FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Stony Brook baseball team played a tough 18 innings today on the road against a Southeastern Conference opponent, but fell short of a win in both games against Arkansas, falling 3-1 in the opener and 4-3 in the nightcap of Friday's doubleheader.
The Seawolves had the go-ahead runs on in both games, with the bases loaded in Game 1 and runners on second and third in Game 2 but were not able to get the runs across.
SENK'S REACTION
"I'm extremely proud of our tremendous effort the entire doubleheader. We did so many positive things today except for the excessive amount of strike outs in both games. Tomorrow we're looking forward to performing better at the plate and picking up where we left off in the other facets of our play to earn a victory in a very tough place to win"
GAME 1 SCORING SUMMARY
- After the first half of the game went without a run, the Razorbacks got on the board in the bottom of the fifth on a fielder's choice with runners at the corners in the fifth to make it 1-0.
- Arkansas put a pair across in the sixth on a RBI triple and a subsequent wild pitch, increasing the advantage to 3-0.
- Senior Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) got the Seawolves on the board in the eighth, lining a home run over the left field wall and into the Arkansas bullpen.
GAME 2 SCORING SUMMARY
- The Seawolves got a pair in the top of the first, cashing in a junior Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) leadoff double on a junior Chris Hamilton (Schenectady, N.Y.) sacrifice fly to make it 1-0.
- Junior Michael Wilson (Colonia, N.J.) made it 2-0 with a sky-high home run off the batter's eye in center field.
- The Razorbacks tied the game in the bottom half of the second on a pair of plays that didn't leave the infield, with a walk and a single to short that made it 2-2.
- Arkansas' single to center made it 3-2 in the bottom half of the third.
- Senior Brandon Janofsky (Jackson, N.J.) tied the game in the fourth, singling through the right side to score senior Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) and make it 4-4.
- The Razorbacks won it in the fifth on a sacrifice fly out to right field.
NOTES
- After going perfect in his first four innings, redshirt-junior Greg Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) dropped his ERA to 5.74 on the season.
- Wilson's homer is his fourth of the season and he becomes the first Seawolves player into double figures in RBI with his 10th of the year.
- Resk has already matched last year's home run total after hitting his second of the season.
- In back to back three-inning relief efforts, junior Sam Turcotte (Toronto, Ontario) has allowed one earned run in the last six innings, recording seven strikeouts in the process.
- Stony Brook has gone deep in six of eight games this season, hitting a team total of 10.
ON DECK
The final game of this three-game set has been moved up an hour to 3 p.m. Eastern in Fayetteville, Ark. due to weather concerns in the area.
