CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Stony Brook baseball team (0-9, 0-0 CAA) fell today, March 5^th, in their series-finale against the No. 11 North Carolina Tar Heels (9-3, 0-0 ACC), 15-4.
 
Junior Evan Fox paced the Stony Brook offense today by mashing three extra base-hits, including his second home run of the weekend and eighth homer of his career. Also, Fox extended his hit-streak to six games and has six hits in his last three games.
 

T1 | @evfox7 startin' the game with a knock down the line! 💨

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Getting the ball for Stony Brook was freshman Eddie Smink, making his first career start for the Seawolves. The hard-throwing right-hander struck out Vance Honeycutt and Mac Horvath to begin the game. Then, after two Tar Heels reached base, Smink kept his composure and produced a strike-out swinging.
 
Following a quiet second inning for Stony Brook, the Tar Heels jumped on the scoreboard first by hitting two two-run home runs and an RBI single, giving the home team the 5-0 advantage. Graduate Kyle Johnson came into the game and stranded two runners on base, giving the momentum back to the Seawolves heading into the third.
 

B2 | Johnson comes in and strands ✌️

Wright, Leone, and Fox due up 💪

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Stony Brook responded right back with the home run to left field by Fox, making it  5-1 in the third inning. Johnson gave Stony Brook a chance out of the pen, as the right-hander stranded two runners in the third and fourth innings, keeping the Tar Heels in their place.
 
 

T3 | Bye, Bye, Baseball 💥🚀@evfox7 mashes his second home run of the weekend 😎

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After getting out of the fourth inning, the Seawolves again gained one run on one swing following a lasering-shot to left field by sophomore Chris Leone, making it a three-run game. This was the first career home run for the Long Island native.
 

T5 | See ya later baseball 👋

Chris Leone mashes his first home run of the season 💥

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The Tar Heels got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on a fielding-error, but in the next inning, the Seawolves made the most of the pitching change for the Tar Heels.
 
Graduate Evan Giordano started the rally with a base-hit, followed by junior Shane Paradine grounding into a fielder's choice, and then junior Matt Brown-Eiring reached on a walk, giving Stony Brook two runners on with one out. After UNC made another pitching change, sophomore Matt DeStefano loaded the bases on a base-hit. The Tar Heels would bring another arm in, but senior Brett Paulsen did his job by driving in Paradine on a fielder's choice and freshman Matthew Wright reaching on an error, allowing DeStefano to score.
 

B7 | That will be all for Kyle Johnson. The right-hander allowed just two earned-runs over 4.2 innings out of the pen 👏

Now into the game: Brendan Pattermann 😤

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Trailing 6-4 in the bottom half of the seventh, the Seawolves allowed three runs, and then surrendered six runs in the eighth to ultimately loss the game, 15-4. 
 
STATS AND NOTES

• Fox led the Seawolves with 3 hits at the plate, hitting two doubles and a home run. Fox leads the team with two home runs this season, with his first coming on Friday vs North Carolina. It was the first time since the last season's finale vs NJIT on May 21^st, 2022, and eighth time in his career that he recording three hits in one game. It was only the second time in Fox's career that he recorded three extra base-hits (two triples and a double against Iona on March 30^th, 2022).
• Leone mashed his first career home run and went 1-for-4 at the plate this afternoon.
• DeSteafano went 2-for-2 today off the bench. 
• Giordano ended his weekend with a 1-for-3 performance with a walk. Giordano leads the team in batting average (.333), hits (12), RBI (8), and on-base percentage (.400).
• Smink moves to 0-3 on the season. In his first start this year, he finished with four punch-outs, three walks, and allowed five earned-runs over 1.2 innings.
• Johnson tossed at least 4 innings out of the pen for the second time this season as the graduate allowed two earned-runs, three walks, and six hits over 4.2 innings.
• Freshman Sadier Vicioso made his second appearance of the season and allowed two earned-runs and struck out one in his only inning out of relief.
• Junior Brendan Pattermann and Senior Devin Sharkey each threw 0.1 innings out of the pen.

UP NEXT
Stony Brook returns to New York for a non-conference matchup at Fordham University on Tuesday, March. 7, at 3:00 p.m. Stony Brook will look to continue their success against the Rams, as they are 17-5 all-time against Fordham.

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