MIAMI – Down to the team's final strike, junior
Michael Wilson (Colonia, N.J.) was not phased. He calmly ripped a 2-2 pitch over the wall to put the Stony Brook baseball team up 7-6 in the top of the ninth, a lead that would stand, to give the Seawolves their second win in as many nights in the Sunshine State.
Wilson finished the night 3-for-5, while junior
Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) also recorded three hits in five trips to the plate. Sophomore
John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) added a multi-hit night as well, going 2-for-4. Junior
Brandon Bonanno (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) recorded his second career win, and first since 2017, while sophomore
Connor Clark (Manorville, N.Y.) picked up his second career save.
SENK'S REACTION
"Tonight's timely hits didn't happen as often as last night, but Mike Wilson's game-winning home run was as clutch as it gets. We got other clutch performances from our pitchers, as
Brandon Bonanno and
Connor Clark were tremendous out of the bullpen. Overall, it was an extremely gritty, hard fought victory by our club."
SCORING SUMMARY
- Stony Brook started fast, with Grande beginning the night with a home run on the game's second pitch to put Stony Brook ahead early.
- A double down the line allowed the Panthers to tie the score in the bottom of the second.
- After senior Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) gave the Seawolves the lead back with a ground out in the third, the Panthers turned on a pair of Herrmann pitches in the fourth, scoring three runs in total to make it 4-2 after four.
- The team's traded runs in the fifth, with a Resk sacrifice fly cutting the lead back down to 4-3 but a two-run triple pushing the advantage back to three at 6-3 for Florida International.
- Senior Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) got a run back in the sixth, with a single making it 6-4.
- After Grande and junior Chris Hamilton (Schenectady, N.Y.) each walked and moved up 90 feet on a passed ball, Wilson roped a 2-2 pitch over the wall to give Stony Brook the lead for good.
NOTES
- Resk now has four RBI in his last two games after a pair tonight.
- Wilson's home run is the 11thof his career, with four of those coming in the eighth inning or later.
- The junior is now 5-for-10 on the weekend with five RBI.
- Tuccillo has now gone for multiple hits in back to back outings, increasing his weekend output to 4-for-8.
- The Seawolves have won their first series in Florida since 2011, when they took two of three at Florida Atlantic.
- Bonanno's other win came on May 2, 2017 when the team defeated NYIT. He also worked three innings in that contest, allowing one run on two hits.
ON DECK
The Seawolves go for the sweep at Florida International tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch at high noon at the FIU Baseball Stadium in Miami, Fla.
