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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Six innings was plenty of time on Sunday for the Northeastern baseball team to whip its bats around as the Huskies smoked double-digit hits for the fourth consecutive game, defeating Chicago State, 10-6, in its third game at the 2015 Snowbird Classic.
 
First baseman Rob Fonseca led Northeastern (3-6) by going three-for-four on the day, slugging his first home run of the season during his first at-bat of the game. Freshman Maxwell Burt reached base safely in all four of his trips to the plate, going three-for-three with a walk, a double, and two runs scored.
 
Outfielders Michael Foster and Joey Scambia bossed around the Cougars' pitching staff, combining for four hits. Like Burt, Foster reached base safely in four plate appearances, going two-for-two with a triple, two walks, two RBIs, and two runs scored. The redshirt junior from Pickering, Ontario has now registered multi-hit games in five of his eight starts so far in 2015. Scambia cashed in for 3 RBIs on a three-run home run hit to deep right field in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
The Huskies' offense provided strong support for starter James Mulry, who allowed five earned runs on seven hits in 2.0 innings of work. First-year pitcher John Amendola threw for 3.2 innings of relief without allowing an earned run as the freshman collected his first win of the year.
 
Chicago State (2-8) came out firing in the first inning when center fielder Jared Patterson hit a lead-off home run to put the Cougars on the board. Two batters later, Mattingly Romanin took a pitch from Mulry over the left field wall, giving Chicago State an early 2-0 advantage.
 
Northeastern wasted no time responding to the deficit as Fonseca smacked a three-run home run to left-center field to give the Huskies a 3-2 lead, following a pair of walks worked by Josh Treff and Foster.
 
Chase Matheson helped spoil Mulry's day in the top of the third when the first baseman hit an RBI-single up the middle, tying the game at 3-3. The Cougars would go on tack on two more runs later in the frame to extend their lead 5-3.
 
Trailing by two, Dylan Sterrett walked Burt on five pitches before Foster brought him in on a triple crushed in the right-center field gap. Fonseca would tally his team-leading fourth RBI of the game during the next at-bat, driving in Foster to tie the game back up at 5-5.
 
After Amendola put the Cougars away one-two-three in the top half of the fifth, Keith Kelly ripped a pinch-hit infield single that began another rally for the Huskies. Burt proceeded to double down the left-field line, bringing Kelly around to third, and the redshirt-junior soon scored on a wild pitch by Jerry Silva. NU would take the lead for good on an RBI-single by Foster that put the Huskies ahead at the time, 7-5.
 
Northeastern would give back one run in the top half of the sixth despite a double play turned by Amendola, Burt, and Fonseca, but the Huskies exploded for three-runs in the bottom of the inning when Scambia unleashed a home run to right field, his first of the season. The added insurance helpd NU secure a 10-6 victory against the Cougars.
 
Since the first game of the day held on the same field ran late, both coaches agreed to end the game after six innings to facilitate easier post-game travel for both sides. Chicago State heads to California for a three-game series this weekend against the Pac-12 squad, while Northeastern remains in Port Charlotte, Florida, for its Snowbird Classic finale against Mount St. Mary's on Monday, March 2, at 3 p.m.