BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Stony Brook got contributions from every part of their lineup, as all nine starters reached base safely, helping the Seawolves put 11 runs on the board and knock off the Campbell Fighting Camels 11-2 on Sunday to secure the series victory.
JT Raab (3-0) started on the mound and picked up the win for Stony Brook (17-17, 6-6). The right-hander went 5.1 innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on two hits, allowing three walks and striking out three. Senior Ty Saunders also made an impact on the mound for the Seawolves, throwing 3.2 shutout innings while allowing one hit, with one walk and three strikeouts for his first career save.
Offensively, the Seawolves were led by their 1-through-4 hitters as Evan Fox, Matt Miceli, Matt Brown-Eiring, and Erik Paulsen all tallied multiple RBI. Also, Robert Taylor tallied three hits, two RBI and scored two runs in the victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Following Raab leaving a Fighting Camel on base in the first frame, the Seawolves would get on the scoreboard in the next inning. E. Paulsen put Stony Brook on the board with a leadoff home run off freshman Nate Brittain to left field, his fourth of the season. Raab was dominating the Campbell hitters over the next three innings by not allowing a run and did not allow a runner on base over the frames.
The Seawolves built on their lead in the fifth inning, which brought the advantage to 4-0. This time, the squad got three RBI-knocks from Fox, Miceli and E. Paulsen to grow their lead.
Campbell narrowed Stony Brook's lead to 4-2 in the bottom fifth before the Seawolves stretched the advantage to 8-2 in the eighth inning. Both teams were scoreless in the sixth and seventh inning, but the Seawolves bats heated up in the eighth. They scored four runs, including a two-run home run off the bat of Brown-Eiring. Taylor had an RBI double and Miceli tallied an RBI single in the inning as well.
Saunders held the Fighting Camels scoreless before the SBU offense got back in action the next inning, bringing the Stony Brook advantage to 11-2. The squad score two runs on sacrifice-flies from Fox and Taylor. The score remained 11-2 for the rest of the game, as the Seawolves coasted to the win with Saunders closing the door for his first save of the season.
STATS AND NOTES
- Stony Brook got three-hit games from both E. Paulsen and Taylor. It marked the fifth time for E. Paulsen and first time this season for Taylor to reach three hits in a game.
- Every Stony Brook starter reached base safely in the win.
- Stony Brook's highest scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed four runs across.
- The squad had control of the rest of the game after jumping ahead of the Fighting Camels 1-0 in the top of the second.
- Five Seawolves had multiple hits in the ballgame (Fox, Miceli, Brown-Eiring, E. Paulsen, and Taylor).
- The Seawolves out-hit the Fighting Camels at a 13-3 clip. The Seawolves are 6-1 this season when they record at-least 13 hits.
- The squad moves to 6-1 this season when they tally 10 or more runs.
- Stony Brook went 5-for-10 (.500) with runners in scoring position.
- Stony Brook pitchers limited Campbell to just 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.
- The Seawolves faced 34 Campbell hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and 11 fly balls while striking out six.
- E. Paulsen led the Seawolves at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. It marked his fourth homer of the season and is hitting .321 this season.
- Brown-Eiring mashed his team-high fifth home run of the season and is leading the team with a .366 batting average.
- Miceli tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the season and fourth multi-RBI game of the year.
- Fox tallied his 12th stolen-bag of the season, which leads the team. Also, Stony Brook tallied four stolen-bases this afternoon, tying a season-high.
- Saunders recorded his first career save after allowing no runs and just one hit over the final 3.2 innings.
- Raab earned his third victory of the season, all coming against CAA opponents.
- Stony Brook moves to 2-1 all-time against Campbell.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves will return to the diamond on Friday, April 19th, when they host Towson at Joe Nathan for a three game series. First pitch on Friday is set for 2:00 p.m. and can be streamed live on FloBaseball.
