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Huskies fall to Harvard 16-13
April 28, 2009
O'Donnell Field (Cambridge, Mass.)

In the final tune up before the Huskies face the league leading George Mason Patriots on Friday the Huskies traveled three miles to O'Donnell Field to face the Harvard Crimson. The Huskies took a big lead in the first inning but Harvard would battle back to take a lead in the seventh and Harvard would hold on to win.

The Huskies came out swinging to start the game as they brought a season high seven runs across. David Gustafson and Frank Compagnone scored on wild pitches and Brendan Stokes had a RBI double but the inning was highlighted by Ryan Maguire's grand slam to left field. Maguire now has three home runs this season, all coming within the last two weeks.

Northeastern made it a nine run ball game when Ryan Kemp launched a two run homer to right field scoring Devin Barry. It was the first home run for freshmen Ryan Kemp in his career.

Brandon McNelis would leave the ball game after pitching four strong innings allowing only three hits while striking out four. While McNelis did not throw enough innings to qualify for the win he still left the Huskies in excellent position after this four innings.

Harvard would answer Huskies with an incredible seventh inning in which they scored 10 runs against three Husky pitcher. The score was 14-9 after the seventh inning.

Northeastern brought the game within one in the top of the eighth as Brendan Stokes and Devin Barry both came across to score in the inning. Also scoring in the eighth were Ryan Kemp and David Gustafson.

The Huskies would fall behind 16-13 going into the ninth and could not get enough runs across.

The Huskies return to the diamond on Friday as they travel to Fairfax, Va. to face George Mason.

Statistics
                            Northeastern at Harvard
               Apr 28, 2009 at Cambridge, Mass. (O'Donnell Field)

Northeastern 13 (22-17)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Gustafson, David cf......  3  2  0  0   1  0  3  0   0
Compagnone, Frank lf.....  4  1  1  0   1  0  1  0   0
Tamsin, Mike 3b..........  3  1  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
Donaldson, James 2b......  5  0  2  0   0  2  4  3   0
Pesanello, Frank dh......  5  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   4
Stokes, Brendan 1b.......  5  2  2  1   0  2  7  1   0
Barry, Devin c...........  3  3  0  0   2  1  5  2   0
Kemp, Ryan rf............  3  3  1  3   1  0  0  0   0
 Miller, Matt rf.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
Maguire, Ryan ss.........  4  1  1  5   0  1  1  5   0
McNelis, Brandon p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Thornton, Tyler p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Greenblatt, Aaron p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Leenhouts, Andrew p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 36 13  8 10   6  8 24 11   4

Harvard 16 (13-28)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Rogers, Matt ss/rf.......  4  3  2  1   2  0  2  4   3
Meehan, Taylor 2b........  3  3  1  2   2  0  2  1   0
Douglas, Harry 3b........  4  0  1  2   1  0  1  2   0
Stack-Babich, Tom rf/p...  5  1  2  2   0  2  0  0   1
Roberts, Jon lf..........  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
 Tomes, J.T. ph/lf.......  1  2  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Wortzman, Jared c........  3  1  2  1   1  0  6  1   0
 Albright, Tyler c.......  1  1  1  0   0  0  2  1   0
O'Neill, Dillon cf.......  5  2  2  3   0  1  5  0   2
Zailskas, Dan 1b.........  2  0  0  0   1  2  7  0   0
 Zollo, Thomas ph........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 Franklin, Samuel pr.....  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Rouches, Chris 1b.......  1  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
Helgren, Taylor dh.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Way, Marcus ph/dh.......  2  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Reynolds, Jeff dh/ss....  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
Cole, Adam p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Nutter, Anthony p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Watson, Ryan p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Berardo, Daniel p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34 16 14 13   8  6 27 10   6

Score by Innings                       R  H  E
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Northeastern........ 702 000 0   40 - 13  8  0
Harvard............. 200 101 (10)2X - 16 14  2
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E - Rogers; Watson. DP - NU 2. LOB - NU 4; HARV 6. 2B - Donaldson; Stokes;
Rogers 2; Stack-Babich; Albright; Way. 3B - O'Neill. HR - Kemp; Maguire;
Roberts. HBP - Gustafson; Tamsin; Roberts; Tomes 2. SF - Reynolds. SB -
Meehan; Douglas; O'Neill; Rouches. CS - Tamsin; Rogers.

