STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team swept visiting UAlbany in an America East Conference doubleheader with an 8-3 victory in game one and a 7-1 win in game two on Sunday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field thanks to some timely hitting and solid pitching performances.
Redshirt freshman RHP
Greg Marino (Centereach, N.Y.) earned his first career victory for the Seawolves (10-14, 4-2 AE) in game two after he went 6.0 innings, allowed one run on five hits and struck out eight UAlbany (9-11, 2-4 AE) batters. Junior LHP
Teddy Rodliff (Quincy, Ma.) earned the win in game one when he tossed 3.2 scoreless innings in relief.
At the plate, Stony Brook banged out 19 total hits in the two games, including home runs by sophomore RF
Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) and senior 1B
Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.). Resk's two-run shot came in the sixth inning of game one and gave the Seawolves the first lead of the series. Baker's two-run blast in the third inning of game two and gave Stony Brook a 3-1 lead.
Baker finished the day with four combined hits, while junior 3B
Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) and junior LF
Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) had three each apiece in the doubleheader.
Game One Turning Point
Trailing the Great Danes 3-0 entering the fifth inning, Stony Brook was able to tie the score 3-3 in the fifth on three hits, including doubles from Baker and senior CF
Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario). The Seawolves then took the lead for good in the sixth inning on Resk's two-run home run.
Game Two Turning Point
With the score tied 1-1 in the third inning, Stony Brook scored five runs on four hits, including Baker's two-run homer and a two-run single by sophomore C
Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.).
Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"Today says a lot about this team's resilience. We were very disappointed in their performance yesterday and we came today, and even after a tough start in the first game, we settled down and started swinging the bats the way we are capable and got the terrific come-back win.
Greg Marino set the tone in the second game and the guys did a really good job at the plate."
Notes
- Junior LF Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) tripled in game one for his ninth career three-bagger and moved him into a tie for ninth place on Stony Brook's career list.
- Gazzola had two hits in game one for his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
- Sophomore RF Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) homered in game one for his fourth of the season and sixth of his career.
- Senior 1B Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) homered in game two for his second of the season and sixth of his career.
- Baker collected a pair of two-hit games on Sunday for his 9th and 10th multi-hit games of the season.
- Junior 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) collected two hits in the second game and has four multi-hit games this season.
- Redshirt freshman RHP Greg Marino (Centereach, N.Y.) picked up his first career collegiate victory in game two.
- Junior LHP Teddy Rodliff (Quincy, Ma.) won game two for his second victory of the season and the fourth of his career.
On Deck
Stony Brook hosts Iona on Tuesday to wrap up the homestand before holding a four-game series with Sacred Heart over the weekend with Friday's game schedule to be played in Fairfield, a doubleheader at Stony Brook on Saturday and a single game at Stony Brook on Sunday.
