BROOKLINE, Mass. – Down 0-1 in the weekend series, Northeastern baseball (28-10, 10-4 CAA) defeated UNCW (25-14, 11-3 CAA) on Saturday afternoon at Friedman Diamond by a final score of 10-7.
Designated hitter
Alex Lane had a perfect day at the plate, going 5-for-5 with two singles and three homers, notching five RBIs, including the game-tying run in the seventh and the go-ahead runs in the eighth. The bullpen delivered three shutout innings to end the contest, with reliever
Dennis Colleran (1-0) and
Jack Beauchesne (SV, 4) finishing out the contest strong.
- The Huskies jumped onto the scoreboard first with a lead off homer in the second inning from Alex Lane. He was followed by Jimmy Sullivan, with a no-out double down the line, and a pair of ground outs moved him to third and scored him for the 2-0 lead.
- The Seahawks hit a grand slam in the third inning to take the lead, 4-2. NU responded with a two-RBI double from Mike Sirota to tie the game, followed by an RBI single from Tyler MacGregor to retake the lead at 5-4.
- UNCW tied the game back up in the fourth with an RBI ground out, and retook the lead two innings later on a two-RBI single to lead 7-5.
- With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, the Huskies cut into the deficit with a bases-loaded walk to Mike Sirota, scoring Ryan Gerety who reached on a single.
- Lane tied the game back up at 7-7 , leading off the seventh inning with his second home run of the game.
- Coming in for the top of the eighth was Dennis Colleran, and despite a one-out single and walk allowed, put up a zero on the scoreboard with a strike out and a pick-off, keeping the game tied for the bottom of the inning.
- In the bottom of the eighth, Jack Goodman reached on a throwing error, and Tyler MacGregor earned a two out walk, setting up Alex Lane for his third home run of the game, a three-run blast that gave Northeastern the lead for good at 10-7.
- Jack Beauchesne worked a 1-2-3 top of the ninth inning to secure his fourth save of the season, and the series-tying win. Colleran earned the win, his first of the season.
- It was Lane's first three-HR game of his career, as he's up to 62 RBI on the year, which is one shy of tying the Northeastern single-season record and places him at the top of the national leader board.
The two teams wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. on FloBaseball.
