Baseball falls to Minnesota, 7-1

March 10, 2012

Minneapolis, Minn. - Juniors William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) and Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) had two hits each but the Stony Brook baseball team fell to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 7-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Dairy Queen Classic.

TJ Oakes picked up the victory for Minnesota, allowing just one run in 6.1 innings despite allowing 10 hits. Senior right-hander Evan Stecko-Haley (Coral Springs, Fla.) took the loss for Stony Brook as he gave up five runs in 5.0 innings of work.

Minnesota jumped on top with a run in the third before adding three in the fourth highlighted by a two-run inside-the-park home run from Andy Henkemeyer. SBU got on the board in the fifth on a run-scoring single from senior Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.).

But the Golden Gophers answered with a run in the bottom of the inning and then put the game away with two runs in the seventh.

Henkemeyer and Dan Olinger led Minnesota with two RBI apiece.

The Seawolves wrap up play at the Dairy Queen Classic on Sunday, taking on the Golden Gophers at 1 p.m. EST.

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