STONY BROOK, N.Y. — The Stony Brook baseball team (19-23, 10-11 CAA) fell in its non-conference matchup on Tuesday afternoon, dropping a 5-4 decision to Fairfield University (25-14, 9-3 MAAC) at Joe Nathan Field.
Stony Brook earned all four of its runs in the eighth inning of play, as the Seawolves made the most of two errors by the Stags to cut the deficit to 5-2.
Then, senior Shane Paradine launched an RBI double and junior Matt Brown-Eiring drove in graduate Evan Giordano on a sac-fly to make it 5-4.
But, Fairfield retired the Stony Brook bats in order in the ninth inning to seal the one run victory.
The Seawolves sent out sophomore JT Raab to make his 16th appearance of the season and second start of the year. The right-hander surrendered three runs (earned) and struck out three batters over 2.2 innings.
After Raab came out during the third inning, senior Brandon Lashley entered the game and kept the bats for Fairfield quiet over the next 2.1 innings by not allowing a hit or run.
Graduate Jared Bellissimo would come into the game for Lashey in the sixth and allowed one run (earned) over his two innings on the bump. In the bottom of the seventh, Paradine led the inning off with a walk and Brown-Eiring followed with a double, but the Seawolves were unable to get on the board.
Following a scoreless eighth and ninth inning out of the pen by junior Quinlan Montgomery, the Seawolves made their noise by tallying four runs in their last turn at the plate, but the Stags held on to their lead to secure the 5-4 victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Paradine raised his batting average to .288 this season after going 2-for-3 at the plate this afternoon with an RBI and walk. It was the 13th multi-hit game of the season for the senior and fourth in his last eight games.
- Brown-Eiring tallied his seventh double of the season and went 1-3 for the plate with an RBI. He now has 32 RBI which is third on the team behind Giordano and senior Derek Yalon.
- Lashley has had a scoreless outing in three of his last four appearances.
- Montgomery finished the final 2.0 innings of the game without allowing a run and struck out a batter. This was his 11th appearance of the season.
- Sophomore catcher Chris Leone threw out a season-high three runners out this afternoon at second base.
- The Seawolves are now 11-8 all-time against the Stags.
- Stony Brook is now 6-3 in midweek non-conference games.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves will return to the diamond this weekend in Newark, Delaware, to take on the University of Delaware in a three game set. The matchup on Friday and Saturday is set for 6:30 p.m., while Sunday's first pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
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