Recap

Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan (May 05, 2006)

Box score (NCAA)
                      Northern Illinois University Huskies
                     Northern Illinois at Western Michigan
               May 05, 2006 at Kalamazoo, Michigan (Hyames Field)

Northern Illinois 4 (23-24,8-11 MAC)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Minogue, Pat cf..........  4  1  2  1   1  1  2  0   1
Stevens, Bobby ss........  5  0  3  0   0  1  3  3   0
Simon, Scott 1b..........  5  0  0  0   0  4 10  0   4
Toner, Brian rf..........  4  0  1  1   1  2  4  0   0
Seykora, Jesse 3b........  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  1   2
Thomas, Jeff lf..........  4  1  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Pettengell, Kyle dh......  2  1  1  1   2  0  0  0   1
Venetucci, Anthony c.....  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   2
 Smith, Brian ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Behm, Justin c..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Besteman, Marc 2b........  4  1  1  1   0  1  1  5   0
Hall, Nick p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Nykiel, Dave p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Kellam, Brett p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 36  4  9  4   4 11 24 13  10

Western Michigan 7 (21-18,9-9 MAC)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GENTILE, Zach ss.........  4  2  1  0   1  1  1  2   0
BOLTON, Matt 2b..........  3  1  0  0   0  1  0  2   0
ABRO, Mark c.............  4  1  1  2   0  0 10  1   1
MAY, Travis 1b...........  0  1  0  0   3  0  6  0   0
MARQUARDT, Nathan dh.....  2  0  1  1   0  0  0  0   1
MILLER, Neal rf..........  4  0  1  2   0  0  3  0   0
MAUNUS, Kyle lf..........  4  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   2
GERLACH, Brent 3b........  3  1  0  0   1  0  3  1   2
DICKERSON, R.C. cf.......  4  1  2  0   0  0  2  0   0
O'BRIEN, Dan p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 KROSS, Brian p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 28  7  6  5   5  3 27  6   6

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Northern Illinois... 000 010 210 -  4  9  2
Western Michigan.... 300 300 10X -  7  6  1
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E - SEYKORA; HALL; ABRO. DP - NIU 1. LOB - NIU 10; WMU 6. 3B - MINOGUE. HR -
PETTENGELL. HBP - SEYKORA; BOLTON; MAY; MARQUARDT. SF - MARQUARDT. SB -
THOMAS. CS - STEVENS.

Northern Illinois      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Hall, Nick..........  6.1  6  7  4  5  3 24 33
Nykiel, Dave........  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Kellam, Brett.......  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3

Western Michigan       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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O'BRIEN, Dan........  6.2  7  3  3  2 10 27 30
KROSS, Brian........  2.1  2  1  1  2  1  9 11

Win - O'BRIEN (6-2).  Loss - HALL (4-5).  Save - KROSS (3).
WP - O'BRIEN; KROSS. HBP - by HALL (BOLTON); by O'BRIEN (SEYKORA); by HALL
(MARQUARDT); by HALL (MAY).
Umpires - HP: Erik Stahlbusch  1B: Ron Nordquist  3B: Mark Uyl
Start: 3:00 pm   Time: 2:33   Attendance: 203
Game: 050506

Play-by-Play
                      Northern Illinois University Huskies
              Northern Illinois at Western Michigan - Play-by-Play
               May 05, 2006 at Kalamazoo, Michigan (Hyames Field)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Northern Illinois... 000 010 210 -  4  9  2
Western Michigan.... 300 300 10X -  7  6  1
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Northern Illinois starters: 15/cf MINOGUE; 11/ss STEVENS; 28/1b SIMON; 9/rf
TONER; 5/3b SEYKORA; 4/lf THOMAS; 14/dh PETTENGELL; 3/c VENETUCCI; 2/2b
BESTEMAN; 34/p HALL;
Western Michigan starters: 2/ss GENTILE; 14/2b BOLTON; 21/c ABRO; 34/1b MAY;
12/dh MARQUARDT; 20/rf MILLER; 8/lf MAUNUS; 15/3b GERLACH; 3/cf DICKERSON; 25/p
O'BRIEN;

