VESTAL, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team is back atop the America East mountain after defeating Binghamton 7-5 in the 2019 America East Baseball Championship Game. Junior Chris Hamilton (Schenectady, N.Y.), who was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, drove a two-run double to the right center field gap in the sixth inning, giving the Seawolves the lead for good.
 
SENK'S REACTION
"I'm so very proud of our team for winning the conference tournament championship and the regular season championship. I'm especially proud of our seniors who came so close in previous years and committed themselves this year to solidifying their legacy like the many great players and senior classes that played before them in our program. Lastly, I want to thank my coaches, support staff, fellow Stony Brook coaching staffs and administration for their tireless effort to make accomplishments like this possible. GO SEAWOLVES!!!"
 
GAME SUMMARY

• Stony Brook scored a pair in the second on a RBI single from sophomore John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) and Tuccillo then scored on a base hit from junior Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.).
• The hosts cut halfway into the lead in the third and then got a three-run homer in the fourth as part of a four-run frame, going up 5-2.
• Tuccillo again crossed home in the fourth on a fielder's choice from senior Brandon Janofsky (Jackson, N.J.).
• Stony Brook tied it in the bottom half of the fifth on back to back home runs from junior Michael Wilson (Colonia, N.J.) and senior Brandon Alamo (Artesia, Calif.).
• Hamilton then gave Stony Brook all it would need to ice the title with a two-run double in the gap in right center.

STATS AND NOTES

• This is Stony Brook's first title since 2015 and their sixth in the Division I era.
• Every recruiting class since the Class of 2001 has won a title for the Seawolves.
• Hamilton, the tournament's MOP, finished the weekend with four RBI. He now has 13 runs driven in in his last six tournament games.
• Stony Brook leadoff batters reached in 15 out of 25 innings on the weekend.
• Senior Sean Buckhout (West Nyack, N.Y.) was also named to the All-Tournament team after a three-RBI weekend.
• Pitchers Bret Clarke (Royersford, Pa.) and Brandon Bonanno (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) were also named. Clarke threw seven innings allowing three earned in Friday's game and Bonanno finished today with three and two thirds of scoreless relief, striking out four.
• Four Seawolves finished the tournament batting .400 or better, led by senior Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) and Tuccillo who finished the three games at .417.
• The Seawolves won all three games by a combined four runs.

UP NEXT
The Seawolves will move onto the NCAA Baseball Championship where they will play at a place to be determined by the Selection Committee. The Selection Show will be at Noon on Monday on ESPNU.
 
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