STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team got on the board early, scoring three in the bottom of the first, and did not look back in a 9-3 win over LIU Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, snapping a four-game losing streak for the club.
 
Junior Chris Hamilton (Schenectady, N.Y.) led four Seawolves with multiple hits on the afternoon, driving in three runs and also drawing a walk on an afternoon that he reached in three of five plate appearances. Senior Bret Clarke (Royersford, Pa.) got the win, throwing two scoreless innings in which he struck out two.
 
SENK'S REACTION
"I'm proud of how the team bounced back after yesterday's loss. We did a very good job executing at the plate, in the field and on the mound as well as playing with consistent, positive energy."
 
SCORING SUMMARY

• Hamilton started the scoring in the bottom half of the first, sending a single in between first and second to score junior Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.).
• Senior Brandon Alamo (Artesia, Calif.) added a single after that and freshman Evan Giordano (Sewell, N.J.) hit a deep fly to right, both of which would bring in another run and make it 3-0 Seawolves after the first.
• Making his first collegiate start, freshman Brad Hipsley (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) kept the runs coming in the fourth, looping a single over second and into right center to make it 4-0.
• After a sophomore John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) sacrifice fly, Hamilton drove in two more with a single to left that made it 7-0 Seawolves.
• Giordano hit a hard grounder to short that he was able to reach on, extending the lead to 8-0 after Alamo slid in ahead of the tag.
• Brock Hallum drove in all three runs for LIU, the first two of which would come on a single to right. He later drove in a run on a ground out to first.
• Hipsley added another RBI with a ground ball to second that would score senior Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) and end the scoring for the home team.

 
STATS/NOTES

• Grande has extended his hitting streak to five games on the season, with the last three games yielding multiple hits for the Long Island native.
• The junior is hitting .583 (7-for-12) in his last three outings.
• With his 2-for-3 performance, Alamo climbed above the .300 mark for the season, residing at .308.
• Hamilton now sits second on the team leaderboard with nine RBI on the season. He has driven in a run in four consecutive games, including five RBI in his last two outings.
• Stony Brook has recorded double-figure hits in three consecutive outings, the longest streak of the young season so far.
• The team's nine runs are the second most in 2019 with the season-opening 13 the team high so far.
• The Seawolves have doubled its season walk total in the last three games, working 20 walks in the last 27 innings of play.
• Stony Brook has also recorded two of its three lowest strikeout totals at the plate in the last two games after going down on strikes seven times this afternoon.

 
UP NEXT
Stony Brook opens up its conference season on Saturday, beginning a three-game set with UMBC at 12 p.m. at Joe Nathan Field. The teams will play a 9-inning game followed by a 7-inning on Saturday before wrapping up the weekend with a 9-inning contest Sunday.

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