STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Freshman RHP Sam Turcotte (Toronto, Ontario) struck out nine and allowed just five hits in 6.2 innings of work on Friday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field to earn his first collegiate victory and guide the Stony Brook baseball team to a 9-3 win over visiting Sacred Heart in the first game of the four game series.
 
Senior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) and senior 1B Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) led the Seawolves' (12-14) 12- hit offensive attack with three hits each, including a double and triple by Handley and a double by Baker. Junior 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) and junior LF Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) each added a pair of hits.
 
Turning Point
Stony Brook plated three runs on three hits, including RBI singles from both Honeyman and Gazzola, to take a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Sacred Heart (7-18) would never get closer than that margin.
 
Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"This was a great start to the weekend. Pitching, more times than not, sets the tone for the game and Sam (Turcotte) gave us a terrific start. We kept doing some really good things at the plate, especially Casey (Baker), Toby Handley) and Bobby Honeyman."
 
Notes

• Freshman RHP Sam Turcotte (Toronto, Ontario) earned his first collegiate victory on the mound.
• Turcotte struck out a team-best nine in Friday's win.
• Senior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) tripled in the fourth inning for his 14^th career three-bagger. That moved him into second–place tie on Stony Brook's career list. 
• With three hits Handley extended his hitting streak to six straight games and his reached base streak is now at 13 straight games.
• Handley recorded his third three-hit game of the season and the ninth overall multi-hit game.
• With two hits on Friday junior LF Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) extended his hitting streak to nine straight games.
• Gazzola had his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
• Junior 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) had a pair of hits to extend his hitting streak to five straight games.
• Honeyman had his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
• With three hits senior 1B Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) improved his reached base streak to 10 straight games.
• Baker had three hits for his third three-hit game of the season and 12th multi-hit game of the season.

On Deck
Stony Brook continue the four-game series with Sacred Heart with a doubleheader at Noon on Saturday at Joe Nathan Field followed by a single game at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday in Bridgeport, Conn.