STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Chris Carson collected four RBIs and Eddie Smink allowed just one hit over six scoreless innings to help lead the Stony Brook Seawolves past the Elon Phoenix 18-2 on Friday in the series opener at Joe Nathan Field.
Smink (3-4) got the win for Stony Brook (13-15, 2-5), while Colin Rhein earned his first career save. The starter went six shutout innings, giving up one hit, one walk and striking out three. Rhein tossed three innings, surrendering two runs, one earned, on three hits, walking one and striking out three.
Carson furnished a noteworthy day at the dish as well, going 2-for-3 with hist first career homer, a walk and four RBI. Joseph Delanzo came off the bench went 1-for-1 with a grand-slam to help the offense secure the victory. Ryan Micheli and Matthew Wright also contributed for Stony Brook, putting together three hits in four trips to the plate and combining for seven runs scored and two RBI. Brett Paulsen and Matt Miceli shined at the plate as well after Paulsen went 1-for-3 with two RBI, two walks and two runs scored, while Miceli went 2-for-5 with three RBI and scored a run.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After Smink stat down the first six batters in a row, the squad put runs on the scoreboard first. In the second inning, Carson came across to score the lone run of the inning for Stony Brook after Wright reached on a fielder's-choice to get themselves on the board.
The Phoenix failed to push any runs or hits across before the Seawolves built on their lead in the fifth inning. Smink retired nine of the 10 batters he faced, with one Elon batter reaching from a walk. The Stony Brook offense would explod for six runs, highlighted by a three-run home run off the bat of Carson, RBI double from Fox and a two-run single from Brett Paulsen, which brought the lead to 7-0.
Elon would record their first hit of the game in the sixth inning, but Smink held the away team in check by sitting down the final batter of the inning to end his afternoon. The Seawolves kept the pressure on and tallied another run in the sixth. Wright and Micheli began the inning with a double and single, followed by a walk from
Evan Fox to load the bases.
Johnny Pilla did his job and drove in Wright on a sac-fly, bringing the score to 8-0.
Rhein kept the Phoenix without a run before building on their lead in the eighth inning. The Seawolves scored 10 runs in the inning, highlighted by a grand slam off the bat of Delanzo and a three-run double from M. Miceli, bringing the Stony Brook advantage to 18-0. Elon put two runs on the scoreboard before the game was over, but the Seawolves still coasted to the 18-2 win. More details to come.
STATS AND NOTES
- Stony Brook set a new season-high in runs and was the most since they scored 17 vs Sacred Heart on May 2, 2018. Also, this was the most runs the team has scored against any CAA team in program history.
- Carson and Delanzo drove in four runs for Stony Brook, marking a new career-high for both.
- Stony Brook's highest scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed 10 runs across.
- The Seawolves had control of the rest of the game after jumping ahead of the Phoenix 1-0 in the bottom of the second.
- Smink put together six innings of shutout ball for the Seawolves. It was the second time this season that he tossed six innings of scoreless baseball (March 15 vs Seton Hall).
- Four Seawolves had multiple hits in the ballgame (Carson, Miceli, Wright, and Micheli).
- The Seawolves out-hit the Phoenix at a 14-4 clip, marking a new season-high.
- Stony Brook tied their season-high with two homers this afternoon (Feb. 25 vs LSU and March 2 vs Virginia Tech).
- Stony Brook went 7-for-14 (.500) with runners in scoring position.
- The Seawolves got three hits in five at-bats with the bases loaded.
- Stony Brook tallied nine walks. The squad is 6-0 this season when they tally at-least six walks.
- This was the second time this season Stony Brook did not allow an extra base-hit (Feb. 23 vs LSU).
- Stony Brook pitchers limited Elon to just 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
- Stony Brook pitchers faced 34 Elon hitters in the game, allowing 12 ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out six.
- Rhein earned his first career save.
- Carson led the Seawolves at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. It marked the first homer of his career.
- Delanzo launched his first career homer.
- Miceli tallied two hits and captured three RBI. It was the third time this season that he captured at least two hits and three RBI in a game this season.
- Micheli had a season-high three hits and scored a season-best three runs in the victory.
- Wright went 3-for-4 with four runs scored, tallying an RBI and walk. The four runs that Wright scored marked a new career-high for the sophomore.
- Paulsen went 1-for-3 with two RBI and collected two walks.
- Brown-Eiring went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and drew two walks.
- The Seawolves move to 6-4 at Joe Nathan Field this season.
- Stony Brook is now 4-1 all-time against Elon.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to the diamond tomorrow afternoon to battle Elon at Joe Nathan Field. First pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m. and can be streamed live on FloBaseball.
