Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Stony Brook baseball team (1-0) opened the 2016 season on Friday afternoon with a 11-6 victory over Dayton on the first day of the Wofford Tournament at Russell C. King Field

Junior 1B Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) and senior 3B Johnny Caputo (Toronto, Ontario) led the charge offensively. Baker went 3-for-5 from the player with a career-best six RBI, including a two-run double that sparked the Seawolves' five-run fourth inning and broke the game open. Caputo posted a pair of hits, including a three-run home run in the fifth. Junior C David Real (Chandler, Ariz.) made his Stony Brook debut with a pair of hits, including a two-run single in the first.

Senior P Tyler Honahan (Parker, Colo.) earned the victory on the mound. He went 5.0 innings and allowed two runs on five hits and struck out five Dayton (0-1) batters. 

Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"Anytime you have double digit hits and runs, are able to play all fifteen position players and get four pitchers work you've had a solid day. Give a special mention to Casey Baker on his 6 RBI day and Johnny Caputo's tape measure three-run homer. Clearly, we have a lot of positives going into tomorrow's game" 

Turning Point
After Dayton struck first with a single run in the top of the first, Stony Brook came right back by posting three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) and Jack Parenty (Wantagh, N.Y.) both walked ahead of Baker's single that plated Handley. Real then singled up the middle to score both Parenty and Baker.

Notes
- Senior LHP Tyler Honahan (Parker, Colo.) picked up career win number 16, moving him into a six-way tie for ninth on Stony Brook's career win list. His total also places him in a tie for seventh on the Seawolves' Division I career list.
- Senior 3B Johnny Caputo (Toronto, Ontario) hit his fourth career home run in the fifth inning.
- Seven Seawolves made their debuts on Friday afternoon. Junior David Real started behind the plate, sophomore Drew Bene (Lebanon, Pa.) caught three innings and recorded his first plate appearance, freshman Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) caught the final inning, freshman Brandon Janofsky (Jackson, N.J.) collected his first career hit in his only at bat and played an inning at 2B, Freshman Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) had two at-bats as DH and a pair of freshmen pitchers - Tim Kranz (Babylon, N.Y.) and Joe Baran (West Hazelton, Pa.) - logged an inning of work on the mound. 

Up Next
The Seawolves continue the Wofford Tournament by taking on host Wofford at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Russell C. King Field.