2002 Schedule/Results
2002 Statistics
Northeastern 10, Stony Brook 5
2002 America East Championship
Mahaney Diamond (Orono, ME)
  Earns the win, 8 1/3 innings |
 Neil McPhee and Mike Steinberg protest a call in the fifth inning after Steinberg was hit by a pitch and it was ruled a foul ball. McPhee was ejected and the call was then reversed. |
Carlin had an RBI single in the fifth inning as the Huskies scored five times to break a 2-2 tie. Stony Brook starter and loser Anthony Stutz (6-4) hit Colin Gaynor and Mike Steinberg, the eighth and ninth hitters, to start the inning.
The Steinberg play proved to be a turning point in the game. Stutz's pitch appeared to hit Steinberg in the hand, but the home plate umpire ruled it hit the end of the bat and was a foul ball. The call enraged NU head coach Neil McPhee, whose protests got him ejected. The umpires then reversed the call and awarded Steinberg first base.
Brad Czarnowski's sacrifice moved the runners to second and third. Omar Pena then delivered a single to right field to score Gaynor with Pena moving to second on the throw to the plate. A wild pitch scored Steinberg and Carlin followed with a run-scoring single to left field. Miguel Paquette's single to right field put runners on the corners and Jeff Heriot doubled to right field to score Carlin, making it 6-2. Matt Blumberg relieved Stutz, who allowed seven runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings, and Erik Hagstrom greeted him with a ground out to score Paquette, finishing the five-run uprising.
The fourth-seeded Seawolves, who had advanced to the winner's bracket with a 16-4 win over top seed Maine Thursday night, scored first when Lee Lipshutz singled to score Dwayne Whitaker. He had singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning.
The Huskies tied it in the bottom of the first when Carlin hit a solo home run, his sixth of the year, to left field with two outs. Northeastern took a 2-1 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Steinberg.
Stony Brook evened it in the fourth inning when Pena's error allowed Andrew Zielinski, who had walked, to score. The Seawolves cut the lead to 7-3 in the seventh inning on an RBI double by Rob Sandora. But Northeastern answered with one in the bottom of the seventh when Carlin, who had doubled and advanced to third on a flyout, scored on a wild pitch. The Huskies added two more runs in the eighth on an RBI double by Pena and an RBI single by Carlin.
Northeastern sophomore righthander Jordan Thomson (6-4) was cruising along until the ninth inning when Whitaker and Matt Devins singled with one out. Sandora then walked to chase Thomson, who allowed 10 hits with five strikeouts and two walks in 8 1/3 innings. Lipshutz welcomed reliever Justin Hedrick with a single to right field to score Whitaker and Devins. But Hedrick got Ed Kull to pop-up to second and Zielinski to ground to short to end the game.
NU was playing without slugger Ben Beck, who injured his hand in Thursday's game with Vermont. He is questionable for Saturday's final round. The Huskies will be going for their first title since 1997.
Stony Brook 5 (27-23) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rich Graham 2b............ 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Dwayne Whitaker lf........ 5 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 Matt Devins ss............ 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 Rob Sandora 3b............ 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 Lee Lipschutz rf.......... 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 Ed Kull c................. 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Andrew Zielinski dh....... 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Andrew Larsen cf.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 RJ Etzel 1b............... 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 Anthony Stutz p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Matt Blumberg p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Zimmerman p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals.................... 40 5 11 4 2 5 24 5 Northeastern 10 (29-20) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brad Czarnowski rf........ 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Omar Pena ss.............. 5 2 2 2 0 1 2 4 Luke Carlin c............. 5 3 4 3 0 0 5 0 Miguel Paquette dh........ 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Jeff Heriot cf............ 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Erik Hagstrom 2b.......... 3 1 1 1 0 1 6 4 Nick Graves 3b............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Colin Gaynor 1b........... 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 Mike Steinberg lf......... 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 Jordan Thomson p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Hedrick p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 34 10 12 8 0 4 27 9 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Stony Brook 100 100 102 - 5 11 0 Northeastern 110 050 12 - 10 12 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - Pena 2; Graves. DP - Northeastern 1. LOB - Stony Brook 11; Northeastern 6. 2B - Sandora(8); Pena(15); Carlin(9); Heriot(9). HR - Carlin(6). SH - Czarnowski. SF - Steinberg. Stony Brook IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Anthony Stutz....... 4.1 7 7 7 0 3 18 23 Matt Blumberg....... 2.2 3 2 2 0 0 11 12 Ray Zimmerman....... 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 5 5 Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Jordan Thomson...... 8.1 10 5 4 2 5 37 40 Justin Hedrick...... 