2002 Schedule/Results
2002 Statistics
Maine 7, Northeastern 5
2002 America East Championship
Mahaney Diamond (Orono, ME)
  Omar Pena Reaches base five times |
 Matt Piryk throws a pitch in his relief appearance against Maine in Saturday's title game. |
Maine, behind a complete game five-hitter by freshman Paul Bruder, forced the seventh game with an 8-2 win in the first contest of the day. Bruder struck out a career-high 11 in his first collegiate complete game.
Maine improved to 40-15 with its fourth straight win. It is the fourth time in program history that the Black Bears have reached the 40-win mark. Northeastern finished the season at 29-22.
Maine freshman righthander Scott Robinson, pitching for the third time in the tournament, started the final game and allowed just two runs in six innings to earn the win in the championship. Robinson also pitched in Maine’s tournament-starting loss to Stony Brook, and in Friday night’s win over Stony Brook. He scattered six hits, struck out four and walked three to improve to 4-1. Sophomore Mike Collar struck out the potential winning run in Northeastern’s Colin Gaynor in the bottom of the ninth to seal Maine’s win and earn his first career save.
With the Huskies down 7-2, Brad Czarnowski started the ninth when he reached on a passed ball after striking out. Omar Pena followed with a single to left and All-Tournament catcher Luke Carlin loaded the bases with a perfect bunt single. Miguel Paquette plated the first run of the inning with a fielder’s choice, erasing Carlin at second, but scoring Czarnowski to make it 7-3. Erik Hagstrom followed with sacrifice fly to left, knocking in Pena. Jeff Heriot walked to put runners on first and second after pinch-runner Diego Garcia had stolen second base.
Maine replaced reliever Ryan Harris with Collar, who took the loss in Thursday’s tournament-opening game and was making just his second relief appearance of the season. NU’s Nick Graves greeted Collar with a single to right, scoring Garcia and sending Heriot to third. With the score 7-5 and two runners on base, Collar struck out Northeastern’s next batter, Gaynor, to end the game. Gaynor looked at three straight strikes from Collar.
The Black Bears built a 7-1 lead on two runs in the third, four in the fourth, and one in the seventh. A two-run, two-out single in the third by tournament Most Outstanding Player Brett Ouellette erased a 1-0 Northeastern edge, which shortstop Omar Pena had provided with a first-inning homer. Ouellette batted .381 in the tournament and knocked in a pair of runs in both games Saturday.
All-Tournament third baseman Joe Drapeau led off the fourth inning with a solo home run, his second blast of the day and 11th of the season. Aaron Izaryk and Mike Ross, both All-Tournament selections, then walked. Northeastern replaced starter Matt Cavallaro (2-3) with Matt Piryk. The freshman righty was then victimized by one of three NU errors in the game when Jesse Carlton knocked in Izaryk on an error by the Huskies’ third baseman Nick Graves as the grounder went under his glove into left field. Mike Ferriggi advanced Carlton and Ross over to second and third with a sacrifice bunt. Mike Livulpi, another Maine All-Tournament outfielder, singled to right, scoring Ross to give Maine a 5-1 lead. Maine’s Aaron Young gave the Black Bears a 6-1 lead when Pena fielded his grounder and threw wildly to home, allowing Carlton to score.
In the day’s first game, Ouellette and Drapeau each hit two-run home runs in the first inning to give UMaine a 4-0 lead. An error and RBI hits by Izaryk and Ross led to three more runs for Maine in the third and a 7-0 lead. Izaryk and Drapeau each had three hits in Maine’s 15-hit attack.
America East Baseball Championship
Mahaney Diamond (Orono, Maine)
Thursday, May 23
Game 1- No. 3 Northeastern 5, No. 2 Vermont 1
Game 2- No. 4 Stony Brook 16, No. 1 Maine 4
Friday, May 24
Game 3- Maine 8, Vermont 2
Game 4- Northeastern 10, Stony Brook 5
Game 5- Maine 9, Stony Brook 3
Saturday, May 25
Game 6- Maine 8, Northeastern 2
Game 7- Maine 7, Northeastern 5
All-Tournament team: C-Luke Carlin, NU; 1B-Colin Gaynor, NU; 2B-Brett Ouellette, Maine; 3B-Joe Drapeau, Maine, SS-Omar Pena, NU; OF-Mike Ross, Maine, Mike Livulpi, Maine, Dwyane Whitaker, SBU; DH-Aaron Izaryk, Maine; P-Devin Monds, NU; Paul Bruder, Maine Most Oustanding Player, Brett Ouellette, Maine
Maine 7 (40-15) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Aaron Young rf............ 5 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 Brett Ouellette 2b........ 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 4 Alain Picard c............ 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Joe Drapeau 3b............ 5 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 Aaron Izaryk dh........... 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Mike Ross lf.............. 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 Jesse Carlton 1b.......... 3 2 1 0 1 0 7 1 Mike Ferriggi ss.......... 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 Mike Livulpi cf........... 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 Scott Robinson p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Ryan Harris p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Collar p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 33 7 6 6 5 8 27 9 Northeastern 5 (29-22) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brad Czarnowski rf........ 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 Omar Pena ss.............. 2 2 2 1 3 0 3 3 Luke Carlin c............. 5 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 Miguel Paquette dh........ 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 Diego Garcia pr........... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erik Hagstrom 2b.......... 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 Jeff Heriot cf............ 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 Nick Graves 3b............ 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Ben Beck pr............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colin Gaynor 1b........... 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Mike Steinberg lf......