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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning to earn a 4-2 come-from-behind victory over visiting Sacred Heart on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.

The Seawolves (8-9) trailed 2-1 entering the eighth inning before sophomore 1B Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) drilled a double into the gap in left center and Junior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) reached on bunt base hit. Both runners came home on a double to the left-center gap by senior 2B/LF Jack Parenty (Wantagh, N.Y.) that gave Stony Brook the lead.

After tacking on one more insurance run, freshman LF/P Joe Baran (West Hazelton, Pa.) tossed his second scoreless inning on the mound to close the game out and earn his first collegiate win.

Turning Point
With Sacred Heart leading 2-1 in the top of the fifth, the Pioneers threated with runners on second and third with one out, but Stony Brook freshman RHP Tim Kranz (Babylon, N.Y.) struck out the final two batters of the inning to preserve the score.

Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"We’ve been talking about how this year we really haven’t been able to come back in a game so it was good to finally get that late inning comeback. That is part of us starting to play better. Certainly as a team that is big for us.”

Notes
- The Seawolves have now won 18 straight mid-week games dating back to April 22, 2014.

- Sophomore 1B Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) doubled in the eighth inning on Tuesday to extend his hit streak to 11 straight games.

- Senior 3B Johnny Caputo (Toronto, Ontario) singled in the eighth inning on Tuesday to extend his hit streak to six straight games.

- Freshman OF/P Joe Baran (West Hazelton, Pa.) earned his first collegiate victory on Tuesday with two shutout innings of work.

- Senior 2B/LF Jack Parenty (Wantagh, N.Y.) finished the game with two hits, two runs and a pair of RBI in three at bats. 

Up Next
The Seawolves travel to Omaha, Neb., for the first time since the 2012 College World Series appearance. Stony Brook will face Creighton at TD Ameritrade Park for a three-game series that gets underway at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday.