STONY BROOK, N.Y. (Interstat) — Robbie O’Connor pitched seven hitless innings and the Northeastern Huskies capitalized on a series of Stony Brook miscues to shut out the Seawolves 4-0 in a nonconference baseball game Friday at Joe Nathan Field.

The game, played before an announced crowd of 165, was dominated by pitching but ultimately decided by Stony Brook’s defensive struggles. Northeastern improved to 4-6 overall, while Stony Brook fell to 1-10.

O’Connor, a right-hander, was nearly untouchable for the Huskies. He struck out eight and walked none over seven frames, allowing only two baserunners, both on hit-by-pitches. He retired the final 13 batters he faced. Andrew Basel completed the combined two-hitter with two perfect innings of relief, striking out one.

The most important sequence of the game occurred in the top of the seventh inning, breaking open what had been a tight contest. Northeastern led 1-0 on an unearned run from the second inning when Chris Walsh scored on a sacrifice fly after reaching on an error. In the seventh, Walsh singled and Carmelo Musacchia followed with another single. Alex Feinberg then hit a fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop, which should have produced at least one out. Instead, a throwing error on the attempted force at second allowed Walsh to score from third and Feinberg to reach safely. A subsequent balk moved Feinberg to second, and he later scored on a wild pitch to give Northeastern a 3-0 lead.

The Huskies added an insurance run in the ninth when Cooper Tarantino led off with a triple and scored on Walsh’s RBI single. Walsh finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Musacchia was 2 for 4.

Stony Brook’s pitching kept the game close for much of the afternoon. Starter Ty Panariello went 4 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and no earned runs while striking out four. Reliever Micah Worley was sharp over 3 2/3 innings, giving up just one unearned run and striking out five. But the Seawolves’ defense committed three errors, leading to three unearned runs.

Stony Brook’s offense was stifled all day. Matthew Jackson had the team’s first hit, a single in the second inning, and Chris Carson added another single in the seventh. The Seawolves put a runner in scoring position only twice and never advanced a runner to third base.

The teams are scheduled to continue their three-game series Saturday afternoon.