Sophomore Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) allowed three runs in eight-plus innings and freshman William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) hit a grand slam as the No. 3 Stony Brook University baseball team defeated the No. 4 Albany Great Danes, 8-4, in the winner’s bracket game of the 2010 America East Tournament on Thursday afternoon at Varsity Field. With the victory, the Seawolves advance to the America East championship game on Friday at 3 p.m. against the winner of Friday morning’s Binghamton/Albany game. Johnson allowed no runs and two hits over the first 8.0 innings before running into trouble in the ninth. It was the ninth victory of the season for Johnson, tying the program’s singe season record. The right-hander allowed five hits and struck out eight. Sophomore Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) had two hits and two RBI while freshman Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) added three hits including a home run. With the victory, Stony Brook improves to 28-25. Albany threatened in the first, putting runners on first and second with two out but freshman centerfielder Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) made a diving catch on a line drive from Ralph Keppler to end the inning. Stony Brook jumped on top with a run in the third on a two-out RBI double from Cantwell. The Seawolves put runners on first and third with one out in the fourth before Albany starter Zach Kraham struck out Carmona and Nivins to get out of the jam. But the Seawolves added two runs in the fifth as Tissenbaum led off the inning with his third home run of the season. Stony Brook then loaded the bases with two outs and Kraham hit senior Michael Stephan (Patchogue, N.Y.) to force in a run. Johnson allowed his first hit of the day with one out in the fifth but responded by striking out the final two batters of the inning. SBU tacked on a run in the sixth on another two-out RBI double from Cantwell. Albany put runners on first and second with two outs in the seventh but Stephan hauled in Ralph Rizzo’s drive just in front of the left-field fence to end the threat.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Stony Brook University Baseball Advances To America East Title Game With 8-4 Victory Over Albany
Sophomore Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) allowed three runs in eight-plus innings and freshman William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) hit a grand slam as the No. 3 Stony Brook University baseball team defeated the No. 4 Albany Great Danes, 8-4, in the winner’s bracket game of the 2010 America East Tournament on Thursday afternoon at Varsity Field. With the victory, the Seawolves advance to the America East championship game on Friday at 3 p.m. against the winner of Friday morning’s Binghamton/Albany game. Johnson allowed no runs and two hits over the first 8.0 innings before running into trouble in the ninth. It was the ninth victory of the season for Johnson, tying the program’s singe season record. The right-hander allowed five hits and struck out eight. Sophomore Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) had two hits and two RBI while freshman Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) added three hits including a home run. With the victory, Stony Brook improves to 28-25. Albany threatened in the first, putting runners on first and second with two out but freshman centerfielder Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) made a diving catch on a line drive from Ralph Keppler to end the inning. Stony Brook jumped on top with a run in the third on a two-out RBI double from Cantwell. The Seawolves put runners on first and third with one out in the fourth before Albany starter Zach Kraham struck out Carmona and Nivins to get out of the jam. But the Seawolves added two runs in the fifth as Tissenbaum led off the inning with his third home run of the season. Stony Brook then loaded the bases with two outs and Kraham hit senior Michael Stephan (Patchogue, N.Y.) to force in a run. Johnson allowed his first hit of the day with one out in the fifth but responded by striking out the final two batters of the inning. SBU tacked on a run in the sixth on another two-out RBI double from Cantwell. Albany put runners on first and second with two outs in the seventh but Stephan hauled in Ralph Rizzo’s drive just in front of the left-field fence to end the threat.
