May 19, 2011
Stony Brook, N.Y. -
Winners of 18 of its last 19 games, the Stony Brook University baseball team opens Joe Nathan Field with a four-game series against Albany this weekend. The teams will open up the series with a doubleheader on Friday at 12 p.m.
The Seawolves (37-10, 18-2 AE) need just one victory or one Maine loss to clinch a share of the conference regular season title as well as the No. 1 seed and the right to host the 2011 America East tournament which will be held May 25-28. SBU has a magic number of two to clinch its first ever outright America East regular season title.
Seawolves News & Notes:
Stony Brook set program records for overall wins and America East wins in a season with a three-game sweep of Binghamton last weekend and enters this weekend's play with the fourth highest highest winning percentage in the nation ... senior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) went 5-for-8 in the doubleheader on Saturday ... he had two hits in the first game to set Stony Brook's all-time hits record ... he now has 248 hits for his career ... junior Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) threw his third complete game of the season in the 4-1 win over the Bearcats on Saturday ... he allowed just one run and struck out a season-high nine ... the run he allowed came in the seventh inning and snapped a 24.0 inning scoreless streak ... Stony Brook is second in the nation with a .983 fielding percentage ... sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) is third in the country with 25 doubles.
Scouting Albany:
Albany has already clinched a spot in next week's America East tournament and is coming off a sweep of UMBC last weekend. The two victories snapped a five-game losing streak.
The Seawolves split a four-game set with Albany last year but then defeated the Great Danes twice in the America East tournament on their way to their second title in three seasons.
The Great Danes are third in the America East in runs scored (258) and fourth in ERA (5.72). Nolan Gaige is ninth in the conference with a .326 batting average.
