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Northeastern Huskies top William & Mary 10-4 in comeback win

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Huskies top William & Mary 10-4 in comeback win
May 9, 2008
Plumeri Park (Williamsburg, VA)

The Northeastern University baseball team started out the game fairly slow offensively, but combined to score eight runs in the final three frames and beat William & Mary 10-4 at Plumeri Park in Williamsburg, Va. on Friday night. Husky starter Jeff Thomson scattered 14 hits, but fought hard in seven innings of work to pick up his fifth win on the season. Every Husky starter finished with at least one hit in the game.

While every player in the Husky lineup recorded a hit, Mike Tamsin was the only Husky to finish with multiple hits, as he went 3-4 with two RBI and a run scored. The juniors most current hot streak has raised his season average to a team-best .393 and he is now 6-9 in the series.

Les Williams and David Gustafson each homered in the game for the Huskies. Williams' homer was the first of his Husky career, while Gustafson's was his fifth on the season, making it the second straight season that he has recorded five long balls. Frank Compagnone also added an RBI triple in the game, while tri-captain Josh Porter chipped in with a two-run double that provided the Huskies with insurance runs in the ninth.

Each of the Tribe's four runs were charged to Thomson. He walked one batter and struck out three. Les Williams switched out of the designated hitter role to pitch the last two innings for the Huskies. He allowed just one hit, no walks and struck out three to earn the save, another first for Williams in his career.

Northeastern improved to 21-23-1 overall and 10-15-1 in the CAA, while William & Mary slid to 35-14 on the season and 16-9 in the conference. The rubber game of the series will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Plumeri Park. Ryan Quigley takes the ball for NU.

Northeastern 10 (21-23-1,10-15-1)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Dicesare, Tony rf........  3  2  1  0   1  0  1  0   0
Tamsin, Mike 3b..........  4  1  3  2   1  0  1  4   0
Lyon, Mike ss............  4  1  1  1   0  1  2  5   1
Pesanello, Frank c.......  5  0  1  0   0  4  6  0   0
Porter, Josh 1b..........  4  1  1  2   1  0 10  1   3
Compagnone, Frank cf.....  5  1  1  1   0  1  2  0   0
Gustafson, David lf......  4  1  1  2   1  1  2  0   0
Williams, Les dh.........  4  2  1  1   1  2  1  0   2
Donaldson, James 2b......  3  1  1  0   1  2  2  5   0
Thomson, Jeff p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 36 10 11  9   6 11 27 15   7

William and Mary 4 (35-14,16-9)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Stampone 3b..............  5  0  2  1   0  0  1  0   0
Guez cf..................  5  0  2  0   0  2  2  1   1
Sheridan 1b..............  5  1  1  0   0  0  5  2   3
Park c...................  5  2  2  1   0  1 11  0   1
Maliniak lf..............  4  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
Nickle rf................  5  0  4  2   0  0  1  0   0
Jones dh.................  5  0  1  0   0  2  0  0   4
Stanfield ss.............  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  4   0
 Juliano ph..............  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Osteen pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Williamson 2b............  3  1  2  0   0  0  3  3   3
Landry p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Kantakevich p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Grieve p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Billbrough p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 40  4 15  4   1  6 27 10  12

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Northeastern........ 001 100 215 - 10 11  2
William and Mary.... 201 100 000 -  4 15  0
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E - Tamsin; Pesanello. DP - NU 2; W&M 1. LOB - NU 7; W&M 12. 2B - DiCesare;
Porter; Sheridan; Park; Williamson 2. 3B - Compagnone. HR - Gustafson;
Williams. HBP - DiCesare; Lyon; Stanfield; Williamson. SB - Stampone; Jones.

Northeastern           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Thomson, Jeff.......  7.0 14  4  4  1  3 34 37
Williams, Les.......  2.0  1  0  0  0  3  6  6

William and Mary       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Landry..............  6.2  5  4  4  5  7 23 29
Kantakevich.........  0.1  2  0  0  0  0  3  3
Grieve..............  1.2  4  6  6  1  4  9 11
Billbrough..........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1

Win - Thomson (5-4).  Loss - Grieve (3-1).  Save - Williams (1).
WP - Landry 3. HBP - by Landry (Lyon); by Thomson (Stanfield); by Thomson
(Williamson); by Grieve (DiCesare).
Umpires - HP: Bobby Walker  1B: Greg Howard  3B: Greg Woodle
Start: 7 p.m.   Time: 3:10   Attendance: 268



