ORONO, Maine –Sophomore RHP
Brian Herrmann (Northport, N.Y.) tossed a complete game and senior 3B
Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) posted seven hits to help the Stony Brook baseball team to a split of a doubleheader at Maine on Saturday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond.
The Seawolves (16-12, 5-3 AE) took game one 4-1 behind Herrmann's arm, while the Black Bears (9-20, 5-3 AE) earned a 4-2 win in game two.
Herrmann allowed just one run on six hits and struck out five in his nine-inning complete game an earned his fourth victory of the season.
Honeyman went 4-4 with a run scored, and RBI and a double in game one and was 3-3 in game two with a run scored.
Game One Turning Point
Maine held a 1-0 lead into the seventh inning after the Black Bears scored in the fourth inning, but Stony Brook plated two runs in the seventh inning when freshman C
John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) doubled to lead off the inning and come home to score on senior 3B
Bobby Honeyman's (Massapequa, N.Y.) double. Sophomore 1B
Chris Hamilton (Schenectady, N.Y.) singled two batters later to drive in Honeyman and give the Seawolves all the scoring they would need for the victory.
Game Two Turning Point
Stony Brook took a 2-1 lead in the top half of the second inning, but Maine came right back to score two runs on two hits to retake the lead.
Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"Game one was about timely hitting, defense and
Brian Herrmann's outstanding complete game performance. Unfortunately in game two we didn't get the hits or make the pitches when we needed to."
Notes/Stats
- Stony Brook hit two doubles on combined on Saturday to bring the season total to 65 and remain among the NCAA leaders.
- Sophomore RHP Brian Herrmann (Northport, N.Y.) pitched his first career complete game, going all nine innings in game one. He allowed just one run on six hits and struck out five.
- Herrmann picked up the win in game one, his fourth of the season and eighth of his career.
- Senior 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) had multiple hits in each game on Saturday and now has 12 multi-hit games this season.
- Honeyman recorded seven hits on Saturday, including a 4-4 performance in game one and a 3-3 outing in game two.
- Honeyman has now hit safely in each of the last nine games.
- Freshman C John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) collected two hits in game one for his third multi-hit game of the season.
On Deck?
Stony Brook and Maine will close out the series with a single game at Noon on Sunday before the Seawolves return to Long Island to host Iona on Tuesday and Central Connecticut on Wednesday. Both of those games will get underway at 3:30 p.m. at Joe Nathan Field.
