BROOKLINE, Mass. – The Northeastern University baseball team (41-11, 20-9) won its sixth consecutive home series, defeating the College of Charleston (33-20, 17-12 CAA) by a score of 5-1 on Friday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.
The Huskies got an incredible start from
Eric Yost (W, 6-1) who worked eight innings of two-hit, one run ball, keeping the Cougars at bay. The Northeastern offense was led by
Tyler MacGregor (3-for-3, HR, RBI, 3R) and
Alex Lane (2-for-4, 2 2B, 2RBI) helping the Huskies tally runs in the first, third, sixth, and eighth innings.
- The Cougars got on the board first with a solo home run in the top of the first inning.
- After the home run, Eric Yost settled in and allowed just one more hit in the rest of the game, retiring the final 16 batters of the game.
- Northeastern returned the favor in the bottom of the first with a run to tie the game – Mike Sirota reached on a walk and was driven in by a ground out by Danny Crossen.
- In the third, Northeastern took the lead on Tyler MacGregor's second home run of the weekend, his 18th of the year, to make it 2-1.
- Four-hitter Alex Lane notched an RBI double in the sixth inning, and another in the eighth to kick off a big insurance inning for Northeastern.
- The Huskies added another run in the eighth when Danny Crossen ran home on a passed ball, for the final score of 5-1.
- Closing the game for Northeastern was Jake Gigliotti, striking out two batters in the ninth to clinch the series.
- Northeastern has won all six weekend series at home this season – their home record sits at 20-3.
The two teams are scheduled to finish up the series on Saturday, May 20
th at Friedman Diamond. The game is currently scheduled for 1 p.m. on NESN and FloBaseball.
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