April 28, 2010

Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Junior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the eighth to lead the Stony Brook University baseball team to an 18-14 victory over the Fairfield Stags on Wednesday afternoon at University Field. Marino and freshman William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) each drove in five runs to lead the Seawolves. Stony Brook improves to 17-19 with the victory.

Marino and Carmona were two of four Seawolves that had three hits. Senior Robert Dyer (Selden, N.Y.) went 3-for-5 with two RBI while senior Michael Stephan (Patchogue, N.Y.) went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored.

The teams entered the bottom of the eighth tied at 14 and Fairfield reliever Scott Gussaroff retired sophomore Sal Intagliata (Franklin Square, N.Y.) to lead off the inning. He then walked sophomore Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) but got junior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) on a fly to center for the second out.

Gussaroff then uncorked a wild pitch with Marino at the plate, allowing Cantwell to reach second. Marino then drilled a single through the right side to give the Seawolves a 15-14 lead. Dyer reached on an error to continue the inning and Stephan followed with a run-scoring single to right. Carmona drove in the final two runs of the inning with a two-run double.

Senior Chris Maier (Farmingdale, N.Y.) then pitched a perfect ninth to secure the victory for the Seawolves. Gussaroff took the loss for Fairfield, allowing four runs in 2.2 innings.

Fairfield jumped to the early lead, scoring seven runs over the first two innings to take a 7-3 advantage. SBU climbed within one in the bottom of the second on a three-run home run from Marshall. The Seawolves then jumped on top in the fourth on run-scoring hits from Marino and Carmona.

The Stags answered with two runs in fifth to re-take the lead but the Seawolves scored five in the bottom of the inning highlighted by a Marino two-run single. Fairfield got within 13-12 in the sixth, scoring three runs with the help of a lead off home run from Carmine DeVito.

Stony Brook scored a run in the bottom of the sixth on a Marino sacrifice fly but Fairfield tied the game at 14 in the seventh on a Marco Garamella two-run single. Sophomore Anthony Luciano (Holtsville, N.Y.) hurled a scoreless eighth to earn the victory for the Seawolves.

The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, traveling to take on Maine. First pitch is for Saturday's doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.