2006 Schedule/Results
2006 Statistics
Northeastern 2, James Madison 0
Huskies' Ottavino throws no-hitter
April 7, 2006
Friedman Diamond (Brookline, Mass.)
 Adam Ottavino pitched Northeastern's eighth no-hitter in school history in a 2-0 win over James Madison. |
Ottavino's feat was the ninth no-hitter in Northeastern history and the first since Greg Montalbano held Niagara hitless on March 20, 1999. It was NU's first nine-inning no-hitter since Joe Killelea no-hit MIT on May 3, 1985.
Ottavino was only in trouble once during the game. In the sixth inning, Matt Townsend reach on a throwing error by Sidhu and then took second and third when Ottavino made an errant pickoff throw. Michael Cowgill was the next hitter and he drove a pitch to deep right-center, but senior Chris Emanuele tracked it down to save the no-hit bid and the lead. The following batter, Kellen Kulbacki, struck out to end the threat.
Ottavino retired the final 11 batters, including Kulbacki, the nation's leader in home runs, on the final out of the game.
Townsend was the only Dukes player to reach third base as Ottavino kept JMU off-balanced all day with a mix of fastballs, curveballs and changeups. This was the third time this season Ottavino cracked the double-digit mark in strikeouts.
In just his third season, Ottavino has 228 career strikeouts in 202-2/3 innings. He is currently second all-time in Husky history with those 228 strikeouts, just 13 shy of Jordan Thomson's record of 241. He has made six starts this season and has a 3-2 record, a 3.76 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 43 innings pitched. One of his losses came to then No. 1 ranked Georgia Tech on March 7.
Northeastern improves to 13-10 overall and 8-2 in its first season in the highly-competitive Colonial Athletic Association. James Madison, second in the league in hitting with a .334 average coming into the game, fell to 20-12 overall and 9-4 in the CAA.
Sidhu led off the scoring with his second homer of the season in just the second at bat of the game and scored an insurance run on a Matt Morizio single in the sixth inning.
James Madison pitcher Greg Nesbitt (4-3) tossed a solid game, allowing two runs and six hits with six strikeouts over eight innings.
Northeastern takes on James Madison in the second game of the CAA series on Saturday at 1 p.m. and completes the series on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Friedman Diamond.
2006 Northeastern Baseball
James Madison at Northeastern
Apr 07, 2006 at Brookline, MA (Friedman Diamond)
James Madison 0 (20-12,9-4 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Stoneburner, Davis ss.... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Townsend, Matt pr/cf.... 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Cowgill, Michael 2b...... 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0
Kulbacki, Kellen cf/rf... 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Schill, Nate 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 1
Sluder, Matt c........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
Santobianco, Dan dh...... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lake, Joe lf/3b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Bristow, Matt rf/lf...... 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
Altieri, Rob 3b/ss....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Moses, Mitchell ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garner, Brett 3b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nesbitt, Greg p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals................... 27 0 0 0 3 14 24 12 3
Northeastern 2 (13-10,8-2 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chris Emanuele cf........ 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
Arman Sidhu ss........... 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 1
Dan Milano lf............ 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Morizio c........... 3 0 1 1 0 1 14 3 0
Jeff Maher rf............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Porter 1b........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 2
Mike Tamsin dh........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Lyon 3b............. 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Brian Nutting 2b......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Adam Ottavino p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 28 2 6 2 1 8 27 8 4
Score by Innings R H E
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James Madison....... 000 000 000 - 0 0 1
Northeastern........ 100 001 00X - 2 6 3
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E - Cowgill(10); Sidhu 2(9); Ottavino(2). DP - JMU 1. LOB - JMU 3;
Northeastern 4. 2B - Lyon(4). 3B - Sidhu(1). HR - Sidhu(2). HBP - Maher. CS
- Milano(1).
James Madison IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Nesbitt, Greg....... 8.0 6 2 2 1 8 28 30 86
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Adam Ottavino....... 9.0 0 0 0 3 14 27 30 119
Win - Ottavino (3-2). Loss - Nesbitt (4-3). Save - None.
