PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Indiana State fell in both ends of the doubleheader to Northeastern at Centennial Park as the Sycamores dropped 7-0 and 5-0 decisions on Saturday afternoon.
 
Game One: Northeastern 7, Indiana State 0
Northeastern jumped on the Sycamores early with a four-run second inning courtesy of an Indiana State error as the Huskies took the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, 7-0.
 
Northeastern plated one run in the top of the first inning on an Alex Lane RBI single, before the Huskies broke the game open in the top of the second on Gregory Bozzo's RBI single to right field that went through the Indiana State right fielder allowing two runs to score. Carmelo Musacchia followed with a two-run home run to left field giving the Huskies an early 5-0 lead.
 
The Sycamores' offense mustered four singles against Northeastern starter Aiven Cabral (1-1), but Indiana State was unable to string the offense together to rally back into the contest.
 
Northeastern scored the final two runs in the fifth and sixth innings on Ryan Gerety's and Bozzo's RBI singles to provide the final 7-0 margin.
 
Carlos Pena, Nick Sutherlin, Keegan Garis, and Eli Gipson all singled for the Sycamores in the loss.
 
Ryan Karst (0-1) took his first loss of the season allowing five hits and five runs while striking out three over 2.1 innings. Carson Seeman worked 3.0 innings allowing six hits and two runs, while Aaron Moss went the final 3.2 innings of shutout baseball allowing one hit while striking out three.
 
Cabral (1-1) went five innings on the mound for Northeastern allowing four hits while striking out two in shutting down the Indiana State offense. Charlie Walker went three shutout innings in relief posting six strikeouts, while Joseph Hauser worked a perfect ninth inning to close out the contest.
 
How They Scored

• Alex Lane singled home Carmelo Musaachia in the top of the first inning to give Northeastern the early 1-0 lead.
• The Huskies took advantage of an Indiana State error to plate two runs on Gregory Bozzo's single, while Musacchia connected on a two-run home run in the top of the second inning to give Northeastern the 5-0 lead.
• Ryan Gerety added to the NU lead in the top of the fifth with an RBI single through the left side scoring Jack Goodman to make it a 6-0 game.
• Bozzo added his third RBI of the game on an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning scoring Harrison Feinberg to make it a 7-0 final score.

 
Game Two: Northeastern 5, Indiana State 0
Justin Bosland and Cam Maldonado homered for Northeastern to break open a pitchers' duel in game two of Saturday's doubleheader as the Huskies topped the Sycamores, 5-0, at Centennial Park.
 
Indiana State's Grant Parson (1-1) and Northeastern's Will Jones (2-0) battled back and forth through a 1-0 ballgame through the first six innings of the contest as both pitchers held their opposition at bay for a majority of the contest.
 
Northeastern's Bosland tagged Parson for a solo home run in the bottom of the third inning for the only blemish early in the contest, but the Sycamore sophomore right-hander responded by retiring nine Huskies in a row on his way to going a season-high 6.0 innings in taking the loss.
 
Jones limited the Sycamores to three base runners over 6.0 innings, allowing just Weston Fulk's one-out single back up the middle in the top of the fourth inning on his way to picking up his second win of the season.
 
Northeastern broke the 1-0 game open in the eighth inning as Maldonado connected on a three-run home run off Indiana State reliever Max McEwen, and Matt Brinker added an RBI single in the inning to put across four insurance runs in the frame.
 
The Sycamores were unable to rally back against Northeastern reliever Jordan Gottesman (S, 1) in taking the loss.
 
Parson went 6.0 innings allowing four hits and one run while striking out two batters over 78 pitches. McEwen went the final two innings allowing three hits and four runs while striking out four in relief.
 
Jones allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters over 6.0 innings of work to pick up the win for the Huskies. Gottesman went the final 3.0 innings allowing just a walk while striking out six to complete his first save.
 
Maldonado and Jack Goodman had two hits apiece for Northeastern in the win.
 
How They Scored

• Justin Bosland connected on the go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the third to give Northeastern an early 1-0 lead in a pitchers' duel.
• Cam Maldonado broke open the game with a three-run home run to right center scoring Jack Doyle and Bosland, while Matt Brinker added an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to provide the final 5-0 scoring margin.

News & Notes

• Indiana State falls to 1-3 overall on doubleheader days in the early part of the 2025 season following Saturday's pair of losses to Northeastern.
• Five different Sycamores recorded hits over the two games.
• Grant Parson (6.0) and Aaron Moss (3.2) both posted career-highs in innings pitched on Saturday afternoon.
• Saturday marked the first time Indiana State had been shutout since the NCAA Lexington Regional Championship Game against Kentucky back on June 2, 2024, when the Sycamores fell to the Wildcats, 5-0.
• Saturday's pair of shutout losses marked the first time Indiana State had been shut out two games in a row since 2015 when the Sycamores lost to Vanderbilt (6-0, Feb. 22) and Georgia Tech (1-0, Feb. 27).

Up Next
Indiana State and Northeastern close out the weekend series tomorrow afternoon in Port Charlotte, Fla. with first pitch set for noon at Centennial Park. The game is set to be streamed live on FloBaseball, while live stats will be available on the schedule on GoSycamores.com.
 
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