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 Win - Thomson 6-4. Loss - Stutz 6-4. Save - None. WP - Stutz; Blumberg; Thomson 3. HBP - by Thomson (Devins); by Stutz (Gaynor); by Stutz (Gaynor); by Stutz (Steinberg); by Blumberg (Hagstrom). Umpires - Home:Stephen Ricciarini 1st:Nick Zibelli 2nd:Joe Cacciatore 3rd:Joe Driscoll Start: 3:30 pm Time: 2:35 Attendance: Blumberg faced 1 batter in the 8th. PLAY-BY-PLAY Stony Brook inning 1 Graham grounded out to 2b (3-2). Whitaker singled to center field (0-1). Whitaker advanced to second on a wild pitch. Devins hit by pitch (2-0). Sandora struck out swinging (1-2). Lipschutz singled to center field, RBI (1-1); Devins advanced to third; Whitaker scored. Kull flied out to cf (0-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 1 Czarnowski lined out to ss (0-2). Pena flied out to ss (1-1). Carlin homered to right center, RBI (3-2). Paquette grounded out to 2b (0-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stony Brook inning 2 Zielinski singled to left field (2-2). Larsen lined out to lf (1-2). Etzel reached on an error by ss (0-0); Zielinski advanced to third. Graham struck out swinging (0-2). Whitaker struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 2 Heriot popped up to 3b (0-0). Hagstrom singled to center field (0-0). Graves singled to right field (0-0); Hagstrom advanced to second. Gaynor hit by pitch (1-1); Graves advanced to second; Hagstrom advanced to third. Steinberg flied out to lf, SF, RBI (0-1); Hagstrom scored. Czarnowski popped up to ss (0-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Stony Brook inning 3 Devins popped up to 3b (1-0). Sandora grounded out to 2b (1-2). Lipschutz flied out to lf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 3 Pena struck out swinging (1-2). Carlin flied out to cf (0-1). Paquette struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stony Brook inning 4 Kull flied out to cf (2-2). Zielinski walked (3-2). Larsen grounded out to ss (1-1); Zielinski advanced to second. Etzel singled, advanced to second on the throw (2-0); Zielinski advanced to third. Graham reached on a throwing error by ss (1-0); Etzel advanced to third; Zielinski scored, unearned. Whitaker fouled out to rf (2-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 4 Heriot lined out to lf (2-0). Hagstrom struck out looking (2-2). Graves flied out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stony Brook inning 5 Devins singled up the middle (0-1). Sandora struck out swinging (1-2). Lipschutz flied out to 2b (0-0). Kull reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); Devins out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 5 Gaynor hit by pitch (1-1). Steinberg hit by pitch (1-1); Gaynor advanced to second. Czarnowski out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Steinberg advanced to second; Gaynor advanced to third. Pena singled to right field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (2-0); Steinberg advanced to third; Gaynor scored. Pena advanced to third on a wild pitch; Steinberg scored. Carlin singled through the left side, RBI (2-2); Pena scored. Paquette singled to right field (1-1); Carlin advanced to third. Heriot doubled to right field, RBI (2-2); Paquette advanced to third; Carlin scored. Blumberg to p for Stutz. Hagstrom grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-0); Heriot advanced to third; Paquette scored. Graves flied out to cf (0-0). 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stony Brook inning 6 Zielinski flied out to ss (1-1). Larsen singled to left field (0-0). Etzel reached on a fielder's choice; Larsen out at second 3b to 2b. Etzel advanced to second on a wild pitch. Graham flied out to rf (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 6 Gaynor singled to left field (3-1). Steinberg grounded out to 3b (2-0); Gaynor advanced to second. Czarnowski lined out to 1b (1-0). Pena flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stony Brook inning 7 Whitaker singled to catcher. Devins reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Whitaker out at second 2b to ss. Devins advanced to second on a wild pitch. Sandora doubled down the rf line, RBI (2-2); Devins scored. Lipschutz fouled out to 1b (2-2). Kull flied out to cf (1-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 7 Carlin doubled to right center (1-1). Paquette flied out to cf (2-2); Carlin advanced to third. Heriot grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). Carlin scored on a wild pitch. Hagstrom hit by pitch (1-2). Graves reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); Hagstrom out at second ss unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stony Brook inning 8 Zielinski grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1). Larsen reached on an error by 3b (1-0). Etzel grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Larsen out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 8 Gaynor singled to left field (0-1). Zimmerman to p for Blumberg. Steinberg flied out to cf (1-2). Czarnowski grounded out to p, bunt; Gaynor advanced to second. Pena doubled to center field, RBI; Gaynor scored. Carlin singled to right center, RBI; Pena scored. Paquette struck out swinging (3-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stony Brook inning 9 Graham struck out swinging (3-2). Whitaker singled through the left side (1-1). Devins singled to right field (0-1); Whitaker advanced to second. Sandora walked (3-1); Devins advanced to second; Whitaker advanced to third. Hedrick to p for Thomson. Lipschutz singled through the right side, 2 RBI (1-1); Sandora advanced to second; Devins scored; Whitaker scored. Kull popped up to 2b (3-2). Zielinski reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Lipschutz out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
