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Northeastern Massachusetts 8, Northeastern 7

2003 Schedule/Results
2003 Statistics

Massachusetts 8, Northeastern 7
May 7, 2003
Earl Lorden Field (Amherst, MA)

Massachusetts defeated Northeastern 8-7 at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst Wednesday afternoon. UMass was led by Mike Athas, who went 3-4 with two RBIs. The win is the sixth straight for the Minutemen, improving their record to 22-16 overall while Northeastern falls to 15-19 overall with the loss.

Northeastern took a quick 1-0 lead as Mike Steinberg hit a home run on the first pitch of the game. The Huskies then scored two more runs in the top of the second before Massachusetts tied the game at three in the bottom of the inning. The Minutemen took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the third when Matt Boulanger drove in Chris Morgan on a sacrifice fly to right field. UMass then scored two more unanswered runs in the bottom of the fourth and another in the fifth to take a 7-3 lead heading into the top of the sixth inning.

Northeastern closed the gap to 7-6 with three runs in the top of the sixth. Massachusetts then scored the eventual game winner when Boulanger again drove Morgan home on a sacrifice fly. Northeastern put up one more run in the top of the eighth but could not overtake the Minutemen as David Sullivan closed the Huskies out in the ninth.

Matt Piryk picked up the loss for NU, pitching the first four innings and giving up six runs. Paul Koslowski went 2-2 for the Huskies and added three RBIs. Steinberg was 2-5 and also knocked in three.

Northeastern takes on Bentley Thursday starting at 3 p.m. at Friedman Diamond.

Northeastern 7 (15-19)


Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB  Avg.
------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Steinberg lf........  5  1  2  3   0  1  4  0   1  .179
Chris Emanuele rf........  5  0  1  0   0  2  5  0   4  .345
Omar Pena 2b.............  4  0  0  0   1  0  2  0   2  .312
Tim Bush 3b/1b...........  4  0  0  0   0  2  3  1   0  .342
Jeff Heriot cf...........  3  2  0  0   2  0  4  0   0  .235
Arman Sidhu ss...........  4  1  0  0   1  1  2  1   1  .321
Matt Morizio c...........  1  2  0  0   2  0  3  1   0  .269
Miguel Paquette dh.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0  .175
 Brad Czarnowski ph......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0  .231
 Brendan Ryan ph.........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0     -
Paul Koslowski 1b........  2  0  2  3   1  0  1  1   0  .289
 Jeff Maher ph/3b........  1  0  1  1   0  0  0  0   0  .283
Matt Piryk p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0     -
 Jim Madison p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0     -
Totals................... 31  7  6  7   8  7 24  5   8


Massachusetts 8 (22-16)


Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB  Avg.
------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Athas ss............  4  0  3  2   0  0  2  1   0  .364
Cullan Maumus 2b.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  3  2   2  .291
Chris Morgan dh..........  3  2  1  0   1  0  0  0   0  .344
Jeff Altieri 1b..........  4  0  1  0   0  1  7  0   1  .285
Matt Reynolds 3b.........  3  1  0  0   1  0  1  3   1  .266
Matt Boulanger rf........  2  1  1  4   0  0  2  0   3  .353
John Seed lf.............  4  1  2  0   0  1  2  0   2  .289
Kristian Molloy cf.......  3  2  1  0   1  1  3  0   0  .091
Tom Ellerbrook c.........  3  1  2  2   1  0  7  1   0  .234
Jason Hickey p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0     -
 John Toffey p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0     -
 Jeremy Demers p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0     -
 Keith Doherty p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0     -
 David Sullivan p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0     -
Totals................... 29  8 12  8   4  3 27 10   9


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Northeastern........ 120 003 010 -  7  6  2
Massachusetts....... 031 211 00X -  8 12  0
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E - Bush(7); Morizio(6). DP - UMass 1. LOB - Northeastern 8; UMass 9. 2B -
Ellerbrook(4). HR - Steinberg(1); Boulanger(4). HBP - Bush; Czarnowski;
Altieri. SH - Morizio(1); Maumus 2(13); Morgan(1); Reynolds(5). SF -
Athas(1); Boulanger 2(3). SB - Heriot(8); Seed(1); Molloy 2(6);
Ellerbrook(4). CS - Pena(2).


Northeastern           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP   ERA
--------------------------------------------------------
Matt Piryk..........  4.0  7  6  6  4  1 15 24  96  6.00
Jim Madison.........  4.0  5  2  1  0  2 14 17  59  5.86


Massachusetts          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP   ERA
--------------------------------------------------------
Jason Hickey........  5.2  4  6  6  5  5 19 26  98  8.31
John Toffey.........  0.0  1  0  0  1  0  1  2  11 11.30
Jeremy Demers.......  1.2  0  1  1  2  1  5  7  32  8.10
Keith Doherty.......  0.2  1  0  0  0  1  3  3   8  7.07
David Sullivan......  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  4  17  7.36


Win - Hickey (1-1).  Loss - Piryk (0-2).  Save - Sullivan (1).
WP - Piryk 3(7); Madison(3); Hickey(4). HBP - by Piryk (Altieri); by Hickey
(Czarnowski); by Sullivan (Bush). 

Umpires - HP: Dan Salce  1B: Bill L'Hereux
Start: 3:00 pm   Time: 3:02   Attendance: 238
Toffey faced 2 batters in the 6th.


