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Northeastern Huskies drop close one at Harvard, fall 4-3

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Huskies drop close one at Harvard, fall 4-3
May 2, 2007
O'Donnell Field (Cambridge, MA)

The Northeastern University baseball team dropped a one-run decision to the Harvard Crimson on Tuesday, losing, 4-3, at O'Donnell Field.

Despite freshman Sheldon McDonald putting forth one of his strongest performances of the year, as he struck out six, walked only one and gave up three runs in five innings, he exited with the game tied and picked up the no-decision. Bobby Carrington suffered the loss after giving up a run in the sixth, and that was enough for the Crimson as they kept the Husky bats quiet from that point on.

The Huskies got on the board in the fourth inning when Brian Roberts scored Tony DiCesare on a sacrifice fly. In the fifth inning, Mike Tamsin, who was 2-3 on the day, smashed a solo homer to right, his fifth of the season, to temporarily give the Huskies a 2-1 lead. After Harvard picked up two more runs with an RBI-triple and a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning, Brendan Stokes hit a pinch-hit, RBI-double that drove in DiCesare and tied up the game, but the Huskies were never able to recapture the lead.

The Huskies drop to 21-14 with the loss and the Crimson improve to an even 18-18. The Huskies will be back in action on Friday as they travel south to begin a pivotal three-game series with conference foe UNC Wilmington. Friday's game is at 7 p.m.

  Northeastern 3 (21-14)                        Harvard 4 (18-18)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Chin, Garrett 2b...........  2  0  0  0       Vance 3b...................  4  1  2  1
   Fisher, Dave ph...........  2  0  0  0       Byrne 2b...................  3  0  2  2
  Lyon, Mike ss..............  5  0  0  0       Wilson dh..................  2  0  1  0
  Tamsin, Mike lf............  3  1  2  1       Stack-Babich rf............  2  0  0  0
  Donaldson, James 3b........  4  0  1  0        Zailskas ph...............  2  0  0  0
  Porter, Josh 1b............  5  0  1  0       Rogers cf..................  4  0  0  0
  DiCesare, Anthony rf.......  4  2  2  0       Casey c....................  4  0  2  0
  Pesanello, Frank c.........  3  0  0  0       Stoeckel ss................  4  1  1  0
  Gustafson, David cf........  0  0  0  0       Rouches lf.................  4  1  2  1
   Compagnone, Frank ph......  3  0  1  0       Kramer 1b..................  2  1  1  0
  Roberts, Bryan dh..........  1  0  0  1        Rabinowitz lf.............  0  0  0  0
   Stokes, Brendan ph........  1  0  1  1       Brown, J. p................  0  0  0  0
   Fox, Alex pr..............  0  0  0  0        Watson p..................  0  0  0  0
  McDonald, Sheldon p........  0  0  0  0        Unger p...................  0  0  0  0
   Carrington, Bobby p.......  0  0  0  0
   Bashara, Charly p.........  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 33  3  8  3       Totals..................... 31  4 11  4

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Northeastern........ 000 111 000 -  3  8  1
  Harvard............. 001 021 00X -  4 11  1
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Gustafson; Rouches(1). DP - Northeastern 2; Harvard 1. LOB - Northeastern 11;
  Harvard 7. 2B - Stokes(5); Casey(6). 3B - Vance(3); Kramer(1). HR - Tamsin(5). HBP -
  Tamsin; Compagnone. SH - Kramer(4). SF - Roberts; Byrne(3). SB - Tamsin; Byrne(5);
  Stoeckel(8).

  Northeastern                   IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  McDonald, Sheldon .........   5.0  7  3  3  1  6   0  0  0  0   19 22   2  6
  Carrington, Bobby  L,1-1...   2.2  4  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   11 12   2  4
  Bashara, Charly ...........   0.1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   1  0

  Harvard                        IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Brown, J. .................   5.1  8  3  3  2  4   0  0  1  0   23 27   5  7
  Watson  W,1-3..............   3.1  0  0  0  1  5   0  0  1  0    9 11   4  0
  Unger  S,1.................   0.1  0  0  0  2  0   0  0  0  1    1  3   1  0

  HBP - by Brown, J. (Compagnone); by Watson (Tamsin). PB - Pesanello; Casey 2(8).

  Strikeouts - Fisher; Lyon 2; Donaldson 2; DiCesare; Pesanello 3; Wilson;
  Stack-Babich 2; Rogers 2; Casey; Rouches. Walks - Chin; Tamsin; Donaldson;
  Pesanello; Stokes; Wilson 2.