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Play-by-Play


Northeastern starters: 20/rf DiCesare; 6/3b Tamsin; 7/ss Lyon; 11/c Pesanello; 32/1b
Porter; 4/cf Compagnone; 9/lf Gustafson; 3/dh Williams; 33/2b Donaldson; 23/p
Thomson;
William and Mary starters: 23/3b Stampone; 8/cf Guez; 20/1b Sheridan; 9/c Park; 6/lf
Maliniak; 12/rf Nickle; 34/dh Jones; 5/ss Stanfield; 3/2b Williamson; 25/p Landry;

Northeastern 1st - DiCesare out at first 1b to p. Tamsin out at first 1b to
p. Lyon grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

William and Mary 1st - Stampone grounded out to 2b. Guez struck out swinging.
Sheridan doubled down the rf line. Park singled to left field, RBI; Sheridan scored.
Maliniak walked; Park advanced to second. Nickle singled to left field, RBI;
Maliniak advanced to second; Park scored. Jones flied out to rf. 2 runs, 3 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northeastern 2nd - Pesanello struck out swinging. Porter lined out to rf.
Compagnone grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

William and Mary 2nd - Stanfield grounded out to 3b. Williamson doubled to
left field. Stampone reached on a fielder's choice; Williamson out at third ss to
3b. Stampone stole second, advanced to third on an error by c. Guez grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 3rd - Gustafson lined out to cf. Williams walked. Donaldson
struck out swinging. DiCesare walked; Williams advanced to second. Tamsin singled,
out at second cf to ss to 2b, RBI; DiCesare advanced to third; Williams scored. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

William and Mary 3rd - Sheridan flied out to lf. Park doubled to left field.
Maliniak grounded out to 2b; Park advanced to third. Nickle singled up the middle,
RBI; Park scored. Jones grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 4th - Lyon hit by pitch. Pesanello struck out swinging. Lyon
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Porter walked. Compagnone reached on a fielder's
choice; Porter out at second ss to 2b; Lyon advanced to third. Compagnone advanced
to second on a wild pitch; Lyon scored. Gustafson walked. Gustafson advanced to
second on a wild pitch; Compagnone advanced to third. Williams struck out looking.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

William and Mary 4th - Stanfield struck out swinging. Williamson doubled to
right center. Stampone singled to center field, RBI; Williamson scored. Guez singled
to right field; Stampone advanced to second. Sheridan grounded into double play 2b
to ss to 1b; Guez out on the play. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 5th - Donaldson singled through the left side. DiCesare fouled
out to lf. Tamsin singled through the right side; Donaldson advanced to second. Lyon
grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Tamsin out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.

William and Mary 5th - Park lined out to ss. Maliniak flied out to lf. Nickle
singled through the left side. Jones singled to right field; Nickle advanced to
third. Jones stole second. Stanfield hit by pitch. Williamson reached on a fielder's
choice; Stanfield out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Northeastern 6th - Pesanello struck out looking. Porter popped up to 1b.
Compagnone struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

William and Mary 6th - Stampone grounded out to ss. Guez singled to third
base, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b. Sheridan flied out to cf; Guez
advanced to third. Park grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 7th - Gustafson grounded out to 2b. Williams struck out
swinging. Donaldson walked. DiCesare doubled to right field; Donaldson advanced to
third. Tamsin singled to second base, RBI; DiCesare advanced to third; Donaldson
scored. Kantakevich to p for Landry. Lyon singled to left field, RBI; Tamsin
advanced to second; DiCesare scored. Pesanello singled up the middle; Lyon advanced
to second; Tamsin advanced to third. Porter reached on a fielder's choice; Pesanello
advanced to second; Lyon out at third 3b unassisted. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3
LOB.

William and Mary 7th - Maliniak flied out to cf. Nickle grounded out to 3b.
Jones struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 8th - Grieve to p for Kantakevich. Compagnone popped up to 2b.
Gustafson struck out looking. Williams homered to center field, RBI. Donaldson
struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

William and Mary 8th - Juliano pinch hit for Stanfield. Juliano singled to
center field. Osteen pinch ran for Juliano. Williamson hit by pitch; Osteen advanced
to second. Stampone singled to third base, bunt; Williamson advanced to second;
Osteen advanced to third. Williams to p. /  for Thomson. Guez struck out. Sheridan
grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Stampone out on the play. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northeastern 9th - Osteen to 2b. Williamson to ss. DiCesare hit by pitch.
Tamsin walked; DiCesare advanced to second. Lyon struck out looking. Pesanello
struck out looking. Porter doubled to right center, 2 RBI; Tamsin scored; DiCesare
scored. Compagnone tripled to right center, RBI; Porter scored. Gustafson homered to
left field, 2 RBI; Compagnone scored. Billbrough to p for Grieve. Williams flied out
to cf. 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

William and Mary 9th - Park struck out swinging. Maliniak out at first 1b to
p. Nickle singled up the middle. Jones struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.



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