BOSTON – The Towson University baseball team engaged in a pitching duel to begin the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) series at Northeastern, falling to the Huskies 6-1 on Friday afternoon.
Towson (10-31, 1-12 CAA) and Northeastern (21-21-1, 5-8 CAA) had a pitcher's duel going as
Ethan Pecko,
Nolan Bolt and Wyatt Scotti allowed a combined three runs through the first five innings. Northeastern plated three in the sixth en route to its win.
Key Stats:
- The Towson pitching had six runs allowed, just four earned. The loss went to Ethan Pecko (0-2), who had two runs, each unearned in the first, on four innings with two strikeouts. Cam Clark had a perfect, three-strikeout inning in the seventh.
- Jake Lysaght reached base twice in the game, going 1-for-2 with a hit-by-pitch. Nolan Young went 1-for-4, scoring the team's run and stealing a base.
- For Northeastern, Max Viera finished 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs and an RBI. Starter Wyatt Scotti went 4.2 innings with a run and four strikeouts in the no-decision. The win went to reliever Eric Yost (3-2), going 4.1 scoreless with six strikeouts.
How It Happened:
- Northeastern scored the first run of the game in the opening inning. Spenser Smith reached on an one-out error at first and stole second. Corey DiLoreto singled up the middle to score Smith. Later, with Luke Beckstein on third, Max Viera lined a single to the right-center gap for a 2-0 Northeastern lead.
- Ethan Pecko held down Northeastern in the following two innings to keep the deficit at two. Into the fourth, back-to-back singles, then a Nolan Young steal, put runners on the corners. With one away, a wild pitch got Young home for Towson's first run.
- The pitching duel continued into the sixth inning with each side stifling the opposing batters. Towson had threatened in the top of the fifth with a James Moses single putting two on with two out, but Northeastern ended the inning with a strikeout.
- In the bottom of the sixth, Northeastern picked up runners on the corners with two out. Danny Crossen hit a first pitch RBI double over the left fielder's head, then Justin Bosland singled to the right-center gap for two more runs in. Northeastern led 5-1 after six.
- Towson mustered base runners in the final three innings but could not score. A Bosland RBI single in the eighth made the eventual final score 6-1 Northeastern.
Inside the Numbers:
- Ethan Pecko had his first-career weekend start as a Tiger, having his longest outing of the season with four innings.
- Danny Becerra has reached base his last 18 games while James Moses has gotten at least one base his last 11 games.
- Elijah Dickerson's hitting streak was snapped at eight games.
Next Game:
Towson returns to the Friedman Diamond on Saturday, April 30 to play Northeastern at 1 p.m.
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