Northeastern           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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McNelis, Brandon....  4.0  3  3  3  5  4 13 19
Thornton, Tyler.....  2.1  4  7  7  2  1 10 14
Greenblatt, Aaron...  0.1  2  3  3  1  0  3  4
Leenhouts, Andrew...  1.1  5  3  3  0  1  8  9

Harvard                IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Cole, Adam..........  0.2  3  7  7  4  1  5  9
Nutter, Anthony.....  6.1  4  2  2  1  4 22 23
Watson, Ryan........  0.1  1  4  1  1  0  4  7
Berardo, Daniel.....  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  2  2
Stack-Babich, Tom...  1.0  0  0  0  0  3  3  3

Win - Nutter (1-3).  Loss - Thornton (1-1).  Save - Stack-Babich (2).
WP - McNelis 3; Greenblatt; Leenhouts; Cole 3; Watson; Berardo. HBP - by McNelis
(Roberts); by Thornton (Tomes); by Thornton (Tomes); by Watson (Gustafson); by
Watson (Tamsin). PB - Barry.
Umpires -
Start: 3:32   Time: 3:08   Attendance: 75
Weather: Sunny, hot, 90's
Game: GAME39


Play-by-Play

                        Northeastern University Baseball
                     Northeastern at Harvard - Play-by-Play
               Apr 28, 2009 at Cambridge, Mass. (O'Donnell Field)


Score by Innings                       R  H  E
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Northeastern........ 702 000 0   40 - 13  8  0
Harvard............. 200 101 (10)2X - 16 14  2
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Northeastern starters: 9/cf Gustafson; 4/lf Compagnone; 6/3b Tamsin; 33/2b
Donaldson; 11/dh Pesanello; 17/1b Stokes; 27/c Barry; 12/rf Kemp; 41/ss
Maguire; 15/p McNelis;
Harvard starters: 8/ss Rogers; 10/2b Meehan; 17/3b Douglas; 27/rf Stack-Babich;
9/lf Roberts; 3/c Wortzman; 4/cf O'Neill; 25/1b Zailskas; 13/dh Helgren; 11/p
Cole;

