Stony Brook (20-11, 9-3 America East) vs. Albany (14-17, 6-6 America East)
LOCATION	Joe Nathan Field | Stony Brook, N.Y.
DATES | TIMES	Friday, April 19 (DH) | 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20 | Noon
COVERAGE	Live Stats | Game 1 Stream | Game 2 Stream | Game 3 Stream
PITCHING ROTATION	Game 1: Stony Brook - RHP Greg Marino (2-3, 6.70 ERA) Albany - RHP Dominic Savino (0-3, 3.11 ERA) Game 2: Stony Brook - RHP Nick DeGennaro (1-3, 7.20 ERA) Albany - RHP Ray Weber (4-2, 4.97 ERA) Game 3: Stony Brook - RHP Bret Clarke (5-0, 2.48 ERA) Albany - TBD
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team looks to remain in control of first in the America East this weekend when the Seawolves welcome rival Albany to Joe Nathan Field for a three-game set beginning Friday at noon. Stony Brook did not play any games in this week after its series win at Binghamton this past Saturday and Sunday. The Seawolves and Bearcats split the doubleheader Saturday before Stony Brook won the series finale on Sunday.
 
THE OPPONENT
Albany comes into the rivalry series with a 14-17 record, including an even 6-6 resume in America East play. They are coming off a series win against UMBC, taking the latter two games against the Retrievers by 4-3 and 7-2 scorelines. Nick Kondo leads the Great Danes in the hitting department, currently batting at a .316 clip in 30 starts. He has five doubles and a pair of home runs to go along with 13 RBI on the year.
 
Both Dominic Savino and John Clayton have made seven starts for Albany this season, with Savino currently sitting on a 3.11 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 37.2 innings. Clayton has a 3-2 record with a 5.72 ERA. Patrick Lagravinese is ninth in the country in triples, currently with five this season. That number also leads the league.
 
THE SERIES
Albany has won the last five games in the series but Stony Brook owns a 60-37 advantage overall in the series that dates back to 1988. The Seawolves have won 14 of the last 18 meetings on Long Island, including winning two of three in each of the Great Danes' last two visits to Stony Brook.
 
DOUBLE THE EXCITEMENT
Junior Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) is among the nation's best in stretching singles an extra 90 feet, currently sitting 10^th in the country in doubles per game and 18^th nationally in total doubles. He has accumulated 15 two-base hits this season with six of them coming in his last eight outings.
 
GETTING DEFENSIVE
Stony Brook enters the weekend as one of the best defensive teams in the country, currently sitting on a .981 fielding percentage that ranks fourth behind a pair of SEC programs, Vanderbilt and Georgia, and Omaha out of the Summit League. The team's 21 errors are the second-fewest in the country, sitting behind Omaha's program that has recorded 19 on the season.
 
A GRAND(E) STREAK
Junior Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) has reached base in 25 consecutive games, a streak that started on March 1 against Arkansas. It bests his longest streak of the season from last year and has turned into more production in the form of hitting at the plate. During a nine-game hitting streak that he carries into this series, the Long Island native is hitting 20-for-39 (.513) with six doubles, a triple and nine RBI.
 
PLATE DISCIPLINE
The Seawolves started the season with double-figure strikeouts at the plate in seven of their first nine games as the team got off to a 3-6 start. Since then, they have only eclipsed that mark three times and have won 17 of their previous 22. The team is averaging 5.8 strikeouts at the plate in the last seven outings.
 
QUALITY START(S)
Senior Bret Clarke (Royersford, Pa.) has found his form on the mound, starting six games this season and recording quality starts in all of them. In total, he has allowed eight earned runs in his 36 innings of starts and currently holds an America East-leading ERA of 2.48.
 
ON DECK
The Seawolves have a pair of midweek contests coming up, heading to St. John's on Tuesday afternoon before welcoming Fairfield on Wednesday before the team heads to Baltimore, Md. for a three-game series with UMBC for the second time this season.
 
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