May 16, 2010

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Michael Stephan (Patchogue, N.Y.) went 3-for-4 with three RBI including a go-ahead two-run double in the fifth inning as the Stony Brook University baseball team completed a four-game sweep of the Hartford Hawks with a 6-4 win in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at University Field. The Seawolves pounded out 21 hits on their way to an 18-5 victory in the first game. SBU has now won seven in a row and is 26-22 overall and 15-6 in the America East.

The teams entered the fifth inning of game two tied at three but junior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) led off the fifth with a walk and then moved to third on a double from junior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.). Senior Robert Dyer (Selden, N.Y.) grounded out to short for the first out but Stephan followed with the two-run double to left to give the Seawolves a 5-3 lead.

Hartford nearly tied the game in the seventh, putting runners on first and second with two out. Jason Freethey then capped a long turn at-bat with a run-scoring single to drive Stony Brook freshman starter Adam Brown (Melville, N.Y.) from the game. SBU brought in senior Chris Maier (Farmingdale, N.Y.), who walked Corey Beahm to load the bases.

But Maier got Mike Amendola to line out to Stephan in left to get out of the jam. Stony Brook then added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning on a two-out run-scoring single from Stephan.

Maier pitched a perfect eighth and then handed the ball to freshman William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.), who walked Jon Ricco to open the ninth. But he then got Bobby Gorski to ground into a double play before Adam Sobiewski fouled out to first to end the game.

Brown picked up the win, allowing three earned runs on four hits in 6.2 innings. He also tied a season-high with eight strike outs. Carmona added three hits for the Seawolves and is now hitting .405 this season including .493 during conference play.

Hartford jumped to an early lead in the first game, scoring three runs in the first. Freshman James Campbell (Bridgeport, Conn.) nearly got out of the inning without allowing a run but Freethey drew a two-out bases loaded walk and Gorski followed with a two-run single.

But the Seawolves answered with five runs in the bottom of the first highlighted by a two-run double from Marino. SBU added four runs in the second as Carmona hit a three-run double and then scored on an RBI single from freshman Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario).

Stony Brook pushed its lead to 13-3 in the third on two-run double from Stephan and run-scoring hits from sophomore Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) and Carmona. Cantwell had four hits in the doubleheader and now has a 22-game hitting streak.

Campbell earned his first collegiate victory for the Seawolves, allowing four runs on six hits in 6.0 innings. Marino had two hits and two RBI while Stephan had three RBI in addition to scoring five runs.

The Seawolves will return to action on Friday, beginning a three-game series with first-place Binghamton. First pitch for Friday's doubleheader is set for 12 p.m.