CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Josh O'Neill and Brendan Patterman combined to throw a 1-hitter on Sunday, helping the Stony Brook baseball program earn a series victory for the first time this season with a 3-2 victory over Western Carolina on Sunday afternoon.
The two combined to retire 14 of the last 15 hitters they faced and
Evan Giordano sent a two-run single into left and that was the difference as the Seawolves took two of three from the Catamounts this weekend.
After Western Carolina scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom half of the second, the Seawolves answered in the third with a
Shane Paradine RBI single to cut the deficit in half.
Giordano's hit was the difference in the top half of the fifth to give Stony Brook a 3-2 lead at the halfway point, and that was it for scoring the rest of the way.
O'Neill gave way to Patterman in the sixth inning and Brendan did not allow a hit over the final four innings of work, striking out one and issuing just one free pass.
STATS AND NOTES
- Giordano and Paradine each finished the weekend hitting .400. Evan had a team-high five RBI, while Shane totaled a Seawolves-best six hits.
- Evan leads the team with two multi-RBI games this season, both of which game in the last two days.
- After just three hits in his first nine eight appearances, the Sewell, N.J., native totaled four over the last two games.
- While his hit streak came to an end at nine games, Stanton Leuthner has now reached base in all 10 of the games thus far.
- Patterman dropped his ERA to 0.84 on the year over 10.2 innings, second to Jack Carr's 0.00 output over 4.2 innings of relief.
- Among relievers, Brendan has the most strikeouts with nine.
- O'Neill earned the first winning decision of his career, allowing just one hit over five innings of work.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Clearly, the pitching performances of
Josh O'Neill and Brendan Patterman combining for a one-hitter was the story today. We lost a tough one yesterday, so to see the team commit themselves to winning today's game and our first series of the year was great to see" - head coach
Matt Senk
UP NEXT
A pair of midweeks await the Seawolves, as they host LIU on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m., before heading to Fordham for a 3 p.m., first pitch on Wednesday.
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