UNION, N.J. — The Stony Brook baseball team remained at the top of Division B for yet another week, finishing off its series victory over second-place NJIT on Sunday with a 6-3 win.
The Seawolves pulled away in the seventh, turning a tie game into a four-run advantage at stretch time.
Ryan Micheli scored on a wild pitch for the Seawolves to take the lead, then
Evan Fox's squeeze bunt was mishandled and everybody was safe, including
Matt Miceli who scored from third.
Shane Paradine extended the advantage with a RBI single and
Matt Brown-Eiring closed out the scoring with a sacrifice fly, making it 6-2 to the visiting Seawolves.
The late spurt backed up freshman
Colton Book's quality start on the hill, the first of his collegiate career. He allowed just two runs over six innings, striking out six to keep the NJIT bats at bay.
Josh O'Neill earned his second save of the year, finishing off the final three innings. That stretch included stifling NJIT's rally with a pickoff at third for the final out of the seventh.
STATS AND NOTES
- Book's six strikeouts are a new career high, besting the output of five he had twice this season. His six-inning start is also the longest of his career, creating his first quality start. He dropped his ERA to its lowest mark since the first week of the season, currently at 3.86.
- O'Neill did not walk a batter in his three-inning outing, his first such performance of the season. The save is also the second of his career.
- Fox recorded his second consecutive multi-hit performance, finishing the last two games 5-for-9 at the plate with three runs scored and three RBI.
- Paradine also added a multi-hit game, extending his hitting streak to a team-high eight games. He has also recorded a knock in 11 of his last 12 and 30 of 34 games since March 2.
- Giordano finished the weekend hitting .455 (5-for-11), with four of the five hits being for extra bases. He had a 1.571 OPS over the three games.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I couldn't be more proud of our guys grinding out today's game and getting the series winner. Starter
Colton Book was terrific and our defense and reliever
Josh O'Neill was great as well. Offensively, we had quality at bats all game and finally broke through with four big runs in the seventh inning to give us some breathing room for the victory." - head coach
Matt Senk
UP NEXT
In a preview of CAA life, the Seawolves welcome Long Island foes Hofstra for a 3 p.m., first pitch at Joe Nathan Field.
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