⬆️ 12 | LANERRRRR FOR THE LEAD!!!

Call at the plate is upheld and THREE runs come in!

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— Northeastern Baseball (@GoNUbaseball) May 11, 2024

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – In game one of their weekend set, the Northeastern Huskies (34-13, 15-7 CAA) came back from down six runs to defeat the College of Charleston Cougars (34-12, 16-5) by a score of 14-11 in 12 innings on Friday afternoon and evening at Patriots Point.
 
The Huskies found themselves down 10-4 after seven innings of play, but huge rallies in the eighth and ninth innings tied the game at 10-10, and after both teams traded runs in the 10^th, the Huskies took the lead for good in the top of the 12^th inning on a bases-loaded double by Alex Lane.
 
Lane finished the day with a home run and five RBIs, going 2-for-6 on the day. Jack Goodman collected a five-hit day going 5-for-7 on the day with a solo shot in the top of the ninth and a total of two RBIs, while Cam Maldonado notched four hits in seven at-bats with a homer of his own.
 

• The Cougars took an early lead in the first inning with three runs on three hits to lead 3-0.
• Northeastern answered back in the top of the second with a two-out rally to score two runs. Jack Goodman and Cam Maldonado hit back to back singles, and Luke Beckstein drove in Goodman from second as an infield grounder was overthrown to first base.
• Maldonado scored from third as Mike Sirota beat out an infield single to cut the deficit down to one run at 3-2.
• Charleston added three more in the third on an RBI double followed by an RBI single, to lead 6-2.
• After a one-out double by Tyler MacGregor in the fifth, Alex Lane hammered a ball over the right-center field wall to cut the CofC lead back down to two at 6-4.
• The Huskies loaded the bases in the top of the sixth after a shutdown inning, but were unable to plate any more runs as the Cougars re-extended the lead to three runs with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.
• Another home run in the seventh for the Cougars seemingly put the game out of reach, as three runs came across for the 10-4 lead.
• In the eighth inning it was back to back hits from Maldonado and Beckstein followed by a RBI double down the third base line from Sirota to start the rally.
• After an RBI ground out from MacGregor, Jack Doyle hit an RBI single to right field to plate the third run of the inning, cutting the deficit to 10-7.
• A shutdown inning in the bottom of the eighth from Charlie Walker set up a huge ninth for the Huskies. With one out, Jack Goodman and Cam Maldonado hit back to back solo shots to cut the lead down to one, and after Beckstein reached via HBP and Sirota singled, Tyler MacGregor hit a sac-fly to deep center field to score Beckstein from third, tying the game at 10-10.
• Jack Beauchesne put up a zero on the scoreboard in the bottom of the ninth, stranding two runners with a strikeout and a foul out to end the inning.
• The Huskies took the lead for the first time in the top of the 10^th as Gregory Bozzo and Carmelo Musacchia reached on a single and a walk, respectively, and Bozzo scored from second on a Jack Goodman RBI single to center.
• After the Cougars tied the game up at 11-11 in the 10^th, Jake Gigliotti took the mound and got two fly outs to force the 11^th inning.
• In the 12^th, Jack Goodman and Cam Maldonado led off with back to back singles, and a sac bunt by Beckstein put them into scoring position. After an intentional walk to Mike Sirota and a ground out, it was Alex Lane clearing the bases with a double off the left-center field wall, to give the Huskies a 14-11 lead.
• Gigliotti allowed just a walk and a ground rule double in the bottom of the frame, collecting two fly outs and a ground out to end the game at 14-11. His record on the season moves to 5-2 with the win.
• The win is Northeastern's biggest come-from-behind victory of the season, and just the second win of the season for Northeastern when trailing entering the ninth inning. Northeastern now has eight wins on the year when trailing by three or more runs midway through the game.
• It was the first 20+ hit game for the Huskies this season – the Huskies last had 20 hits in a game last March at Monmouth in a 14-6 win.
• The game was the longest of the season for NU, both in time and in innings played.

Game two of the series is set to take place on Saturday, May 11 at 2 p.m. at Patriots Point.