Baton Rouge, La. (June 8, 2012) –
Gameone
of the NCAA Super Regionals between the Stony Brook baseball team and LSUhas
been suspended due to rain with the score tied 4-4 in the top of the 12thinning.
The game will resume Saturday at 11:05 ET. Game two will begin 50minutes after
the conclusion of game one. Television information for tomorrow will beannounced
later tonight.
The gamewas
suspended after 2:34 weather
delay.
Stony Brookled 2-1 going to the bottom of the ninth but
JaCoby Jones led off the inningwith a solo home run to left to tie the game 2-2
and send it to extra innings.
But theSeawolves answered right back as freshman Steven
Goldstein, who came in thecame earlier as a pinch-hitter, launched a home run
into the right-field grandstands. SBU was one out from victory in the
10th but Tyler Moore hita 3-2 pitch to the seats in right
to tie the game 3-3.
SBU had aresponse in the 11th
though as SBU loaded the bases with one out.Freshman Kevin Krause then lifted a
short fly to center and junior Travis Jankowski slid homejust ahead of the throw
of Mason Katz.
Down to
itsfinal three outs for the third time, LSU came back once again as Katz led
offthe bottom of the 11th with a home run to left. Junior
Jasvir Rakkarrecovered to record the final three outs and the game then went
into a raindelay before the LSU took the field for the
12th.
SophomoreBrandon McNitt started for Stony Brook and
allowed just an unearned run in 7.0+innings. Senior Sal Intagliata went 2-for-4
with two RBI and junior WilliamCamona and Jankowski had three hits
apiece.
Stony Brookjumped out on the Tigers early on a two-run
home run to left from Intagliatawith one out in the second. It was just
Intagliata’s second homer of the secondand only his fourth career long ball in
208 career at-bats.
McNitt thengot out of a jam in the bottom of the inning,
getting Alex Edward to groundinto an inning ending 4-6-3 double play with
runners on first and third.
McNittcruised through the middle innings, allowing just
two base runners, before LSUgot an unearned run in the seventh to cut the Stony
Brook lead to 2-1.
LSU putrunners on first and second with no out in the
eighth but junior reliever JamesCampbell then struck out Tyler Moore swinging
and senior catcher Pat Cantwellthrew out pinch-runner Jared Foster for the
second out.
Sophomore Kevin Courtneythen dove into the stands along
the first-base line to make a highlight reelcatch and end the inning.
