| STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES vs. HARTFORD |
| LOCATION |
Joe Nathan Field, Stony Brook, N.Y. |
| DATE | TIME |
Friday, 12 p.m.
Friday, approx. 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, 12 p.m. |
| COVERAGE |
Live Stats Live Stream |
| GAME NOTES |
Stony Brook |
| SOCIAL MEDIA |
@SBAthletics, @StonyBrookBase, @AmericaEast, #WeAreSeawolves, #AEBASE |
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team begins America East Conference play by hosting Hartford for a three-game series at Joe Nathan Field that gets underway with a doubleheader on Friday followed by a single game on Saturday.
The first pitch on Friday between the Seawolves (6-12, 0-0 AE) and Hawks (2-9, 0-0 AE) is scheduled for Noon, while Saturday's game is slated to begin at Noon.
Scouting the Seawolves
- Head coach Matt Senk picked up his 750th career victory with Stony Brook's 7-0 win at UCSB last Sunday.
- Stony Brook enters the series with a .254 team batting average and a 6.54 team ERA.
- Senior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) is climbing up the Stony Brook Division I record book in a few career categories. He enters the Hartford series ranked tied for fourth in career triples with 12, tied for sixth in stolen bases with 42 and sixth in walks with 83. Fellow senior 1B/RF Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) is eighth in triples with 11 and ninth in walks with 71.
- Stony Brook as a team is 21-23 in stolen base attempts, including a perfect 5-5 by freshman DH Michael Wilson (Colonia, N.J.) and Baker.
- Freshman SS Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) enters the Hartford series having hit safely in five straight games.
- Handley enters the Hartford series having hit safely in four straight games.
Scouting the Hawks
- Hartford is 2-9 overall this season and had their schedule conference opening series with Binghamton cancelled last weekend.
- The Hawks enter series with a .277 team batting average and a 10.49 team ERA.
Series History
This will be just 63rd, 64th and 65th meetings between the two long-time conference rivals. Stony Brook holds a 47-15 series advantage, including taking three of the five meetings in 2016.
Probable Pitching Matchups:
Friday Game 1: Stony Brook- RHP
Bret Clarke (0-2, 11.39 ERA) vs. Hartford – RHP Billy DeVito (1-1, 7.71 ERA)
Friday Game 1: Stony Brook- RHP
Brian Herrmann (1-2, 2.25 ERA) vs. Hartford – RHP David Drouin (0-2, 13.50 ERA)
Saturday: Stony Brook- TBD vs. Hartford – RHP John Mormile (0-0, 9.53 ERA)
On Deck
Stony Brook continues its homestand by hosting Marist on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. and welcoming UAlbany to Joe Nathan next weekend for a three-game America East series.
