STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook baseball team fell this afternoon to the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, 10-5, in the final home game of the season for the Seawolves at Joe Nathan Field.
Prior to the game, the Seawolves honored their 2024 senior class (
Evan Fox,
Ryan Micheli,
Matt Brown-Eiring,
Quinlan Montgomery, and
Brendan Pattermann)
who have made lasting impacts on the program over the course of their careers. Their hard work, dedication, and contributions have and always will be greatly appreciated.
Graduate student Ty Saunders (2-5) got the ball to start for Stony Brook (24-25, 12-12) and took the loss after allowing five runs on four hits over his 3.0 innings of work. Freshman Nicholas Rizzo allowed four runs over his 5.0 innings of work, while Montgomery allowed one run in the final inning of play.
In the batter's box, the Seawolves were led by Fox, who went 1-for-4 on the day with a home run and three RBI. The home run for Fox marked his 200th career hit and third bomb of the season. Brown-Eiring compiled a standout day at the dish as well, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Johnny Pilla also contributed for Stony Brook, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Saunders and the Seawolves kept the Fightin' Blue Hens off the scoreboard in the first two innings of play. The right-hander stranded two runners in the first inning and followed with a 1-2-3 second inning for Stony Brook. However, Delaware got to Saunders in the third by tallying four runs, including a three-run shot from Loynd to give the road team a 4-0 advantage.
Delaware kept the offensive attack on Stony Brook by scoring a run in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth inning to go up 8-0. After Rizzo held Delaware scoreless in the sixth and seventh inning, the Fightin' Blue Hens would score a run in the eighth to take a 9-0 lead. But, the Seawolves offense would get to work in their half of the eighth inning by tallying five runs in the inning to cut the deficit to 9-5.
Beginning the charge in the eighth inning rally was
Matt Miceli and
Cam Santerre reaching on a hit by pitch and drawing a walk. With two runners on base, Fox mashed his 200th career hit by leaving the left field fence, making the score 9-3. Following the single from Pilla, Brown-Eiring would come up with his team-high sixth home run of the season that cut the Delaware lead to 9-5.
The road team would capture another run in the top of the ninth and left a Seawolf runner on base in the final inning to ultimately secure the 10-5 victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Stony Brook's highest scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed five runs across.
- Stony Brook pitchers faced 44 Delaware hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and 13 fly balls while striking out six.
- The Seawolves had two home runs this afternoon (Fox and Brown-Eiring), the first time since April 14th.
- Saunders made his team-high 16th appearance of the season by making his eighth start of the year. The right-hander moves to 2-5 on the season.
- Rizzo made his 14th appearance of the year, while Montgomery made his 13th of the season.
- E. Paulsen extends his on-base streak to 21 games.
- Brown-Eiring now has a hit in his five last games which is tied for the longest streak on the team.
- Pilla tallied his 11th multi-hit game of the season and third in his last four games.
- Fox led the Seawolves at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. It marked his 200th career-hit and 17th home run of his career.
- Stony Brook moves to 14-8 at Joe Nathan Field this season.
- The Seawolves are now 3-6 all-time against the Fightin' Blue Hens.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to the diamond on Thursday as they head to Boston to battle Northeastern in a three game set. First pitch for the final CAA series of the season is slated for 2:00 p.m. and can be streamed live on FloBaseball.
