ALBANY, N.Y. — The Stony Brook baseball team shifted its series finale at UAlbany to 9 a.m. Sunday to get the game in ahead of rain.

The Seawolves responded to the early wakeup call.

Nick DeGennaro tossed six scoreless innings and was credited with his first career shutout and the bats again erupted in a rain-shortened 11-0 win against the Great Danes that completed a four-game series sweep.

At 4-0, Stony Brook already sits atop its division by four games in the loss column.

The series finale was called in the bottom of the seventh  inning as rain intensified.

The Seawolves, who entered the series with inconsistency at the plate, scored 14, 9, 14 and 11 runs in the series sweep.

The 48 runs are the program's most in a four-game stretch since tallying 50 runs against UMBC, Fairleigh Dickinson and Fairfield in April 2011. It marked the most in a single series since tallying a combined 67 runs in three games at UMBC in May 2010.
 
On Sunday, Shane Paradine capped his big series with four RBIs, while Chris Hamilton drove in three runs.

"I was excited for this weekend, especially because it's our first conference weekend," Paradine said. "We had a great week of preparation, and the coaches couldn't have prepared us better. I saw lots of breaking balls this weekend, so I was for sure adjusting to the way their pitchers attacked us from the start. Our lineup from top to bottom did a tremendous job. I was happy to come through for my teammates when they needed me."

Meanwhile, DeGennaro had limited the Great Danes to two hits in six scoreless innings — the longest scoreless outing of his career. He was replaced by Shane Helmstadt for the seventh and the game was halted that frame. Because UAlbany did not complete its seventh inning, the game reverted to the end of the sixth and DeGennaro was credited with his first career complete game.

"All week Coach Kav (Tyler Kavanaugh) and I have been working really hard to get my slider back to the out pitch it's been, and today the hard work really showed," DeGennaro said. "The offense picked up where it left off, putting runs on the board early, which helped me pitch with a lot of confidence and pitch to my strengths.

"The defense played great behind me, and that gave me a lot of confidence to go right at batters, and not fall behind. Coach Kav called a great game and we were able to pitch to the game plan and execute, which led to a great day and the sweep."