Pesanello sets home run record as Huskies sweep
May 10, 2009
Friedman Diamond (Brookline, Mass.)
Northeastern secured its first CAA sweep of the season as the Huskies took game three against the Delaware Blue Hens 3-1. Northeastern was led by Frank Pesaenllo who jacked his 38th career home run and Mike Tamsin who brought across two RBI. Jeff Thomson struck out 11 in his complete game effort.
Northeastern now finds itself in a tie with Towson for the sixth and final spot in the CAA Tournament at 11-10. The Huskies and Tigers will square off next Thursday through Saturday in Towson, Md. In the midst of a tight CAA race, the Huskies are just one game behind Georgia State and Old Dominion for second place.
The Huskies started the game off with a bang as Matt Miller drilled a stand-up triple to the right center wall. Mike Tamsin hit a hard grounder to short that would allow Miller to score and give the Huskies an early 1-0 lead.
In the third Matt Miller would jump start the Huskies offense as he legged out an infield single. Frank Compagnone would move Miller to third with a single to left field to bring up Mike Tamsin. Tamsin would hit a long fly to center field to score Miller and give Tamsin his second RBI of the game.
Frank Pesanello hit ninth home run of the season to lead of the fourth inning and give the Huskies a 3-0 lead but perhaps more important was that it was Pesanello's 38th career home run. The homer cleared the right field bleachers, an absolute blast that was close to 425 feet.
Pesanello passed Tim Daley (1995-98) to become the all-time home run king at Northeastern. Pesanello now has the single season home run record of 20 which he set last season and the career home run record with his blast today.
Delaware would get back in the ball game in the sixth inning as they had a run come across making it a 3-1 ball game through five and a half.
Jeff Thomson was dealing all game and picked up the win after pitching the complete game striking out 11. Thomson moved to 6-4 on the season and earned his 16th career win tying him with John Burns (1997-2001) for eighth all-time at Northeastern.
Northeastern returns travels to Bryant University for a Monday afternoon game in Smithfield, R.I. at 3 p.m.
Delaware at Northeastern
May 10, 2009 at Brookline, Mass. (Friedman Diamond)
Delaware 1 (23-20,8-10 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Alonso, Carlos 3b........ 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cuneo, Ryan 1b........... 4 0 1 0 0 2 12 1 1
Nehl, Chris dh........... 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Reed, Ryan c............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 1
Merkler, Bill lf......... 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
Shockley, Scott rf....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dameron, Pat 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
Dean, Josh cf............ 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Ulaky, Steve ph/cf...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davis, Kyle ss........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
O'Donald, Rich p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Totals................... 31 1 5 1 0 11 24 15 4
Northeastern 3 (26-20,11-10 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Miller, Matt rf.......... 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Compagnone, Frank lf..... 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Tamsin, Mike 1b.......... 3 0 1 2 0 0 9 2 0
Donaldson, James 2b...... 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 1
Pesanello, Frank c....... 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 0 1
Dunlap, Jeff dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gustafson, David cf...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Maguire, Ryan 3b......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Berg, Sam ss............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
Thomson, Jeff p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Totals................... 29 3 7 3 1 6 27 12 4
Score by Innings R H E
-------------------------------------------
Delaware............ 000 001 000 - 1 5 0
Northeastern........ 101 100 00X - 3 7 0
-------------------------------------------
DP - DELAWARE 1; NU 1. LOB - DELAWARE 4; NU 4. 2B - Alonso; Cuneo. 3B -
Miller; Maguire. HR - Pesanello. HBP - Alonso. SF - Tamsin. SB - Alonso.
Delaware IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
O'Donald, Rich...... 8.0 7 3 3 1 6 29 31
Northeastern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Thomson, Jeff....... 9.0 5 1 1 0 11 31 32
Win - Thomson (6-4). Loss - O'Donald (4-3). Save - None.
HBP - by Thomson (Alonso).
Umpires -
Start: 1 p.m Time: 1:48 Attendance: 224
Weather: Windy, sunny, 60's
Game: GAME46
Play-by-Play
Northeastern University Baseball
Delaware at Northeastern - Play-by-Play
May 10, 2009 at Brookline, Mass. (Friedman Diamond)
Score by Innings R H E
-------------------------------------------
Delaware............ 000 001 000 - 1 5 0
Northeastern........ 101 100 00X - 3 7 0
-------------------------------------------
Delaware starters: 6/3b Alonso; 10/1b Cuneo; 24/dh Nehl; 5/c Reed; 19/lf
Merkler; 4/rf Shockley; 16/2b Dameron; 2/cf Dean; 9/ss Davis; 21/p O'Donald;
Northeastern starters: 19/rf Miller; 4/lf Compagnone; 6/1b Tamsin; 33/2b
Donaldson; 11/c Pesanello; 35/dh Dunlap; 9/cf Gustafson; 41/3b Maguire; 1/ss
Berg; 23/p Thomson;
Delaware 1st - Alonso doubled to left center. Cuneo struck out looking.
Nehl struck out swinging. Reed flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Northeastern 1st - Miller tripled to right center. Compagnone struck out
swinging. Tamsin grounded out to ss, RBI; Miller scored. Donaldson walked.
Pesanello flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 2nd - Merkler lined out to cf. Shockley grounded out to 2b.
Dameron grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 2nd - Dunlap grounded out to 2b. Gustafson grounded out to
ss. Maguire struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 3rd - Dean grounded out to 3b. Davis grounded out to ss. Alonso
singled to center field. Alonso stole second. Cuneo out at first 1b to p. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northeastern 3rd - Berg grounded out to 2b. Miller singled to second
base. Compagnone singled to right field; Miller advanced to third. Tamsin flied
out to cf, SF, RBI; Miller scored. Donaldson struck out swinging. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 4th - Nehl singled to pitcher. Reed grounded into double play
3b to 2b to 1b; Nehl out on the play. Merkler struck out looking. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 4th - Pesanello homered to right field, RBI. Dunlap out at
first 2b to p. Gustafson struck out looking. Maguire tripled to left center.
Berg grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 5th - Shockley struck out swinging. Dameron struck out looking.
Dean struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 5th - Miller grounded out to 2b. Compagnone grounded out to
ss. Tamsin lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 6th - Davis struck out swinging. Alonso hit by pitch. Cuneo
doubled to right field, ground-rule; Alonso advanced to third. Nehl singled to
center field, RBI; Cuneo advanced to third; Alonso scored. Reed struck out
looking. Merkler struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Northeastern 6th - Donaldson singled to third base. Pesanello grounded
out to c; Donaldson advanced to second. Dunlap struck out swinging. Gustafson
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 7th - Shockley out at first 1b to p. Dameron grounded out to p.
Ulaky pinch hit for Dean. Ulaky grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 7th - Ulaky to cf. Maguire grounded out to p. Berg struck
out looking. Miller out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Delaware 8th - Davis flied out to lf. Alonso grounded out to 2b. Cuneo
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northeastern 8th - Compagnone grounded out to ss. Tamsin singled up the
middle. Donaldson grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Tamsin out on the
play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Delaware 9th - Nehl grounded out to 3b. Reed flied out to rf. Merkler
struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
