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BROOKLINE, Mass. – Rounding the bases time and time again on Friday afternoon, the Northeastern baseball team enjoyed its best offensive showing in 63 seasons as the Huskies plated 22 runs against Towson, winning their sixth straight game and the weekend opener in runaway fashion, 22-2, at Friedman Diamond.
 
Eleven NU players combined to produce the Huskies' 16 hits while 12 players registered at least one RBI as Northeastern (24-13, 10-3 CAA) maintained its first-place grip on the rest of the conference.

The Huskies' 22 runs on Friday rank as the fourth most scored during program history. Northeastern downed Boston University, 24-4, during the 1945 season and has posted 23 runs on two occasions: defeating Colby, 23-10, during the 1939 season and topping Clark, 23-3, during the 1955 campaign.
 
Ian Fair wasted no time extending his hitting and on-base streaks to 19 and 22 games, respectively, crushing the second pitch of his first-inning at-bat against Towson starter David Marriggi to the right field bleachers for a solo homer – the first of his collegiate career (27th appearance).
 
A week removed from one-hitting William & Mary, Tyler Brown protected the Huskies' 1-0 lead through the fourth inning, beginning his outing by retiring 10 consecutive batters. Towson (12-29, 5-8 CAA) caught a break when Richie Palacios' fly ball to right field dropped out of Charlie McConnell's glove, resulting in three bases for the Tigers' shortstop. Colin Gimblet singled Palacios in immediately afterward, evening the game at one run apiece.
 
Northeastern made a run at Marriggi during the bottom of the fifth inning, building a three-run rally behind the error that accompanied Scott Holzwasser's leadoff at-bat. Freshman outfielder Jeff Costello followed with a five-pitch walk against Marriggi before John Mazza successfully bunted both runners up 90 feet.
 
With two men in scoring position, Mason Koppens brought them both home with a two-RBI single to center field before McConnell pulled an RBI triple to right field, scoring Koppens easily as the Huskies took a 4-1 lead.
 
After Brown had tidied up his six-inning start, having allowed just two hits and an unearned run, Northeastern blew the hinges off the bottom of the sixth inning, plating a season high, eight runs, courtesy of seven hits.
 
As the third batter of the inning with Ryan Solomon and Holzwasser already aboard, Costello rocked a two-RBI double down the left field line, sending Towson to the bullpen. Walks by Josh Seils to both Mazza and Koppens created the bases-loaded situation from which the Huskies would score during each of their next five plate appearances, featuring RBI singles by Fair, Jake Farrell, and Max Burt, as well as a two-RBI double by Holzwasser.
 
Leading, 12-1, Northeastern continued to pile on the runs late, tacking on four during the seventh inning and six during the eighth.
 
Zach Perry elevated the Huskies' lead to 14-1 with his seventh-inning double – the first of two that netted the senior slugger three RBIs. An errant throw from the Tigers' catcher during the same inning allowed Jake Rosen to advance three bases on his swinging strikeout and later score on Collin Casey's RBI infield single.
 
Nolan Lang came away with the marquee hit of Northeastern's eighth inning, swinging a two-RBI double to left field that put NU in front by a commanding, 20-2 margin.
 
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Northeastern and Towson will resume their series on Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m. The Huskies are inviting all to attend the program's inaugural Alumni Game at Friedman Diamond, beginning at 10 a.m.