STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Junior DH
Brandon Alamo's (Artesia, Calif.) solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Stony Brook baseball team a 6-5 victory over visiting UMass Lowell on Friday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.
The win for the Seawolves (14-9, 3-1 AE) is the fifth in a row and improved thier America East Conference record to 3-1.
Senior RHP
Aaron Pinto (West Covina, Calif.) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth inning to earn his second win of the season, while sophomore RHP
Brian Herrmann (Northport, N.Y.) went 6.2 innings, allowed two runs and struck out seven in the start.
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Turning Point
UMass Lowell tied the score a five with three runs in the top of the eighth inning setting up Alamo's heroics. He belted a 2-0, two-out pitch over the CF fence at Joe Nathan Field for the walk-off victory.
Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"It was really an exciting ballgame. The guys were super resilient after allowing those three runs to tie the game. We pitched well throughout and the resiliency came through with Alamo's walk-off home run."
Notes/Stats
- Stony Brook hit two doubles on Friday to bring the season total to 55 and are among the NCAA leaders.
- Junior DH Brandon Alamo (Artesia, Calif.) hit his third home run of the season in the ninth inning.
- Alamo had two hits on Friday for his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
- Senior RHP Aaron Pinto (West Covina, Calif.) pitched a scoreless ninth inning and picked up his second win of the season and 10th of his career.
- Sophomore SS Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) had two hits on Friday and now has nine multi-hit games this season, including five straight.
- Junior 2B Brandon Janofsky (Jackson, N.J.) had two hits on Friday and now has four multi-hit games this season.
On Deck?
Stony Brook continues the America East Conference series against UMass Lowell with a double header at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
