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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – Piling on the runs on Sunday, the Northeastern baseball team ran away to victory during its series finale at Siena as the Huskies won the rain-shortened, five-inning affair, 11-0, at Connors Park.
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After splitting Saturday's doubleheader, Northeastern (22-25) opened Sunday's game with a four-run first inning, during which the Huskies brought eight batters to the plate.
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Corey DiLoreto and
Ian Fair registered consecutive leadoff singles while
Jake Rosen and
Jake Farrell followed with four-pitch walks, putting NU on the scoreboard before an out had been made. Once Fair had darted home via a wild pitch,
Scott Holzwasser delivered the two-RBI double that put the Huskies in front, 4-0.
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Northeastern tacked on two runs to its total across the next two innings, extending its lead courtesy of Fair's second-inning, RBI double and
Spenser Smith's third-inning, RBI single.
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Pitching with the lead,
Kyle Murphy kept Siena (15-28) in check, retiring 10 consecutive batters after the Saints had cracked two first-inning singles. Murphy threw five strikeouts across his five-inning complete game win, surrendering no walks while preventing a Siena runner from reaching third base.
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With the rain persisting, Northeastern brought 10 batters to the plate during the fourth inning. Farrell muscled a three-run home run to push the Huskies' lead to 9-0, three batters before
Cam Walsh unloaded a two-run homer to right field to cap the game's scoring.
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Danny Crossen was one of three NU reserve entries during the fifth inning, making a sliding catch in right field as the final out before the game was officially called due to rain.
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