  
  Start: 3:00 PM   Time: 2:05   Attendance: 216



Northeastern starters: 13/2b Chin; 7/ss Lyon; 6/lf Tamsin; 33/3b Donaldson; 32/1b Porter; 20/rf DiCesare;
  11/c Pesanello; 9/cf Gustafson; 14/dh Roberts; 43/p McDonald; 
Harvard starters: 1/3b Vance; 13/2b Byrne; 24/dh Wilson; 27/rf Stack-Babich; 8/cf Rogers; 42/c Casey; 7/ss
  Stoeckel; 12/lf Rouches; 36/1b Kramer; 4/p Brown, J.; 

Northeastern 1st - Chin grounded out to 2b. Lyon grounded out to 3b. Tamsin singled through the right side.
  Donaldson singled to right field; Tamsin advanced to second. Donaldson advanced to second; Tamsin
  advanced to third on a passed ball. Porter grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Harvard 1st - Vance grounded out to ss. Byrne singled up the middle. Wilson singled up the middle, advanced
  to second on the throw; Byrne advanced to second, advanced to third on an error by cf. Stack-Babich
  struck out swinging. Rogers struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Northeastern 2nd - DiCesare grounded out to 1b unassisted. Pesanello struck out looking. Compagnone pinch
  hit for Gustafson. Compagnone hit by pitch. Roberts grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Harvard 2nd - Compagnone to cf. Casey struck out looking. Stoeckel grounded out to 2b. Rouches struck out
  swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 3rd - Chin walked. Lyon reached on a fielder's choice; Chin out at second ss to 2b. Tamsin
  flied out to cf to left center. Donaldson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Harvard 3rd - Kramer tripled to right field. Vance popped up to ss. Byrne singled to right field, RBI;
  Kramer scored. Wilson struck out swinging. Byrne stole second. Byrne advanced to third on a passed ball.
  Stack-Babich struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 4th - Porter singled to right center. DiCesare singled to right field; Porter advanced to
  second. Pesanello walked; DiCesare advanced to second; Porter advanced to third. Compagnone reached on a
  fielder's choice; Pesanello advanced to second; DiCesare advanced to third; Porter out at home 3b to c.
  Roberts flied out to cf, SF, RBI; DiCesare scored. Chin popped up to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Harvard 4th - Rogers grounded out to p, bunt. Casey singled to left center. Stoeckel grounded into double
  play p to ss to 1b; Casey out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 5th - Lyon struck out looking. Tamsin homered to right field, RBI. Donaldson fouled out to rf.
  Porter flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 5th - Rouches singled to center field. Kramer grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Rouches advanced to
  second. Vance tripled to right center, RBI; Rouches scored. Byrne lined out to lf, SF, RBI; Vance scored.
  Wilson walked. Zailskas pinch hit for Stack-Babich. Zailskas grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 2
  hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 6th - Zailskas to rf. DiCesare singled to right field. Pesanello struck out looking. DiCesare
  advanced to second on a passed ball. Compagnone singled to shortstop; DiCesare no advance. Stokes pinch
  hit for Roberts. Stokes doubled to right center, RBI; Compagnone advanced to third; DiCesare scored.
  Watson to p for Brown, J.. Fisher pinch hit for Chin. Fisher lined into double play p to 3b; Compagnone
  out on the play. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Harvard 6th - Fisher to 2b. Stokes to dh. Carrington to p for McDonald. Rogers grounded out to p. Casey
  lined out to 1b. Stoeckel singled to left field. Stoeckel stole second. Rouches singled to center field,
  RBI; Stoeckel scored. Kramer grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 7th - Rouches to 1b. Rabinowitz to lf for Kramer. Lyon popped up to 2b. Tamsin hit by pitch.
  Tamsin stole second. Donaldson struck out looking to catcher. Porter flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
  errors, 1 LOB.

Harvard 7th - Vance singled to center field. Byrne grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Vance out on
  the play. Wilson walked. Zailskas reached on a fielder's choice; Wilson out at second ss unassisted. 0
  runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 8th - DiCesare struck out looking. Pesanello struck out swinging. Compagnone flied out to rf
  down the rf line. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 8th - Rogers struck out swinging. Casey doubled down the lf line. Stoeckel flied out to lf. Bashara
  to p for Carrington. Rouches popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 9th - Stokes walked. Stokes advanced to second on an error by 1b, failed pickoff attempt. Fox
  pinch ran for Stokes. Fisher struck out swinging. Lyon struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Unger
  to p for Watson. Tamsin intentionally walked. Donaldson walked; Tamsin advanced to second; Fox advanced
  to third. Porter fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.






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