cameron Travalini.
 
In yesterday's CAA action, Old Dominion helped out the Huskies by defeating Georgia State; Northeastern now sits tied with the Panthers, though Georgia State holds the season series tiebreaker. Towson held serve yesterday, however, with a critical win over James Madison. The Tigers now lead Northeastern by one game; the Huskies hold the season series tiebreaker. Four teams, including Northeastern, Towson, Georgia State and William & Mary, are all jockeying for the sixth and final playoff spot during the final weekend of league play.
 
Barbosa singled in the top of the ninth to go 1-for-5, bringing his season hit total to 73. He is now just one hit from tying Mike Tamsin's single-season hit record of 74.