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Baseball Picks Up First Win Behind Strong Freshmen Performances

Baseball Drops Home Finale to Northeastern, 12-5

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George Mason Athletics Baseball 5/8/2011 12:56:00 PM

The George Mason baseball team honored its seniors pregame on Sunday but the Patriots were unable to finish off their home schedule with a victory as Northeastern used four home runs to power past Mason, 11-4 on Sunday.

Brig Tison paced Mason with a 3 for 4 afternoon while senior Shane Davis was 2 for 4. Northeastern's Ricky Salvucci was 4 for 5 with three runs scored while Matt Miller was 3 for 3 with three RBI and Aaron Barbosa was 2 for 6 with three RBI. Northeastern entered the game with just eight homers on the year.

The Huskies (15-28, 9-15 CAA) got on the board in the third when Alan Pastyrnak Jr. reached on an error and Matt Miller followed with his first home run of the season, a blast to right that made it 2-0. They added to that lead in the fourth with another long ball. This time John Puttress and Ricky Salvucci hit one-out singles and with two outs, Aaron Barbosa hit his first home run of the season, a ball that just barely cleared the wall in the rightfield corner to make it 5-0.

Mason (20-30-1, 6-21 CAA) answered in the bottom of the fourth. Brig Tison singled and scored with one out on a Blaise Fernandez double. Fernandez came home on Shane Davis ' triple and Davis crossed the plate on a wild pitch to make it 5-3.

It didn't stay a two-run game for long. Miller was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Jon Leroux followed with his third homer of the year to make it 7-3. Connor Lyons tripled on a full-count pitch and Oliver Hart drew a full-count walk before Puttress grounded into a double play bringing home Lyons. Salvucci followed with a solo homer to right to end starter Ryan Pfaeffle 's day and make it 9-3. Reliever Sean Cabrera came on and he gave up a single to Sean Lyons who stole second and scored on a Tison error at short to push it to a seven-run lead.

Mason put a run on the board in the sixth without a hit as Fernandez and Helgeson drew walks, moved up on a wild pitch and Fernandez came home on an Allen RBI ground out. In the seventh, with two outs and the bases empty, Mason reliever Brandon Kuter gave up an infield single to Barbosa and after Pastyrnak walked, Miller singled to make it 11-4. Northeastern's final run scored in the ninth when Salvucci led off with a double, Sean Lyons followed with a single and Salvucci scored on Barbosa's double-play ball. The game's final run came in the bottom of the ninth as Danny Lyons singled to lead off the inning in his final at bat in front of the home crowd. Jake Kalish pinch ran and after a walk by Jeremy Haas in a 10-pitch at-bat, Chris Cook and Tison had back-to-back ground outs to make it 12-5.

The Patriots return to action on Thursday, May 19 when they open their final series of the season at Georgia State at 6 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Sean Cabrera

#3 Sean Cabrera

LHP
6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
Chris Cook

#5 Chris Cook

SS/2B
5' 11"
Junior
Blaise Fernandez

#9 Blaise Fernandez

SS/RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
Jake Kalish

#18 Jake Kalish

LHP/OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
Ryan Pfaeffle

#20 Ryan Pfaeffle

RHP
6' 2"
Senior
Brig Tison

#36 Brig Tison

3B
5' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sean Cabrera

#3 Sean Cabrera

6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
LHP
Chris Cook

#5 Chris Cook

5' 11"
Junior
SS/2B
Blaise Fernandez

#9 Blaise Fernandez

6' 1"
Sophomore
SS/RHP
Jake Kalish

#18 Jake Kalish

6' 2"
Sophomore
LHP/OF
Ryan Pfaeffle

#20 Ryan Pfaeffle

6' 2"
Senior
RHP
Brig Tison

#36 Brig Tison

5' 11"
Senior
3B
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