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 Matt Cavallaro p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Matt Piryk p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Justin Hedrick p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 37 5 10 5 5 6 27 8 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Maine 002 400 100 - 7 6 2 Northeastern 100 000 103 - 5 10 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - Ferriggi 2; Pena; Heriot; Graves. DP - Northeastern 1. LOB - Maine 8; Northeastern 12. 2B - Livulpi(13); Czarnowski(7). HR - Drapeau(11); Pena(2). SB - Garcia(1). SH - Ferriggi; Czarnowski. SF - Ferriggi; Hagstrom. Maine IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Scott Robinson...... 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 24 28 Ryan Harris......... 2.2 3 3 0 2 1 11 14 Mike Collar......... 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Matt Cavallaro...... 3.0 3 5 5 3 4 12 15 Matt Piryk.......... 3.1 2 2 0 2 1 13 18 Justin Hedrick...... 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 8 9 Win - Robinson 4-1. Loss - Cavallaro 2-3. Save - Collar (1). WP - Harris 2; Cavallaro. HBP - by Piryk (Ouellette); by Piryk (Ferriggi). Umpires - Home:Joseph Cacciatore 1st:Stephen Ricciarini 2nd:Michael Gillis 3rd:Rob Robinson Start: 3:30 pm Time: 2:45 Attendance: 717 Cavallaro faced 3 batters in the 4th. Robinson faced 2 batters in the 7th. PLAY-BY-PLAY Maine inning 1 Young struck out looking. Ouellette struck out looking. Picard grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 1 Czarnowski lined out to 2b. Pena homered to left field, RBI. Carlin fouled out to 3b. Paquette grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Maine inning 2 Drapeau struck out swinging. Izaryk grounded out to ss. Ross grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 2 Hagstrom struck out looking. Heriot out at first 1b to p. Graves flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Maine inning 3 Carlton walked. Ferriggi flied out to lf. Livulpi doubled to center field; Carlton advanced to third. Young struck out swinging. Ouellette singled to right center, 2 RBI; Livulpi scored; Carlton scored. Ouellette advanced to second on a wild pitch. Picard popped up to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Northeastern inning 3 Gaynor reached on an error by ss. Steinberg singled to shortstop; Gaynor advanced to second. Czarnowski grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Steinberg advanced to second; Gaynor advanced to third. Pena walked. Carlin flied out to cf; Gaynor out at home cf to c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Maine inning 4 Drapeau homered to left field, RBI. Izaryk walked. Ross walked; Izaryk advanced to second. Piryk to p for Cavallaro. Carlton reached on an error by 3b; Ross advanced to second; Izaryk scored. Ferriggi grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Carlton advanced to second; Ross advanced to third. Livulpi singled through the right side, RBI; Carlton advanced to third; Ross scored. Young reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss, RBI; Livulpi advanced to third; Carlton scored, unearned. Ouellette hit by pitch. Picard struck out swinging. Drapeau flied out to ss. 4 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB. Northeastern inning 4 Paquette struck out swinging. Hagstrom singled to right field. Heriot struck out swinging. Graves flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Maine inning 5 Izaryk flied out to lf. Ross walked. Carlton grounded out to 3b; Ross advanced to second. Ferriggi hit by pitch. Livulpi flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 5 Gaynor fouled out to 1b. Steinberg grounded out to ss. Czarnowski singled up the middle. Pena walked; Czarnowski advanced to second. Carlin grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Maine inning 6 Young singled, bunt. Ouellette reached on a fielder's choice; Young out at second ss to 2b. Picard grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Ouellette out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 6 Paquette struck out swinging. Hagstrom reached on an error by ss. Heriot singled to right field; Hagstrom advanced to second. Graves flied out to rf; Hagstrom advanced to third. Gaynor flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Maine inning 7 Drapeau reached on an error by cf, advanced to second. Izaryk flied out to lf. Ross walked. Hedrick to p for Piryk. Carlton singled to right field; Ross advanced to second; Drapeau advanced to third. Ferriggi flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Ross advanced to third; Drapeau scored, unearned. Livulpi struck out looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Northeastern inning 7 Steinberg walked. Czarnowski doubled to left center, RBI; Steinberg scored. Harris to p for Robinson. Pena walked. Carlin grounded out to 2b; Pena advanced to second; Czarnowski advanced to third. Paquette popped up to ss. Hagstrom fouled out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Maine inning 8 Young flied out to cf. Ouellette struck out swinging. Picard flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 8 Heriot singled to center field. Heriot advanced to second on a wild pitch. Graves flied out to cf. Gaynor grounded out to 2b; Heriot advanced to third. Steinberg flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Maine inning 9 Drapeau flied out to rf. Izaryk struck out looking. Ross flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Northeastern inning 9 Czarnowski struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch. Pena singled to left field; Czarnowski advanced to second. Carlin singled, bunt; Pena advanced to second; Czarnowski advanced to third. Paquette reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Carlin out at second 2b to ss; Pena advanced to third; Czarnowski scored. Garcia pinch ran for Paquette. Hagstrom flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; Pena scored. Garcia stole second. Heriot walked. Collar to p for Harris. Graves singled to right field, RBI; Heriot advanced to third; Garcia scored. Beck pinch ran for Graves. Gaynor struck out looking. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
