GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Stony Brook baseball team exploded for a season-high 17 runs, including a season-best eight doubles, powering their way to a 17-4 victory over North Carolina A&T on Saturday afternoon in Greensboro.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Erik Paulsen tallied the first hit for Stony Brook with a one-out double in the top of the first. Chanz Doughty followed with a double of his own to bring Paulsen home and give the Seawolves a quick 1-0 lead.
- Right-hander Ty Panariello set the tone on the mound with a 1-2-3 opening inning.
- After back-to-back walks to Chris Carson and Nick Zampieron in the second, Matt Miceli and Evan Goforth smacked consecutive doubles to stretch the lead to 4-0.
- With one out and two on in the bottom of the inning, Panariello induced a 6-4-3 double play to shut down the threat.
- The offense stayed hot in the third, scoring five more runs to go up 9-0. Doughty kicked things off with another double, followed by a hit from Johnny Pilla. Both would come around to score on wild pitches. Carson knocked in Luke Szepek with an RBI single, and Miceli added a sac fly to plate Carson. Goforth wrapped up the inning with an RBI double, bringing in Zampieron.
- Panariello got right back to work in the third, ending the frame with a strikeout-throwout double play from Szepek.
- Both teams went down in order in the fourth.
- After the Seawolves stranded a runner in the top of the fifth, A&T got on the board with a solo homer and added two more runs in the sixth to cut the deficit to 9-4.
- Stony Brook responded with authority in the top of the seventh, erupting for eight runs to put the game out of reach and secure the run-rule victory, 17-4. Zampieron and Miceli drew bases-loaded walks, Carson scored on a wild pitch, and Azpilcueta delivered a sac fly. Paulsen, Doughty, and James Schaffer each chipped in with RBI hits to cap the inning.
- Matthew Canizares closed things out in the seventh, striking out two and allowing only an unearned run.
STATS AND NOTES
- The Seawolves put up a season-best 17 runs in the win.
- Stony Brook smashed a season-high eight doubles in the game.
- The pitching staff didn't issue a single walk for just the second time this season.
- Goforth tied his season-high with three RBI, going 2-3 with two doubles, a walk, and a run scored.
- Doughty had a season-best three doubles, going 3-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. It marked the second time a Seawolf has recorded three extra-base hits in a game this season (Paulsen vs. Seton Hall on March 16).
- Paulsen logged his team-leading 11th multi-hit game of the season, going 2-5 with two runs and a double.
- Azpilcueta extended his on-base streak to every game this season with a hit in the win.
- Pilla tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the year, going 2-4 with two runs scored, matching his season-best.
- Carson and Zampieron each scored three runs, recorded a hit, drew two walks, and added an RBI.
- Panariello improved to 3-0 on the season, tossing a season-high 5.0 innings with just one run allowed and three strikeouts, without issuing a walk.
- Canizares struck out two and allowed only an unearned run in the final inning.
- Stony Brook moves to 4-1 all-time against North Carolina A&T.
NEXT UP
The Stony Brook baseball team looks to clinch the series tomorrow afternoon in the third and final game against A&T this weekend. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. and can be streamed live on FloCollege.
