STONY BROOK, N.Y. — The Stony Brook baseball team again found itself in a late-inning deficit, but the Seawolves again rallied out of it.
Three runs in the bottom of the ninth with home runs by
Matt Brown-Eiring and
Evan Giordano tied the game, and a walkoff walk drawn by Giordano in the 10th won it, as the Seawolves took a thrilling 10-9 victory from the visiting River Hawks, finishing off a sweep of the weekend set and the four-game homestand on Sunday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.
Brown-Eiring was down 0-2 in his at-bat, taking a couple balls before lacing a ball over the left-center field wall. That cut the deficit to one and Giordano didn't waste any time, sending the first pitch he saw out to left, knotting the game.
In another back-and-forth contest, the teams split four runs in the first frame, with
Stanton Leuthner hitting a home run to start the scoring. Giordano's infield single made it 2-2.
Derek Yalon would score on a wild pitch to make it 3-2 Seawolves after two. The teams would trade runs yet again in the third, as UMass Lowell's two-run home run and
Cole Durkan's RBI single finished the first third of the contest at 4-4.
Lowell would score three in a row to make it 7-4 at stretch time. Brown-Eiring and Giordano would combine to cut the deficit to one, but after the River Hawks scored back to back, the Seawolves came back one final time to take the sweep.
STATS AND NOTES
- Giordano finishes the weekend with a .615/.667/1.231 slash line, hitting two homers and driving in six runs.
- His two doubles and four hits today are the most in a single game by a Seawolves player this season.
- After three today, Stony Brook had eight total home runs on the weekend.
- Brett Paulsen also had a hot weekend, going 7-for-11 (.636) at the plate with two doubles and a home run. His trio of hits today matched a season best.
- Stony Brook's 10 runs and 15 hits are both season-highs, while the three home runs matched the year's most from yesterday.
- Brown-Eiring's two runs and three RBI both match his career high. He has also hit safely in six in a row, driving in seven runs over that span.
- Brendan Patterman earned his second win of the year and of his collegiate career, throwing the final 2.1 innings in relief.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"They have some really terrific players we've competed against over the years. It's amazing how many close games we play with them. The amount of times we are fortunate enough to get the walkoff is head scratching when you think about it. Often times, things like this happen because of what the expecation level is here. Players come here with that winning expectation and once they get here, there are people preceding them that have done it and now they're doing it. This game is about resiliency, mental toughness and physical toughness. We definitely displayed that today and throughout the weekend." - head coach
Matt Senk
"I saw Matt had just hit a curveball, so I was thinking fastball away and was able to drive it first pitch. I'm feeling good and seeing the ball well right now. Since I've been here, it's been engraved in us that we are gunning to win the conference game. Even this year, that is still the goal; to win every conference game we can." - senior third baseman
Evan Giordano.
"That felt great. He had thrown me two curveballs and I wasn't able to put a good swing on them, so after he missed with two fastballs, I knew he was coming again." - sophomore left fielder
Matt Brown-Eiring on his ninth-inning home run.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook heads to LIU for a midweek contest on Wednesday night before heading up to Maine for its next conference series starting Friday.
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