| STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (16-14, 4-2 AE) at UMASS LOWELL (15-12, 5-3 AE) |
| LOCATION |
LaLacheur Park, Lowell, Mass. |
| DATE | TIME |
Friday, 12 p.m. (DH)
Saturday, 12 p.m. |
| COVERAGE |
Live Stats Live Stream |
| GAME NOTES |
Stony Brook |
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Friday Game 1:
Stony Brook- RHP Brian Herrmann (2-2, 3.10 ERA)
vs. UMass Lowell – RHP Andrew Ryan (3-2, 3.20 ERA)
Friday Game 2:
Stony Brook- RHP Greg Marino (1-0, 3.07 ERA)
vs. UMass Lowell – RHP Colin Duffley (4-2, 2.38 ERA)
Saturday:
Stony Brook- RHP Bret Clarke (1-3, 8.45 ERA)
vs. UMass Lowell – RHP Steve Xirinachs (2-2, 5.60 ERA) |
LOWELL, MA. – The Stony Brook baseball team looks to keep rolling when they visit LeLacheur Park for a three games America East Conference series against host UMass Lowell on Friday and Saturday.
The Seawolves (16-14, 4-2 AE), winners of eight straight games, will face the River Hawks (15-12, 5-3 AE) in a doubleheader at Noon on Friday and a single game at Noon on Saturday.
Scouting the Seawolves
- Stony Brook enters the weekend with a .280 team batting average and a 5.30 team ERA.
- Senior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) enters the weekend just one career triple away from tying the school record. Handley's 15 trail Travis Jankowski's mark of 16.
- Handley also sits third in career stolen bases with 46 and third in career walks with 96
- Fellow senior 1B/RF Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) is tied for fourth in triples with 12, sits seventh in walks with 82, sixth in RBI with 121 and 10th with 25 stolen bases.
- Junior LF Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) enters the week riding season-long 12-game hit streaks, while sophomore C Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) has hit safely in six straight games.
Scouting the River Hawks
- UMass Lowell is 15-12 overall this season and 5-3 in the America East with series wins over Maine and UAlbany and split against Binghamton.
- The River Hawks enter the weekend with a .266 team batting average and a 3.99 team ERA.
Series History
This will be the 21st, 22nd and 23rd meetings between the two conference foes. Stony Brook owns a slim 11-9 edge in the series, including an 8-4 record against UMass Lowell since the River Hawks joined the America East Conference.
On Deck
Stony Brook will wrap up their road trip with a three-game America East Conference series at Hartford next Saturday and Sunday.
