April 20, 2007

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - Sean Hoorelbeke's three-run home run was part of a six-run eighth inning that propelled Central Michigan to a 7-2 victory over Northern Illinois Friday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium. The Huskies dropped their third straight game and are now 20-14, 9-4 in the MAC while the Chippewas improve to 23-13, 11-2.

The Huskies took advantage of two CMU errors to open the scoring in their first at bat. Bobby Stevens drew a walk to lead off the game and advanced to third on an error. Two batters later, Jesse Seykora reached on an error that scored Stevens to stake NIU to a 1-0 lead.

Jesse Seykora extended the lead to 2-0 in the fourth inning with a solo home run over the left field fence.

The Chippewas cut the deficit in half in the sixth when Tyler Stovall led off the inning with a single and eventually came around to score on a Noah Lankford infield hit that led to a throwing error to make it 2-1.

Two innings later, CMU took the lead on Hoorelbeke's homer and added insurance runs when Lankford scored on a throwing error and Dale Cornstubble doubled home two.

Matt German (3-2) took the loss in relief of starter Trevor Feeney who went 7.1 while allowing two earned runs. Chippewa starter Josh Collmenter (6-2) earned his MAC-leading sixth win of the season with an eight-inning, five-hit performance.

Danny Reed led the Huskies with a pair of hits on the afternoon.

Game two of the series between the Huskies and Chippewas will be played Saturday at noon CDT.

HUSKIE TRACKS ...
-NIU is now 15-2 when leading after seven innings and 14-4 when scoring first.
-Justin Behm and Jordin Hood each extended career-long hit streaks to seven games.
-Danny Reed has hit in 26 of his 29 starts this season.
-Matt German gave up his first earned run since Feb. 25, a stretch of 24.1 innings.