HAMMOND, La. – The Stony Brook baseball team evened its series with Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Lions 7-4 behind a grand slam from junior Michael Wilson (Colonia, N.J.) and a strong start from junior Brian Herrmann (Northport, N.Y.), who earned his first win of the season.
 
Senior Brandon Janofsky (Jackson, N.J.) finished with a three-hit day, going 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Seawolves in the hitting category. Classmate Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) was the other Seawolves player with a multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 on the afternoon.

 
SENK'S REACTION
"An overall terrific team effort led by Herrmann's, Turcotte's and Bonanno's performances on the mound along with quality offensive performances from Buckhout, Janofsky, Giordano and of course Wilson's grand slam"
 
SCORING SUMMARY

• Freshman Evan Giordano (Sewell, N.J.) recorded his first collegiate RBI with a single to right in the second inning, scoring junior Chris Hamilton (Schenectady, N.Y.) to make it 1-0 Stony Brook.
• The Lions scored three of their four runs with one swing in the fourth, a three-run blast to right field that gave Southeastern the lead.
• Stony Brook made its big charge in the fifth, scoring five in the frame. Sophomore John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, cutting the Lions lead in half.
• Then, down on an 0-2 count, Wilson turned on a pitch and let it fly over the right-center field wall, making a one-run deficit a three-run advantage.
• The teams traded RBI hits in back to back frames, with an RBI double in the seventh by SLU and a Janofsky RBI single in the eighth canceling each other out to keep the final margin at three.

 
NOTES 

• Wilson is now up to three homers and nine RBI on the season. He had four home runs all of last season.
• The junior hit his third home run on May 2 last season.
• Herrmann now has 10 strikeouts in 9.2 innings to start the 2019 season. He has allowed three or less earned runs in six of the last seven starts he has gone four or more innings.
• After getting the win at Florida International last weekend, Bonanno's save is the first of his career.
• Stony Brook has now won three of its five games at Southeastern Louisiana. 
• The Seawolves have scored seven or more in three of the team's first five games this season. They achieved their third game of seven runs in the seventh game last season.
• Giordano's RBI came on his second collegiate hit. He is now 2-for-6 in two starts as a Seawolves player.

 
ON DECK
The rubber match of this three-game set will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. when the Seawolves and Lions battle once more. Junior Jared Milch will be on the hill for Stony Brook.