| STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (17-16, 5-4 AE) at HARTFORD HAWKS (11-19, 3-6 AE) |
| LOCATION |
Fiondella Field, West Hartford, Conn. |
| DATE | TIME |
Saturday, 12 p.m. (DH)
Sunday, 12 p.m. |
| COVERAGE |
Live Stats |
| GAME NOTES |
Stony Brook |
| SOCIAL MEDIA |
@SBAthletics, @StonyBrookBase, @AmericaEast, #WeAreSeawolves, #AEBASE |
PROBABLE
STARTING
PITCHERS |
Saturday Game 1:
Stony Brook- RHP Greg Marino (1-1, 3.78 ERA)
vs. Hartford – RHP Brian Stepniak (1-2, 4.35 ERA)
Saturday Game 2:
Stony Brook- RHP Brian Herrmann (2-3, 3.50 ERA)
vs. Hartford – RHP Nathan Florence (0-2, 10.80 ERA)
Sunday:
Stony Brook- RHP Bret Clarke (2-3, 7.36 ERA)
vs. Hartford – RHP Connor Lewis (2-2, 5.74 ERA)
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WEST HARTFORD, CONN. – The Stony Brook baseball team completes its road swing with a three-game America East Conference series against host Hartford at Fiondella Field on Saturday and Sunday.
The Seawolves (17-15, 5-4 AE) will face the Hawks (11-19, 3-6 AE) in a doubleheader at Noon on Saturday and a single game at Noon on Sunday.
Scouting the Seawolves
- Stony Brook enters the weekend with a .274 team batting average and a 5.25 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 47 and third in career walks with 100.
- Handley enters the weekend having reached base safely in 20 straight games.
- Fellow senior 1B/RF Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) is tied for fourth in triples with 12, sits seventh in walks with 84, sixth in RBI with 121 and eighth with 26 stolen bases.
- Baker also enters the series having reached base safely in 17 straight games.
- Junior LF Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) enters the week riding season-long 15-game hit streaks.
Scouting the Hawks
- Hartford is 11-19 overall this season and 3-6 in the America East.
- The Hawks enter the weekend with a .294 team batting average and a 8.61 team ERA.
Series History
This will be the 66th, 67th and 68th meetings between the two long-time conference rivals. Stony Brook holds a 49-16 series advantage, including taking two of three in Stony Brook back in March.
On Deck
Stony Brook returns home to open a five-game home stand at Joe Nathan Field. The Seawolves welcome Marist on Tuesday and Fairfield on Wednesday before Maine visits for a three-game America East Conference series over the weekend.
