Box Score

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Locked in a 2-1 pitcher's duel, the Northeastern baseball team exploded for 13 runs during the final four innings of play against Mount St. Mary's on Monday as the Huskies cruised to the tune of a 15-1 victory against the Mountaineers. With the win, NU finishes the 2015 Snowbird Classic with a 2-2 overall record.
 
Michael Foster, Rob Fonseca, and Joey Scambia each belted three hits apiece during the afternoon as Northeastern (4-6) outhit Mount St. Mary's (2-2), 16-6. Fonseca led the team with five RBIs during a three-for-five day, while Scambia finished the game going three-for-five with three RBIs and a walk.
 
Right fielder Pat Madigan and third baseman Cam Hanley both drove in two runs on the afternoon, while freshman Maxwell Burt showcased tremendous defense while hitting two-for-four with two runs scored. Burt converted a rare 9-6 double play when he faked a throw before tagging out Mountaineers' catcher Joshua Lenig in the second inning, and worked a 2-6-2 caught stealing play with catcher Josh Treff to end the fifth.
 
Freshman pitcher Brian Christian made his first collegiate start on Monday, throwing 4.1 innings while allowing one run on four hits and striking out two. Isaac Lippert was credited with his first save of the season after throwing three scoreless innings out of the bullpen to end the game for the Huskies.
 
Mount St. Mary's players Kory Britton and Zach Call both wound up with multi-hit games and were two of only four Mountaineers that recorded a hit off the NU pitching staff.
 
After Christian retired the side in order during the top half of the first, Northeastern settled into the batter's box determined to hit the ball deep. Foster produced the game's first hit on a triple to right field and highlighted his quick speed around the bases as the redshirt-junior notched his third three-bagger of the year. Fonseca gave Christian a lead to work with when he hit a sacrifice fly to left field, giving the Huskies a 1-0 advantage.
 
Strong pitching by Christian kept the Mountaineers off the scoreboard during the first few innings as Mount St. Mary's could not assemble a base-hit until Call singled in the third. Burt ripped a base-hit to center in the bottom of the third and advanced to second on a balk by Kevin Myers, ultimately scoring two batters later when Foster lined out on a sacrifice to right field.
 
Mount St. Mary's cut the Northeastern lead to 2-1 on an RBI bunt-single by outfielder Ryan Owens, but NU answered back in the same inning when Scambia delivered an RBI base-hit with three runners aboard, scoring Foster from third.
 
The Huskies would load the bases again in the bottom of the sixth for Fonseca, who came through for NU by sending a two-RBI single to left field that gave Northeastern a 5-1 lead. Foster would steal third base and score on a fielder's choice hit by Madigan to boost the Huskies' lead to five, while Scambia lifted a two-RBI single to Scambia that allowed Hanley and Madigan to make their way around the bases.
 
Leading, 8-1, heading into the seventh inning, Northeastern blew the doors off the game with another four-run rally in the frame. Madigan singled with the bases loaded while Foster scored on a wild pitch thrown by Jeremy Hileman, and a fielding error by the Mountaineers gave NU a commanding 11-1 edge.
 
Fonseca would pound out another two-RBI double in the eighth, while Hanley smoked an RBI-single to center field to wrap up a 15-1 victory for Northeastern.
 
The game was called after eight innings due to darkness, marking the second consecutive win in back-to-back days the Huskies have earned with the game ending short of nine innings.
 
After a 2-2 stretch in the 2015 Snowbird Classic, Northeastern will remain in the state of Florida for one more day as the Huskies play in their annual exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, March 2. First pitch at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.