HBP - by Nesbitt (Maher). Pitches/strikes: Nesbitt 86/59; Ottavino 119/85.
Umpires -
Start: 3:00 Time: 1:57 Attendance: 60
Game: GAME23
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Play-by-Play
2006 Northeastern Baseball
James Madison at Northeastern - Play-by-Play
Apr 07, 2006 at Brookline, MA (Friedman Diamond)
Score by Innings R H E
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James Madison....... 000 000 000 - 0 0 1
Northeastern........ 100 001 00X - 2 6 3
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James Madison starters: 1/ss Stoneburner; 4/2b Cowgill; 21/cf Kulbacki; 24/1b
Schill; 6/c Sluder; 31/dh Santobianco; 7/lf Lake; 19/rf Bristow; 10/3b Altieri; 33/p
Nesbitt;
Northeastern starters: 27/cf Emanuele; 3/ss Sidhu; 35/lf Milano; 11/c Morizio; 1/rf
Maher; 32/1b Porter; 6/dh Tamsin; 7/3b Lyon; 8/2b Nutting; 22/p Ottavino;
James Madison 1st - Stoneburner struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b
(1-2). Cowgill walked (3-2). Kulbacki struck out swinging (1-2); Cowgill out at
second c to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Emanuele struck out swinging (1-2). Sidhu homered to left
field, RBI (1-0). Milano struck out swinging (1-2). Morizio grounded out to c (0-0).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 2nd - Schill grounded out to ss (2-0). Sluder grounded out to
2b (0-0). Santobianco flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Maher grounded out to ss (1-2). Porter struck out swinging
(0-2). Tamsin flied out to lf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 3rd - Lake struck out looking (1-2). Bristow struck out
swinging (0-2). Altieri grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Lyon doubled to left field (2-0). Nutting grounded out to
3b (2-2). Emanuele struck out swinging (1-2). Sidhu flied out to rf to right center
(0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 4th - Stoneburner reached on an error by ss (0-1). Stoneburner
out at first c to 1b, picked off. Cowgill struck out swinging (2-2). Kulbacki walked
(3-2). Schill reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (0-1); Kulbacki out at
second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Milano singled up the middle (0-0). Milano out at second c
to ss, caught stealing. Morizio struck out swinging (2-2). Maher hit by pitch (2-2).
Porter grounded out to 3b (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 5th - Sluder popped up to ss (3-2). Santobianco walked (3-0).
Lake struck out looking (1-2). Bristow struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Tamsin singled to right center (0-1). Lyon struck out
swinging (2-2). Nutting reached on a fielder's choice to third base, advanced to
second on an error by 2b; Tamsin out at second 3b to 2b. Emanuele grounded out to 2b
(0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
James Madison 6th - Altieri struck out swinging (0-2). Stoneburner reached on
a throwing error by ss (0-2). Townsend pinch ran for Stoneburner. Cowgill flied out
to cf to right center (1-0). Townsend advanced to second on an error by p, advanced
to third. Kulbacki struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Townsend to cf. Kulbacki to rf. Lake to 3b. Bristow to lf.
Altieri to ss. Sidhu tripled to center field (2-1). Milano grounded out to p (0-0).
Morizio singled to right center, RBI (1-2); Sidhu scored. Maher flied out to cf
(1-0). Porter struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 7th - Schill struck out looking (0-2). Sluder fouled out to c
(0-1). Santobianco struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Tamsin struck out swinging (1-2). Lyon grounded out to p
(0-0). Nutting flied out to cf (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 8th - Lake grounded out to ss (1-2). Bristow struck out
swinging (1-2). Moses pinch hit for Altieri. Moses grounded out to 1b unassisted
(2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Lake to ss. Garner to 3b for Moses. Emanuele grounded out
to p, bunt. Sidhu walked (3-0). Milano grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b
(0-0); Sidhu out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 9th - Townsend struck out swinging (0-2). Cowgill struck out
swinging to catcher (1-2). Kulbacki popped up to 3b (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