Northern Illinois 1st - MINOGUE struck out looking. STEVENS singled down
the lf line. SIMON struck out swinging. STEVENS out at second c to ss, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Western Michigan 1st - GENTILE walked. BOLTON hit by pitch; GENTILE
advanced to second. ABRO singled up the middle, RBI; BOLTON advanced to second;
GENTILE scored. MAY walked; ABRO advanced to second; BOLTON advanced to third.
MARQUARDT flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; ABRO advanced to third; BOLTON scored.
MILLER singled up the middle, RBI; MAY advanced to second; ABRO scored. MAUNUS
reached on a fielder's choice; MILLER out at second 2b to ss; MAY advanced to
third. GERLACH reached on a fielder's choice; MAUNUS out at second 2b to ss.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northern Illinois 2nd - TONER struck out swinging. SEYKORA hit by pitch.
THOMAS flied out to rf. PETTENGELL lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Western Michigan 2nd - DICKERSON singled, bunt, advanced to second on an
error by 3b. GENTILE flied out to cf. BOLTON struck out swinging. ABRO grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Northern Illinois 3rd - VENETUCCI grounded out to ss. BESTEMAN struck
out swinging. MINOGUE walked. STEVENS singled to left field; MINOGUE advanced
to second. SIMON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Western Michigan 3rd - MAY walked. MARQUARDT hit by pitch; MAY advanced
to second. MILLER grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; MARQUARDT out on the
play; MAY advanced to third. MAUNUS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Northern Illinois 4th - TONER struck out looking. SEYKORA flied out to
rf. THOMAS grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Western Michigan 4th - GERLACH walked. DICKERSON singled, bunt; GERLACH
advanced to second. GENTILE singled, bunt, advanced to second on an error by p,
advanced to third on the throw; DICKERSON scored, unearned; GERLACH scored,
unearned. BOLTON grounded out to p. ABRO grounded out to p, RBI; GENTILE
scored, unearned. MAY hit by pitch. MARQUARDT flied out to rf. 3 runs, 2
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Northern Illinois 5th - PETTENGELL homered to center field, RBI.
VENETUCCI struck out swinging. BESTEMAN grounded out to ss. MINOGUE singled to
right field. STEVENS singled to third base; MINOGUE advanced to second. STEVENS
advanced to second on a wild pitch; MINOGUE advanced to third. SIMON flied out
to lf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Western Michigan 5th - MILLER grounded out to ss. MAUNUS grounded out to
ss. GERLACH grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northern Illinois 6th - TONER grounded out to 3b. SEYKORA struck out
swinging, reached first on an error by c. THOMAS grounded out to 2b; SEYKORA
advanced to second. PETTENGELL walked. VENETUCCI reached on a fielder's choice;
PETTENGELL advanced to second; SEYKORA out at third 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Western Michigan 6th - DICKERSON grounded out to 2b. GENTILE struck out
swinging. BOLTON flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northern Illinois 7th - BESTEMAN singled to shortstop. MINOGUE tripled
down the rf line, RBI; BESTEMAN scored. STEVENS struck out swinging. SIMON
struck out looking. KROSS to p for O'BRIEN. TONER singled up the middle, RBI;
MINOGUE scored. SEYKORA flied out to cf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Western Michigan 7th - ABRO flied out to cf. MAY walked. MARQUARDT
singled to left field; MAY advanced to third. MILLER reached on a fielder's
choice, RBI; MARQUARDT advanced to second; MAY scored. NYKIEL to p for HALL.
MAUNUS lined out to 2b; MILLER out at first 2b to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Northern Illinois 8th - THOMAS singled to left field. THOMAS stole
second. PETTENGELL walked. SMITH pinch hit for VENETUCCI. PETTENGELL advanced
to second on a wild pitch; THOMAS advanced to third. SMITH fouled out to 3b.
BESTEMAN grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; PETTENGELL advanced to third;
THOMAS scored. MINOGUE lined out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Western Michigan 8th - BEHM to c for SMITH. KELLAM to p for NYKIEL.
GERLACH grounded out to p. DICKERSON flied out to lf. GENTILE flied out to rf.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northern Illinois 9th - STEVENS flied out to lf. SIMON struck out
swinging. TONER walked. SEYKORA flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.