Huskies top Seawolves 7‑4 in Colonial baseball matchup

BROOKLINE, Mass. (Interstat) — Cooper Maher pitched five innings of one-hit relief to lead Northeastern to a 7-4 victory over Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon at Parsons Field.

The Seawolves took an early lead when a balk scored a run in the top of the first. Northeastern answered with three unearned runs in the bottom half, capped by an AJ Aschettino RBI single and a passed ball that allowed another run.

Stony Brook regained the lead in the second on an RBI single by Zampieron, but Northeastern tied it on Ryan Gerety’s RBI single. The Huskies went ahead on a wild pitch in the second. Chanz Doughty homered for Stony Brook in the third, and Scott Gell added a sacrifice fly to tie the game.

Northeastern took the lead for good in the fifth on Kyle DiGiorgio’s RBI single, and Aschettino added a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Maher (5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 K) earned the win. Andrew Wertz tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Nicholas Rizzo took the loss for Stony Brook (20-28), striking out four in 3.1 innings.

Aschettino went 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Doughty finished 2-for-5 with a home run. Northeastern improved to 31-18.