BASEBALL DUKES BEAT NORTHEASTERN 9-6, TAKE SERIES WIN

Sunday, April 9

Brookline, Mass.

TBA

James Madison University

22-12, 0

Northeastern

13-12, 0

James Madison

Northeastern

4/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

BROOKLINE, Mass., April 9, 2006 — Senior first baseman Nate Schill (Audubon, N.J./Audubon) doubled in three runs in the pivotal seventh inning to propel James Madison to a 9-6 Colonial Athletic Association baseball victory against host Northeastern Sunday afternoon at the Freidman Diamond.

The Dukes won the last two in the three-game series to reclaim second place in the Colonial with an 11-4 record while improving to 22-12 overall. NU slipped to third place with an 8-4 conference mark and fell to 13-12 overall.

Sophomore right-hander Ryan Reid (Portland, Maine/Deering) earned the pitching victory with 6 1/3 innings of work in his eighth start of the season. He struck out nine, walked three and endured a season-high six runs on a season-high eight hits. Reid upped his record to 6-2 despite yielding three home runs.

Junior right-hander Bobby Lasko (Athens, Pa./Athens Area) chalked up his third save of the year with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Lasko, who has recently been delegated as the Dukes' closer, gave up a pair of hits, two walks and sat down two via strikeouts.

Schill's eighth double of the season gave the Dukes a 7-5 lead with one out in the seventh inning. Senior second baseman Michael Cowgill (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay) started the rally with a one-out single through the left side, and junior left fielder Joe Lake (Elkridge, Md./Long Reach) followed with a single to left. Sophomore center fielder Kellen Kulbacki (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) loaded the bases when he pulled a pitch down the first-base line, which was knocked down by the Huskies' first baseman for ultimately a single. All three scored as Schill's double split the defenders in right-center.

Northeastern quickly trimmed the lead to 7-6 as senior center fielder Chris Emaneule doubled to start the inning and scored one out later when freshman left fielder Mike Tamsin double to left.

The Dukes got the run back in the eighth as freshman third baseman Brett Garner (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock) walked and was sacrificed to second by senior right fielder Matt Bristow (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin). Garner then stole third and scored when the catcher's throw to third skipped away.

Kulbacki accounted for the final run of the afternoon with his 17^th homer of the year, a solo blast to left-center in the top of the ninth.