May 7, 2006

Game 1
Game 2

Burlington, Vt. - The Stony Brook baseball team swept a pair of games in a doubleheader against Vermont on Sunday afternoon. The Seawolves won the opening game, 4-2, and won Game 2, 4-3. With the two wins the Seawolves improve to 18-24 on the season and 8-6 in America East play.

In the opening game, Chris DiBiaso got the scoring started for the Seawolves when he singled in Jon Pasieka in the second to give Stony Brook the 1-0 lead. They would tack on another run in the third when Tom Pennino blasted a solo shot over the left field fence.

The Seawolves would extend their lead to 3-0 in the fifth, when Isidro Fortuna singled in Brian Witkowski. Vermont would get one run back in the bottom of the frame making the score 3-1.

Stony Brook tacked on an unearned run in the sixth and the Catamounts responded with a run in the bottom of the inning making the score 4-3 heading into the final inning.

Gary Novakowski threw a scoreless seventh to pick up his third save of the year and preserve the Stony Brook win. Kris Bakey (3-4) picked up the win, allowing only two runs in 5.2 innings of work.

Pennino finished Game 1 a perfect 3-for-3 with the homerun, Fortuna was 2-for-3 with an RBI and DiBiaso was 2-for-3 with a run scored and one driven in.

In Game 2, Vermont jumped on the board as the Catamounts scored two runs in the bottom of the first. After a lead-off double and a fly out, Vermont hit back-to-back singles to take an early 2-0 lead.

Stony Brook got one back in the top of the third, when Pennino doubled in Chris Sipp to make it a 2-1 ballgame.

The Seawolves took the lead in the top of the seventh, when Stony Brook took advantage of a Vermont miscue to plate three runs off of one hit in the inning. Rob Leonard led off the inning with a walk and advanced to third on a DiBiaso single. Witkowski reached on a fielder's choice to plate Leonard. With two-outs, Pennino reached on a throwing error that scored both Witkowski and Fortuna to give Stony Brook its first lead of the ballgame at 4-2.

Vermont pulled within one in the bottom of the seventh when Jim Chapman singled in Chris Fagan, but the Catamounts would manage only one more base runner in the contest as the Seawolves held on to the 4-3 win and complete the sweep.

Mike Errigo (3-3) struck out six and allowed three runs in six innings of work for the win. Nick Abel struck out the only batter he faced in the ninth to pick up his third save of the season. Sipp finished Game 2, 3-for-5 with a run scored and Pennino was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

The Seawolves return to action on Tuesday when they play a non-conference game at Army. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 P.M.