May 10, 2003

Box Score

The homerun was the featured act Saturday afternoon in the two games between the Stony Brook Seawolves (26-17/11-7) and the Maine Black Bears (33-14/13-5). Garrett Renner's extra inning blast in the bottom of the eighth inning helped lead the Seawolves to an 8-6 win in game one, but The Brook was done in, 9-5, by Pat Tobin's two round-trippers in game two.

Maine jumped out to an early lead in the day's first game by quickly loading the bases in the first. The first run scored after Simon Williams was hit by a pitch and the Black Bears added two more thanks to a single by Gregg Creek that brought home Alain Picard and Aaron Izaryk. Maine added its fourth run on a double by Ryan Quintal. The lead would swell to 6-0 when Creek tagged a homerun in the top of the third that brought home Williams.

The Seawolves comeback began in the bottom of the third when Renner knocked a single to left that scored Andrew Larsen who reached earlier on an error. The Brook got another run back in the bottom of the fifth when Larsen pulled a solo homerun over the fence in left to make the score 6-2. The Seawolves used the longball again in the bottom of the sixth when David Wood pulled the Stony Brook to within two with his homer that brought home Cole Cicatelli who walked earlier in the inning.

Stony Brook would knot the game at six in the bottom of the seventh with Ed Kull's double that scored Matt Devins. Jim McCurdy scored the tying run with his pinch hit single that brought Kevin Solano around from second, setting the stage for Renner's heroics in the eighth for the final of 8-6.

Maine jumped on the score board first again in game two with a Mike Ferriggi single that brought home Williams. The Seawolves retaliated with a run of their own in the bottom half when Wood crossed the plate thanks to a Matt Devins single.

The Black Bears would take control of the outing in the bottom of the fourth when they scored back-to-back solo homeruns by Ferriggi and Quintal to go up 3-1. The Brook would get one back in the fifth, but would never lead in game two. Maine blew the game open in the top of the sixth with a three-run shot by Tobin that scored Williams and Aaron Izarik. They would add two more in the sixth with a Creek single that scored Mike Livulpi and Brett Ouellette and another in the seventh with a solo homer by Tobin.

The Seawolves tried to rally in the seventh but fell short. They managed to score three thanks to sacrifice fly by Rich Graham that scored Mike Russo, a double by Kull that scored Lee Lipschutz and another by Renner, who crossed due to a wild pitch for the final of 9-5.

Paul Carufe tallied the win for the Seawolves in game one, pitching an impressive six innings, striking out three and allowing just one earned run. Mike Collar received the loss, pitching 6.1 innings, fanning nine, allowing ten hits and six earned runs. Jon Lewis was on the losing end in game two, pitching 5.2 and allowing seven runs on nine hits. Greg Norton was the winner, going the distance for Maine, striking out three and giving up nine hits for three earned runs.

Both teams are back in action tomorrow at University Field with the action getting underway at 11 a.m.