Box Score Feb. 27, 2015

Final Stats

Gainesville, Fla. - The Seawolves pitching staff held DIBaseball.com No. 2 / USA Today Coaches' Poll No. 5 Florida to just one run, but the offense couldn't find a way to cross the plate as Stony Brook fell to the Gators 1-0 on Friday night.

Senk's Reaction

"I am extremely proud of our team's effort tonight, which was led by another outstanding overall pitching performance," said head coach Matt Senk. "Tim Knesnik, Kevin Kernan and Chad Lee were terrific and have set a highly-competitive example for their teammates to follow the remainder of the series. We are excited to get two more opportunities against a tremendous Florida team."

Turning Point

The Gators manufactured the game's lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Harrison Bader led off the inning with a single and came around to score on a J.J. Schwarz double down the left field line. Starter Tim Knesnik (Milford, Pa) (0-2) exited the game after the Schwarz double. His final line read 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 3 BB and 2 K's.

Notes

• Junior Jack Parenty (Wantagh, N.Y.) led off the game with a double down the left field line on the game's first pitch. He moved to third on a wild pitch but was caught off third on Robert Chavarria's (Garden Grove, Calif.) comebacker to the mound.
• The Seawolves wouldn't get another hit until the eighth inning when freshman Malcolm Nachmanoff (Boston, Mass.) delivered a pinch-hit single in his first career at-bat.
• Chavarria bounced a one-out single in the ninth inning to run his successive games reaching base streak to nine, including all seven games this season.
• Freshman Kevin Kernan (Mahopac, N.Y.) and junior Chad Lee (San Dimas, Calif.) combined to throw three perfect innings out of the bullpen. Kernan worked the sixth and seventh innings while Lee nailed down the eighth.
• Florida outhit the Seawolves 6-3. Stony Brook's defense committed two errors, while Florida played a clean game behind the Gator's pitching staff.
• Florida starter Logan Shore (2-0), the reigning SEC "Freshman of the Year", held the Seawolves to one hit over 6.1 innings. He did walk a career-high three hitters.

Up Next

Stony Brook will try to even the series tomorrow behind the left arm of junior Tyler Honahan (Parker, Colo.) He will oppose Florida's A.J. Puk (1-1).