Play-by-play


Northeastern starters: 19/lf Steinberg; 7/rf Emanuele; 16/2b Pena; 45/3b Bush; 44/cf
Heriot; 3/ss Sidhu; 11/c Morizio; 31/dh Paquette; 9/1b Koslowski; 20/p Piryk;
Massachusetts starters: 9/ss Athas; 11/2b Maumus; 39/dh Morgan; 44/1b Altieri; 29/3b
Reynolds; 6/rf Boulanger; 15/lf Seed; 4/cf Molloy; 12/c Ellerbrook; 25/p Hickey;

Northeastern 1st - Steinberg homered to left field, RBI (0-0). Emanuele
struck out looking (1-2). Pena walked (3-2). Bush struck out looking, hit into
double play c to 2b (3-2); Pena out on the play, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Massachusetts 1st - Athas singled to left field (0-0). Maumus grounded out to
3b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Athas advanced to second. Morgan flied out to lf (0-1). Altieri
struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 2nd - Heriot walked (3-0). Heriot stole second. Sidhu walked
(3-2). Morizio out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Sidhu advanced to second;
Heriot advanced to third. Paquette struck out (3-2). Koslowski singled to center
field, 2 RBI (2-2); Sidhu scored; Heriot scored. Steinberg struck out looking (0-2).
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Massachusetts 2nd - Reynolds walked (3-0). Boulanger homered to right field,
2 RBI (2-2); Reynolds scored. Seed singled up the middle (0-1). Molloy singled to
first base, bunt (1-0); Seed advanced to second. Molloy advanced to second on a wild
pitch; Seed out at third c to 3b. Ellerbrook walked (3-2). Ellerbrook stole second;
Molloy stole third. Athas flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-0); Molloy scored. Maumus
flied out to cf (2-1). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 3rd - Emanuele popped up to ss (0-1). Pena flied out to lf
(0-0). Bush grounded out to 3b (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Massachusetts 3rd - Morgan walked (3-0). Morgan advanced to second on a wild
pitch. Altieri singled to third base (3-2); Morgan advanced to third. Reynolds flied
out to rf (3-1). Boulanger flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-0); Morgan scored. Altieri
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Seed flied out to cf (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 4th - Heriot flied out to rf (2-2). Sidhu struck out looking
(0-2). Morizio grounded out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Massachusetts 4th - Molloy walked (3-2). Molloy stole second. Ellerbrook
doubled to right center, RBI (2-2); Molloy scored. Ellerbrook advanced to third on a
throwing error by c, failed pickoff attempt. Athas singled down the lf line, RBI
(3-2); Ellerbrook scored. Maumus reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt (1-1);
Athas advanced to second. Morgan flied out to lf (2-2). Altieri hit by pitch (0-0);
Maumus advanced to second; Athas advanced to third. Reynolds popped up to ss (1-2).
Boulanger reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Altieri out at second ss to 2b. 2
runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Northeastern 5th - Paquette popped up to ss (0-0). Koslowski singled to
shortstop (2-2). Steinberg flied out to cf (1-1). Emanuele singled through the left
side (1-0); Koslowski advanced to second. Pena flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Massachusetts 5th - Madison to p for Piryk. Seed singled to right field
(3-2). Molloy struck out (3-2); Seed stole second. Ellerbrook singled to center
field, RBI (1-0); Seed scored. Athas singled to left field (0-0); Ellerbrook
advanced to second. Maumus flied out to rf (0-2); Ellerbrook out at third 3b
unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 6th - Bush fouled out to 3b (0-2). Heriot walked (3-2). Heriot
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Sidhu flied out to rf (1-1). Morizio walked
(3-2). Czarnowski pinch hit for Paquette. Czarnowski hit by pitch (2-0); Morizio
advanced to second; Heriot advanced to third. Toffey to p for Hickey. Koslowski
walked, RBI (3-1); Czarnowski advanced to second; Morizio advanced to third; Heriot
scored. Steinberg singled up the middle, 2 RBI (3-2); Koslowski advanced to third;
Czarnowski scored; Morizio scored. Demers to p for Toffey. Emanuele reached on a
fielder's choice (0-1); Steinberg out at second 3b to 2b. 3 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.

Massachusetts 6th - Morgan singled to third base (1-0). Altieri reached on a
fielding error by 3b (3-2); Morgan advanced to second. Reynolds out at first 1b to
2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Altieri advanced to second; Morgan advanced to third. Boulanger
flied out to lf, SF, RBI (2-0); Morgan scored, unearned. Seed struck out looking
(3-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 7th - Pena grounded out to 3b (0-0). Bush struck out (2-2).
Heriot grounded out to p (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Massachusetts 7th - Molloy popped up to ss (1-2). Ellerbrook flied out to lf
(2-2). Athas flied out to cf (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 8th - Sidhu flied out to lf (1-0). Morizio walked (3-2). Ryan
pinch hit for Czarnowski. Ryan walked (3-2); Morizio advanced to second. Doherty to
p for Demers. Maher pinch hit for Koslowski. Maher singled up the middle, RBI (0-1);
Ryan advanced to second; Morizio scored. Steinberg grounded out to p (0-1); Maher
advanced to second; Ryan advanced to third. Emanuele struck out looking (1-2). 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Massachusetts 8th - Bush to 1b. Maher to 3b. Maumus singled to left center
(0-0). Morgan grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0); Maumus advanced to second. Maumus
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Altieri flied out to rf (2-1). Reynolds flied out
to cf (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 9th - Sullivan to p for Doherty. Pena grounded out to ss (2-2).
Bush hit by pitch (1-2). Heriot grounded out to 2b (1-0); Bush advanced to second.
Sidhu flied out to cf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.


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