STONY BROOK, N.Y - Behind a seven-hit first inning and a multi-home run performance from
Chanz Doughty, Stony Brook rolled to a 15-5 win over Towson to open the series.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Stony Brook came out swinging, opening the game with seven straight hits. Nicholas Dromboski got things started with a one-out single, and Chanz Doughty followed with his fifth home run of the season, sending a ball over the left field fence to give the Seawolves a 2-0 lead. Later in the inning, Matthew Jackson cleared the bases with a triple, and Mike Cervoni brought him home on a ground ball to cap a six-run frame.
- Hunter Colagrande got the start on the mound for the Seawolves. Towson answered in the bottom of the first with two runs, cutting the lead to 6-2 after one inning.
- Dromboski stayed hot in the second, launching his third home run of the season to extend the Stony Brook advantage to 7-2.
- Towson responded again in the bottom half, scoring three runs on three hits to make it 7-5. Aidan Colagrande entered out of the bullpen and, after a lightning delay, stranded the bases loaded with a fly out to right field to preserve the lead.
- Both teams were held scoreless in the third. A. Colagrande worked around a runner on second in the fourth to maintain the two-run edge.
- Mike Villani picked up a hit in the fifth, while A. Colagrande continued to deal on the mound, tossing the Seawolves' first 1-2-3 inning of the afternoon in the bottom half.
- In the sixth, Cervoni reached on a fielding error to lead off the inning and moved to second on a bunt from James Schaffer. An infield single by Zampieron put runners on the corners, and after he stole second, Dromboski delivered a two-RBI single. Doughty followed with his second home run of the day to push the lead to 11-5. Chris Carson capped the rally with a solo shot, giving Stony Brook a 12-5 advantage.
- Luca Mannino entered in the bottom of the sixth, issuing a leadoff walk before settling in and working through the inning, highlighted by a double play.
- After a scoreless top of the seventh for the Seawolves, Mannino returned to the mound and delivered another scoreless frame.
- In the eighth, Dromboski led off with a single, and after Carson was hit by a pitch, Scott Gell launched a three-run home run to extend the lead to 15-5.
- Mannino closed it out with a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth, securing the series-opening win for Stony Brook.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to the field tomorrow as they look to take the series against the Tigers. First pitch against Towson is slated for 1:00 pm on FloCollege with
Micah Worley slated to start on the bump.
