STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Two innings gave the Stony Brook baseball team all it would need on Wednesday afternoon, as a four-run third and five-run eighth powered the Seawolves to a 9-1 victory over Iona at Joe Nathan Field.
In his first-career start,
Kyle Johnson would throw three scoreless to earn the win. Brendan Patterman,
Quinlan Montgomery and
Andrew Ledbetter would back it up, throwing six innings of 1-run ball to make sure the early advantage held up.
The Seawolves got on the board in the third, drawing four consecutive bases-loaded walks to head up 4-0.
Derek Yalon started the stretch and would come around on
Stanton Leuthner's free pass.
After an eighth-inning RBI double cut the lead to 4-1,
Evan Giordano responded with a two-run single with the bases loaded, plating two of the five in the inning.
As a whole, Stony Brook worked 11 walks on the day and had four different players with multiple runs batted in.
STATS AND NOTES
- Leuthner reached base for the 15th consecutive game to start the season. Dating back to last year, he has gotten on in 18 straight contests.
- Paradine extended his streak of getting on base to nine games, while Brett Paulsen has reached in eight straight.
- The 11 walks worked by the Seawolves are the most since April 30, 2017 when they drew 13 against Maine.
- Johnson made his first career start in his 27th collegiate appearance, earning the win. He has allowed just two runs over his last 9.2 innings of work.
- Entering the day with four for his career, Quinlan Montgomery smashed his career high with six strikeouts in three innings today.
- Chris Leone worked a pair of bases-loaded walks, bringing in the first two RBI of his collegiate career.
- Brendan Patterman threw two innings of scoreless relief, bringing his ERA to a team-low 2.57.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"This feels really good. We've been trying to figure out some things in these midweeks and we still are, but the guys had a great approach today. They saw it as the last game before conference and it was a great opportunity to get ready and I think we are as we head into our first weekend" - head coach
Matt Senk
UP NEXT
Stony Brook opens a three-game set on Friday, hosting UMass Lowell to begin league play. First pitch from Joe Nathan Field is slated for 3 p.m.
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