WEST POINT, N.Y. — An RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning sealed the deal on Tuesday afternoon as the Stony Brook baseball team fell 7-6 to Army University.
The Seawolves (12-18, 4-8 CAA) wasted no time making their presence felt in West Point as they notched four runs on the Black Knights (20-12, 9-2 Patriot League) in the first inning to take the early advantage.
Junior Evan Fox started the rally by leading off the game with a walk and then tallied his 22nd stolen-base of the season which leads the CAA and is good for 12th in the nation. After a foul-out to short, senior Shane Paradine launched his fourth homer of the season and 12th of his career to give the squad a 2-0 advantage.
The next batter, junior
Matt Brown-Eiring sent a no-doubter over the left field fence for his fourth homerun of the season and 14th of his career. A few batters later, sophomore
Matt Miceli drove in senior
Derek Yalon on a knock, giving Stony Brook the 4-0 lead.
After senior Brandon Lashley finished his first two innings on the bump by allowing one unearned run, senior Devin Sharkey retired all three batters he saw in the third inning. But, after a pitching change by Stony Brook in the next inning, the Black Knights took advantage and tied the game at 4-4.
The teams would go back and forth by trading one run each in the fifth and eighth inning.
In the fifth inning, graduate Evan Giordano led the inning off by sending his team-high seventh home run of the season to give Stony Brook a 5-4 lead. This was the 29th career blast for Giordano, which moves him into sixth all-time in program history.
After Army tallied a run in the fifth, sophomore Cade Thompson and senior Eric Foster each held the Black Knights in check by tossing a scoreless sixth and seventh inning.
Stony Brook would retake the lead in the next half inning. Brown-Eiring sizzled a one-out double to left center and a few batters later, sophomore Anthony Gentile pitched-hit for Miceli. The left-hander came up clutch for the squad as he delivered an RBI knock to give the 6-5 lead to the Seawolves.
Graduate Nick DeGennaro made his first appearance since March 19 by finishing the final 2.1 innings. The right-hander struck out five, surrendered two walks, and one run (earned) as Army ultimately took home the victory 7-6.
STATS AND NOTES
- Paradine now has a hit in seven of his last eight games after going 2-for-5 at the plate with two RBI and a homerun. It was the ninth multi-hit game of the season for the senior.
- Brown-Eiring ended his afternoon by going 2-for-4 with a homerun, double, RBI, and scored two runs. It was the fifth game in a row that the junior has tallied an RBI and has a hit in eight of his last nine games.
- Senior Brett Paulsen, sophomore Matt DeStefano and Miceli were all 1-for-3 at the plate.
- Lashley made his third start of the season and eighth appearance of the year. He finished his two innings by allowing one run (unearned) and notched two strikeouts.
- Sharkey made his second appearance of the season as he was spotless in his inning of relief in the third.
- Thompson went a career-high 1.2 innings out of the pen and did not allow a run as he struck out three batters.
- Foster tossed a season-high 1.1 innings and allowed one run (earned). It was his third appearance of the season and 10th for his career.
- Stony Brook had their three game winning-streak halted against Army. They are now 6-2 all-time against the Black Knights.
- The three homeruns by Stony Brook tied a season-high (three against Hofstra on March 31).
UP NEXT
The Seawolves open up a homestand this weekend, welcoming Northeastern University for a three-game set starting Friday at 3 p.m., at Joe Nathan Field. Saturday's first pitch is slated for 1 p.m., while Sunday's start is scheduled for Noon. Stony Brook is 7-14 all-time against Northeastern, with the squad winning in their last meeting on May 21, 2005 by a final of 10-9 in Stony Brook, N.Y.
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