STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team (13-20, 5-10 CAA) dropped the finale of a three-game CAA set against Northeastern University (27-7, 9-5 CAA), 5-0, on Sunday at Joe Nathan Field.
The Seawolves sent out first-year student
Eddie Smink to make his fourth start of the season and ninth appearance of the year. The right-hander battled all afternoon and finished his 5.1 innings on the bump by allowing four runs (earned), struck out three, and surrendered six hits. It was the third time in his last four starts that the Smink finished at least five innings.
The Huskies limited the Seawolves to six hits in the contest. The squad was paced offensively by graduate
Evan Giordano and
Brett Paulsen. The corner duo for Stony Brook both registered two-hit performances. The junior tandem of
Evan Fox and
Ryan Micheli at the top of the order both registered a single.
After going down in order in the first inning, the team from Boston would tally the first run of the game on a home run in the second inning. They would score another run in the third inning and two more in the sixth inning to take a 4-0 advantage.
Graduate
Nick DeGennaro completed the final 3.2 innings out of the pen for the Seawolves. He allowed one run (earned) and struck out three batters as Northeastern secured the 5-0 victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Paulsen has a hit in 16 of his last 17 games after going 2-for-3 this afternoon.
- Giordano marked his team-high 16th multi-hit game of the season by tallying a 2-for-4 performance.
- Fox has now reached-base in all 30 games this season after reaching on knock in the sixth inning.
- In his last two appearances, DeGennaro has tossed 6.0 innings, allowing two runs (earned) and struck out eight batters.
- The squad moves to 8-15 all-time against Northeastern.
- The Seawolves are 2-3 in series-finale games during CAA play.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to the diamond on Tuesday, April 18, to take on Manhattan at 3:00 p.m., in Riverdale. Stony Brook will look to continue their success against the Jaspers, as they defeated Manhattan 6-5 on April 4th Joe Nathan Field.
