BRIGHTON, Mass. – In their second straight midweek contest, the Northeastern Huskies (12-7) were unable to win their fifth in a row, falling to the Boston College Eagles (9-9) by a score of 6-0 at Harrington Athletics Village on Wednesday afternoon.
- Boston College kicked the game off with a triple in its first at bat, and a two-out single up the middle to score the runner for the 1-0 lead.
- The Eagles brought in three more runs in the fourth on three hits, and added on two more in the fifth on an RBI single and a sacrifice bunt to lead 6-0.
- The Huskies looked to respond with two leadoff hits in the sixth, but a pair of grounders delivered three outs for BC.
- Starter Max Gitlin posted season-highs in innings pitched (3.2) and strikeouts (5), but was unable to get out of the fourth-inning jam, finishing his day with four earned runs on his line.
- The back end of the bullpen provided three innings of shutout relief, with 2.0 innings of one-hit ball from Ryan Griffin, and a 1-2-3 eighth inning from freshman Angel Cruz , who struck out the first two batters he faced in his first career appearance.
- It's Northeastern's first loss to BC since the 2022 season, which was a 4-2 loss in the Baseball Beanpot opening round in Brighton. The Huskies were on a three-game winning streak in the series, winning once in 2023 and twice in 2024.
- The shutout loss ends a 140-game streak in which Northeastern scored a run – the last time the Huskies were shut out was May 19, 2022 at Delaware (4-0 loss).
The Huskies return home to Friedman Diamond this Friday, March 21
st to open up Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play against Towson. All three games of the weekend series will stream on FloCollege.
