STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook Seawolves took a 3-2 lead in the third inning and never surrendered the advantage on the way to a 4-2 victory over the Towson Tigers on Friday at Joe Nathan Field.
Eddie Smink (5-4) started on the mound and picked up the win for Stony Brook (18-17, 6-6). The right-hander went six innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on four hits, allowing three walks and striking out five. Erik Paulsen also made an impact on the mound for the Seawolves, starting the ballgame and throwing three shutout innings while allowing one hit, with one walk and two strikeouts.
On the offensive side, Johnny Pilla, Matt Brown-Eiring, and Evan Fox all tallied an RBI for the Seawolves. Also, Ryan Micheli tallied two hits and Robert Taylor had a knock as well.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After Towson tallied the first two runs in the first inning and Smink came back with a 1-2-3 inning in the second and third frames, the Seawolves attacked the Towson pitching in the third. Following back-to-back walks from Cam Santerre and Evan Fox, Stony Brook made the most of an error by Towson on a bunt from Miceli to take the early 1-0 lead. Brown-Eiring brought home Fox in the next at-bat with a ground out and a few batters later, Pilla brought in Miceli on an RBI single.
The Seawolves and Smink then held the Tigers scoreless before expanding their lead in the sixth inning. Stony Brook scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Fox, which brought the score to 4-2 in favor of the home team. The score remained 4-2 for the rest of the game, as E. Paulsen closed the door for Stony Brook to hold on to the win.
STATS AND NOTES
- Smink struck out five Tigers hitters. He also put together six innings of two-run ball for the Seawolves. In his last three starts, he is 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA with 12 strikeouts. He leads the team and is tied for third in the CAA with five wins this season.
- Stony Brook's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed three runs across.
- Stony Brook grabbed the lead at 3-2 in the bottom half of the third and never lost that advantage.
- Stony Brook pitchers faced 34 Towson hitters in the game, allowing 10 ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out seven.
- The Seawolves drew six walks from Towson pitching. The Seawolves are 7-1 this season when they record six or more walks.
- The squad only struck out twice this afternoon, matching a season-low.
- Fox went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
- Brown-Eiring tallied his team-high 32nd RBI of the season.
- E. Paulsen earned his fifth save of the season, which is tied for second in the CAA.
- Pilla went 1-for-4 with an RBI. He is currently on a four game hitting streak and has a hit in six of his last seven games.
- Stony Brook moves to 9-4 at Joe Nathan Field this season.
- The Seawolves are now 2-3 all-time against Towson.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to the diamond tomorrow afternoon to host the Tigers for their second of three meetings. First pitch is slated for 2:00 p.m. and can be streamed live on FloBaseball.
