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Stony Brook Seawolves
10
Iona IONA 9-28
11
Winner Stony Brook STONY BR 16-22
Iona IONA
9-28
10
Final
11
Stony Brook STONY BR
16-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Iona IONA 0 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 11 1
Stony Brook STONY BR 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 11 10 1

W: Bellissimo , Jared (1-3) L: T. Torrado (2-6)

Fox Running

Game Recap: Baseball |

Fox Shatters Jankowski's Stolen Base Record, Registers Walk-Off Hit Over Iona

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook baseball team (16-22, 7-11 CAA) defeated Iona College (9-28, 5-7 MAAC) today in extra-innings after junior Evan Fox drove in sophomore Anthony Gentile to secure the 11-10 victory this afternoon at Joe Nathan Field. 



In the first inning, Fox led the game off with a double to left field and proceeded to steal his 79th career bag to tie former alumnus Travis Jankowski for the most stolen bases in program history. Giordano walked in the next at-bat and Fox came in on a wild-pitch. Senior Shane Paradine scorched a single up the middle to give Stony Brook an early 2-0 advantage. 



After Iona tallied a run in the second inning, Fox came up in the next half and reached on a fielder's-choice. The speedster wasted no time by stealing second base to reach 80 career stolen bases and surpass the record set by Jankowski in 2012. 



Sophomore JT Raab made his first career start this afternoon. Over his 3.0 innings on the hill, the right-hander allowed one run (earned), two hits and struck out two batters. Following the exit of Raab in the fourth, the Gaels and Seawolves would trade runs in throughout the fourth, fifth, and sixth inning as the teams tallied 15 of the 22 runs in the three inning stretch. 

Making the most of the pitching change, the Gaels tallied four runs in the frame. But, Paradine answered with a sacrifice-fly RBI in the fourth to cut the deficit to 5-3. Then, the Seawolves responded with three runs in the fifth after Iona scored two runs in their inning. The charge in the fifth was generated by senior Brett Paulsen and Gentile by leading the inning off with a hit and walk. Freshman Matthew Wright drove in Paulsen, Gentile scored on a wild-pitch, and first-year student Johnny Pilla concluded the frame by driving in Wright on a ground-out to make it a 7-6 game. 



But in the back-and-forth affair, Iona wouldn't go away without a response. The New York rival would score another two runs in the sixth to go ahead 9-6. The Seawolves didn't shy away from the offensive attacks from the Gaels as they tacked on another three runs in the sixth to tie the game back at 9-9. 



Paulsen drove in senior Derek Yalon to get the scoring started and a few batters later, first-year student Johnny Pilla recorded an RBI knock. Ending the rally was Fox launching a ball to right field that allowed Gentile to tie the game and score. 



The Gaels re-took the lead in their turn at the dish during the seventh inning on a sacrifice-fly. Senior Devin Sharkey would enter the game out of the pen in the eighth inning looking to stop  the Gaels from scoring for the first time in four innings. The left-hander worked out of trouble after allowing a lead-off knock, Sharkey got a pop-out and his double-play ball to end the eighth. 

Then, graduate Jared Bellissimo took the ball for the ninth inning and struck out two batters in the inning to keep the lead for the Gaels at just one run.

Stony Brook made the most of the mistakes by the Gaels in the final innings. Sophomore Chris Leone led the ninth off by reaching on a hit-by-pitch and later scored after touching the plate on an error-throw by the catcher, sending the game to extra-innings. 



After Bellissimo stranded two runners in the 10th inning, Fox came through as the hero by sending home Gentile to allow Stony Brook to take the 11-10 victory at Joe Nathan Field. 




 STATS AND NOTES
  • Fox is now the all-time stolen base leader in program history with 80 career bags after passing Travis Jankowski in the third inning. This was also the first walkoff-hit by Fox in his career. His three stolen bases this afternoon marked a new season-high. 
  • Gentile reached in all six of his at-bats today after going 1-for-1 with three runs scored and five walks. The three runs scored by the sophomore was a career-high and five walks was most drawn by any Seawolf this season. 
  • Paulsen had a team-best three hits this afternoon by recording a 3-for-6 day with two runs scored and an RBI. 
  • Pilla registered his second multi-hit game of the season by going 2-for-6 at the plate. Also, the freshman tied his career-best with two RBI. 
  • Giordano and Leone both walked four times each and tallied three runs scored combined.
  • Junior Cade Thompson, first-year student Sadier Vicioso, and junior Brendan Pattermann all made appearances out of the pen this afternoon.
  • Bellissimmo earned his first victory for the Seawolves after finishing the final 2.0 innings, allowing no runs and struck out four batters.
  • Stony Brook drew a season-high 16 walks.
  • The Seawolves are 6-5 against teams from New York this season. 
  • This was the first walk-off win for Stony Brook this season.
  • The Seawolves moved to 2-0 this season against Iona and 23-5 all-time against the Gaels. 

UP NEXT
The Seawolves open up a homestand this weekend, welcoming North Carolina A&T 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. This will be the first-ever meeting between these two programs. 

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play IONA STONY BR
STONY BR BOT 1st E. Giordano walked, RBI; E. Fox scored on a wild pitch. 0 1
STONY BR BOT 1st S. Paradine singled to center field, RBI; E. Giordano scored. 0 2
IONA TOP 2nd N. Mora singled, out at second c to ss, RBI; J. Kemp scored. 1 2
IONA TOP 4th J. Field homered to left field, 2 RBI; W. Jennings scored. 3 2
IONA TOP 4th A. Febo hit by pitch, RBI; N. Forney advanced to second; J. Kemp advanced to third; J. Pasquale scored. 4 2
IONA TOP 4th P. Bowman flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; N. Forney advanced to third; J. Kemp scored. 5 2
STONY BR BOT 4th S. Paradine flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; C. Leone scored. 5 3
IONA TOP 5th J. Field homered to left field, 2 RBI; W. Jennings scored. 7 3
STONY BR BOT 5th M. Wright singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; A. Gentile advanced to third; B. Paulsen scored. 7 4
STONY BR BOT 5th M. Wright advanced to third on a wild pitch; A. Gentile scored on a wild pitch. 7 5
STONY BR BOT 5th J. Pilla grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; M. Wright scored. 7 6
IONA TOP 6th P. Bowman reached first on an error by p, advanced to third on the throw, SAC, bunt; C. Mariani scored; N. Mora scored. 9 6
STONY BR BOT 6th B. Paulsen singled to center field, RBI; D. Yalon scored. 9 7
STONY BR BOT 6th J. Pilla singled to shortstop, RBI; A. Gentile advanced to third; B. Paulsen scored. 9 8
STONY BR BOT 6th E. Fox flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; A. Gentile scored. 9 9
IONA TOP 7th P. Bowman flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; N. Forney advanced to third; J. Kemp scored. 10 9
STONY BR BOT 9th C. Leone stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c, scored, unearned. 10 10
STONY BR BOT 10th E. Fox singled to left field, RBI; C. Leone advanced to second; A. Gentile scored. 10 11

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