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2019 Stony Brook Baseball Vs. Iona
2
Iona ION 6-25
4
Winner Stony Brook SBU 17-10
Iona ION
6-25
2
Final
4
Stony Brook SBU
17-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Iona ION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 1
Stony Brook SBU 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4 8 0

W: DeGennaro, Nick (1-3) L: DeSanti, Michael (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Freshman Arms Push Seawolves to Midweek Win Over Iona

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Led by the freshman arms of Nick DeGennaro (Toms River, N.J.) and Ben Fero (Trumbull, Conn.) who combined for eight shutout innings, the Stony Brook baseball team improved to 10-1 at home in a 4-2 victory over Iona on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.
 
DeGennaro took a perfect game into the fifth before exiting after that frame and Fero followed it up with three more scoreless innings to help Stony Brook stake a 4-0 advantage.
 
SENK'S REACTION
"Our pitching and defense was instrumental in today's win led by freshman Nick DeGennaro's outstanding start and first career victory. Offensively, we swung the bats well including several line drives right at Iona fielders. Overall, it was an efficient, workmanlike performance"
 
SCORING SUMMARY
  • The Seawolves started fast with a pair of runs in the opening frame. Junior Michael Wilson (Colonia, N.J.) hit a sacrifice fly to center to score classmate Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) and then senior Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) hit a two-out, RBI single to make it 2-0.
  • Senior Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) scored on a passed ball in the sixth and classmate Brandon Alamo (Artesia, Calif.) added a RBI single in the eighth to score Grande.
  • Iona cut the lead in half in the ninth but that is as far as they would get. The Gaels hit back-to-back RBI doubles to get on the scoreboard.
STATS AND NOTES
  • Grande has now reached safely in 21 consecutive outings after coming a home run short of the cycle in a 3-for-4 outing with two runs.
  • Alamo increased his streak to 18 straight games with a pair of hits on the afternoon.
  • DeGennaro recorded his first-career victory on the afternoon, finishing the day with six strikeouts while allowing two hits.
  • The Seawolves have won 14 of their last 17 games.
  • Stony Brook is 13-2 when allowing five or less runs in a game.
  • The freshman DeGennaro became the seventh different Seawolves pitcher to win a game.
  • Fero's track record improved after his outing, dropping his ERA to 1.26 with two earned in 14.1 innings of work.
  • After winning the final two games, Stony Brook took the season series against Iona in the team's three meetings.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook plays a second midweek contest, heading to New Britain, Conn. for a battle with Central Connecticut at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
 
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