Seawolves tie a season-high with 22 runs.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's baseball team pounded out a season-high 31 hits and scored five runs in the first and nine in the fourth on its way to a 22-1 victory over the UMBC Retrievers in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon at University Field. Junior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) led the Seawolves attack with four hits and six RBI. With the victory, Stony Brook improves to 14-16 overall and 4-2 in the America East.
The 22 runs tied a season-high for the Seawolves, who had nine players record multiple hits. Senior Robert Dyer (Selden, N.Y.) went 4-for-7 with five RBI while sophomore Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) tallied three hits and drove in four runs. Stony Brook out-scored the Retrievers 33-1 in sweeping the three-game weekend series.
UMBC threatened in the top of the first, loading the bases with one out. But Stony Brook freshman starter Adam Brown (Melville, N.Y.) then struck out Curtis Schickner and Rich Conlon to get out of the jam.
Brown (2-5) struck out eight in 5.0 scoreless innings to earn the victory. Freshmen Jasvir Rakkar (Brampton, Ontario), James Campbell (Bridgeport, Conn.) and G.C. Yerry (West Shokan, N.Y.) each hurled a scoreless inning of relief for the Seawolves.
UMBC starter Ed Bach retired the first two Seawolves hitters in the bottom of the first but Marino then singled up the middle and Dyer followed with a long home run to left to give the Seawolves a 2-0 lead. Senior Michael Stephan (Patchogue, N.Y.) then doubled and freshman Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) drove him in with a triple off the wall in right.
Senior Justin Echevarria (Uniondale, N.Y.) doubled to make it 4-0 before freshman William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) drove in the final run of the inning with an RBI single. Echevarria and Carmona finished the game with three hits each.
Stony Brook then broke the game open in the fourth with the nine runs. The Seawolves had nine hits in the inning and sent 15 batters to the plate. The inning was highlighted by a two-run double from Marino and a two-run single off the bat of Carmona.
Bach took the loss for the Retrievers, who scored their only run of the game in the ninth on a two-out RBI double from Tyler Drinkard. Freshman John Adornetto (Commack, N.Y.) had two hits and RBI for the Seawolves while freshman Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.) added three hits.
Stony Brook returns to action on Wednesday, traveling to take on Hofstra. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.
