STONY BROOK, N.Y.  – Sophomore RF Michael Wilson's (Colonia, N.J.) three-run home run in the bottom of the eight inning lifted the Stony Brook baseball team to a 7-5 victory in game three of the series against America East Conference rival Binghamton Sunday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.
 
The Seawolves (9-8, 2-1 AE) won the series over the Bearcats (4-11, 1-2 AE) by taking games one and three. Binghamton won game two 8-6 in 10 innings on Sunday after it was resumed on Sunday. 
 
Senior LHP Kevin Kernan (Mahopac, N.Y.) picked up the win in game three by pitching a scoreless eighth inning, while senior RHP Aaron Pinto (West Covina, Calif.) earned his sixth save of the season with a one-tow-three ninth inning of work.
 
For the weekend, Wilson homered twice and drove in 10 runs.

Game Two Turning Point  
After the game was suspended in entering the eighth inning, both Binghamton and Stony Brook failed to score in the eighth and ninth innings before the Bearcats scored two in the 10^th to get the win.
 
Game Three Turning Point
Binghamton held a 5-3 lead entering the eight inning, but Stony Brook plated four runs, three of which came of Wilson's home run to right field, to take a 7-5 lead.
 
Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"In difficult weather conditions, both teams competed at a high level, but I couldn't be more proud of our guys with the way they just kept competing and competing the whole weekend. It is a great start to the conference schedule to get two out of three."
 
Notes/Stats

• Stony Brook recorded three doubles in game two and two doubles in game three and has now hit 46 this season.
• Senior RHP Aaron Pinto (West Covina, Calif.) earned his sixth save of the season in game three with a one-two-three ninth.  
• Senior LHP Kevin Kernan (Mahopac, N.Y.) picked up his eighth career win in game three. It was his first of the season.
• Sophomore RF Michael Wilson (Colonia, Calif.) recorded his ninth multi-hit game of the season with two hits in game three.
• Wilson homered in game three for his second of the season and the seventh of his career.  
• Sophomore SS Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) had a career-best five hits in game two for his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
• Grande reached base safely in all three games of the series and extended his streak to 15 straight games.
• Senior LF Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) had two hits in game two for his second multi-hit game of the season.
• Senior 1B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) had two hits in game two and three hits in game three for his sixth and seventh multi-hit games of the season.
• Freshman C John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) had two hits in game two for his second multi-hit game of the season. He also drove in his first career RBI in the game.
• Junior DH Brandon Alamo (Artesia, Calif.) had a pair of hits in game three for his third multi-hit game of the season.

 
On Deck?
Stony Brook will host Manhattan on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Joe Nathan Field before welcoming non-conference foe Quinnipiac to Long Island for a three-game series next Saturday and Sunday.