Northeastern 1st - Gustafson walked. Compagnone singled through the
right side, advanced to second on the throw; Gustafson advanced to third.
Compagnone advanced to third on a wild pitch; Gustafson scored on a wild pitch.
Tamsin walked. Tamsin advanced to second on a wild pitch; Compagnone scored on
a wild pitch. Donaldson struck out swinging. Pesanello grounded out to ss.
Stokes doubled to left center, RBI; Tamsin scored. Barry walked. Barry advanced
to second on a wild pitch; Stokes advanced to third on a wild pitch. Kemp
walked. Maguire homered to left field, 4 RBI; Kemp scored; Barry scored; Stokes
scored. Nutter to p for Cole. Gustafson flied out to cf. 7 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 1st - Rogers walked. Meehan walked; Rogers advanced to second.
Meehan advanced to second on a wild pitch; Rogers advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Douglas out at first 1b to p, RBI; Meehan advanced to third; Rogers
scored. Stack-Babich doubled to right center, RBI; Meehan scored. Roberts hit
by pitch. Wortzman grounded out to ss; Roberts advanced to second; Stack-Babich
advanced to third. O'Neill grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Northeastern 2nd - Compagnone lined out to cf. Tamsin grounded out to
2b. Donaldson singled to center field. Pesanello struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Harvard 2nd - Zailskas walked. Helgren grounded into double play ss to
2b to 1b; Zailskas out on the play. Rogers walked. Rogers out at second c to
ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 3rd - Stokes struck out looking. Barry walked. Kemp homered
to right field, 2 RBI; Barry scored. Maguire fouled out to c. Gustafson
grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 3rd - Meehan grounded out to 2b. Douglas walked. Douglas out at
second c to 2b, stole second. Stack-Babich struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 4th - Compagnone grounded out to ss. Tamsin flied out to
cf. Donaldson doubled to right center. Pesanello flied out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Harvard 4th - Roberts homered to left center, RBI. Wortzman singled
through the left side. O'Neill struck out swinging; Wortzman advanced to second
on a wild pitch. Zailskas struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch;
Wortzman advanced to third on a wild pitch. Helgren struck out swinging. Rogers
flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northeastern 5th - Stokes flied out to cf. Barry grounded out to 3b.
Kemp grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 5th - Thornton to p for McNelis. Meehan flied out to cf. Douglas
flied out to lf. Stack-Babich flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Northeastern 6th - Maguire struck out swinging. Gustafson grounded out
to 3b. Compagnone flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 6th - Tomes pinch hit for Roberts. Tomes hit by pitch. Wortzman
singled to right field; Tomes advanced to third. O'Neill grounded into double
play ss to 2b to 1b; Wortzman out on the play; Tomes scored. Zailskas struck
out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northeastern 7th - Tomes to lf. Tamsin singled through the right side.
Donaldson struck out swinging. Pesanello popped up to 3b. Tamsin out at second
c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Harvard 7th - Way pinch hit for Helgren. Way doubled to right field.
Rogers doubled down the lf line, RBI; Way scored. Meehan walked. Douglas
grounded out to ss; Meehan advanced to second; Rogers advanced to third.
Stack-Babich singled to center field, RBI; Meehan advanced to third; Rogers
scored. Tomes hit by pitch; Stack-Babich advanced to second. Wortzman walked,
RBI; Tomes advanced to second; Stack-Babich advanced to third; Meehan scored.
Greenblatt to p for Thornton. Wortzman advanced to second on a passed ball;
Tomes advanced to third on a passed ball; Stack-Babich scored on a passed ball.
O'Neill tripled to right center, 2 RBI; Wortzman scored; Tomes scored. Zollo
pinch hit for Zailskas. Way to dh. O'Neill scored on a wild pitch. Zollo
walked. Franklin pinch ran for Zollo. Way fouled out to 1b. Rogers doubled to
right center, ground-rule; Franklin advanced to third. Leenhouts to p for
Greenblatt. Meehan singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Rogers scored; Franklin
scored. Meehan stole second. Douglas singled to left field, RBI; Meehan scored.
Stack-Babich struck out swinging. 10 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 8th - Rouches to 1b for Franklin. Watson to p for Nutter.
Stokes singled through the left side. Barry reached on an error by p; Stokes
advanced to third. Kemp reached on an error by ss, RBI; Barry advanced to
second; Stokes scored. Kemp advanced to second on a wild pitch; Barry advanced
to third on a wild pitch. Maguire grounded out to ss, RBI; Barry scored,
unearned. Gustafson hit by pitch. Compagnone walked; Gustafson advanced to
second; Kemp advanced to third. Tamsin hit by pitch, RBI; Compagnone advanced
to second; Gustafson advanced to third; Kemp scored, unearned. Berardo to p for
Watson. Donaldson popped up to ss. Tamsin advanced to second on a wild pitch;
Compagnone advanced to third on a wild pitch; Gustafson scored on a wild pitch,
unearned. Pesanello popped up to 2b. 4 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB.

Harvard 8th - Miller to rf for Kemp. Tomes lined out to rf. Albright to
c for Wortzman. Albright doubled to center field. Albright advanced to third on
a wild pitch. O'Neill singled through the left side, RBI; Albright scored.
Rouches singled to right field; O'Neill advanced to second. Reynolds to dh for
Way. Rouches stole second; O'Neill stole third. Reynolds flied out to rf, SF,
RBI; Rouches advanced to third; O'Neill scored. Rogers popped up to 2b. 2
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northeastern 9th - Rogers to rf. Stack-Babich to p. Reynolds to ss. /
for Berardo. Stokes struck out swinging. Barry struck out swinging. Miller
struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
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