Albany,
N.Y. ? Pete Eichner went 3-for-3, including a double, and scored the game-tying
run to lead UAlbany to a 9-6 come-from-behind victory over Stony Brook in the
season finale on Saturday, May 17 at Varsity Field. The Great Danes won three of four games in
the America East Conference series.
Stony Brook (31-24, AE 14-10) jumped
out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Brian Witkowski and Chad Marshall drew walks and Michael
Stephan was hit by a pitch to open the frame. After a strikeout, Steven Mazzurco
laced a double down the left-field line to plate Witkowski and Marshall. Three
batters later, Stephan raced home on a wild pitch.
UAlbany (17-37-1, AE 10-14) took a 4-3
lead with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Sean Donovan doubled down the
right-field line and Gary Pitcheralle walked to start the frame. Brendan
Rowland followed with a single through the right side to knock in Donovan.
Pitcheralle then scored as Rowland safely reached second as the second baseman
dropped a throw on an attempted double-play ball. After a successful sacrifice
bunt moved Rowland to third and Mike Konstanty to second, Rowland and Konstanty
scored on consecutive wild pitches.
The Seawolves regained the lead with
a pair of runs in the second. Justin Echevarria walked and Witkowski was hit by
a pitch to open the inning. Following a UAlbany pitching change and a
groundout, Rob Dyer singled up the middle to drive in Echevarria and Witkowski.
The Great Danes, still trailing 5-4
in the seventh, plated three runs on three hits to regain the lead. Eichner
doubled and Tom Zink reached on an error to start the rally. Freshman Kyle
Crean then pulled a 3-2 pitch down the right-field line to knock in Eichner
from second and move Zink to third. Donovan walked to load the bases. After
Stony Brook reliever Devin Will recorded a strikeout, Rowland plated Zink with
a single up the third-base line. Konstanty then drove in Crean with a sacrifice
fly to center for his team-high 47th RBI of the season.
The Seawolves got one run back in
the top of the eighth, but UAlbany reliever Sean Gregory stranded three runners
on base. Echevarria singled through the middle to start the inning. Witkowski
then singled to move pinch runner Robert Inzerillo over to third base.
Inzerillo scored on Marshall's
groundout before Stephan was hit by a pitch for the third time in the contest
and Dyer walked to load the bases. Gregory entered the game and induced a pop
up to second base and a fly out to right field.
The Great Danes delivered the final
score with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth. Junior Dave West singled
and Eichner reached on an error by the pitcher during a sacrifice bunt.
Following a fielder's choice by Zink in which West was forced at third, Eichner
and Zink executed a double-steal with the catcher's throw sailing into left
field, allowing Eichner to score. Zink then came across on a wild pitch.
Senior right-hander Casey Walsh
pitched six scoreless innings of relief, striking out seven, to record his
first win of the season. Gregory pitched 1.2 innings for his fourth save.
Jeremy Nowak suffered the loss for the Seawolves, yielding seven runs,
including four earned, on seven hits over six innings.
-agate-
Stony Brook
(31-24, AE 14-10) 320 000 010 - 6 6 4
UAlbany
(17-37-1, AE 10-14) 400 000 32X - 9 9 1
Stony
Brook: Jeremy Nowak (L, 6-2), Devin Will (7) and Justin Echevarria, Nick Thode
(8).
UAlbany:
Nate Novak, Casey Walsh (2, W, 1-8), Chris Ott (8), Dave Noble (8), Sean
Gregory (8, S, 4) and Ryan Gugel.
UAlbany 9, Stony Brook 6 (May 17, 2008)
Box Score
2008 UAlbany Baseball
Stony Brook at Albany
May 17, 2008 at Albany, N.Y. (Varsity Field)
Stony Brook 6 (31-24,14-10 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Witkowski,Brian cf....... 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 2
Marshall,Chad 2b......... 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0
Stephan,Michael dh....... 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dyer,Rob 1b.............. 4 0 1 2 1 2 12 0 2
Mazzurco,Steven lf....... 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
Tansey,Michael rf........ 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3
Marino,Stephen 3b........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
Fier,Keith ss............ 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4
Echevarria,Justin c...... 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 0
Inzerillo,Robert pr..... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thode,Nick c............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nowak,Jeremy p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Will,Devin p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 6 6 5 7 9 24 11 12
Albany 9 (17-37-1,10-14 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Sean Donovan ss.......... 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
Gary Pitcheralle lf...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Brendan Rowland rf....... 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0
Mike Konstanty 1b........ 3 1 0 2 0 0 11 0 0
Ryan Gugel c............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 2
Dave West cf............. 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Pete Eichner 3b.......... 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
Tom Zink dh.............. 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Crean 2b............ 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 4 1
Nate Novak p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Casey Walsh p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chris Ott p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Noble p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Gregory p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 9 9 5 3 6 27 13 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Stony Brook......... 320 000 010 - 6 6 4
Albany.............. 400 000 32X - 9 9 1
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E - Marshall; Marino; Thode; Will; Crean, K.(7). DP - ALBANY 2. LOB - Stony
Brook 12; ALBANY 4. 2B - Mazzurco; Donovan, S.(3); Eichner, P.(2). HBP -
Witkowski; Stephan 3; Mazzurco; Marino. SH - Marshall; Gugel, R.(1);
Eichner, P.(3). SF - Konstanty, M(3). SB - Eichner, P.(2); Zink, T.(6).
Stony Brook IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Nowak,Jeremy........ 6.0 7 7 4 3 4 24 28 122
Will,Devin.......... 2.0 2 2 0 0 2 7 9 36
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Nate Novak.......... 1.0 1 5 5 3 2 4 10 44
Casey Walsh......... 6.0 3 0 0 3 7 19 25 89
Chris Ott........... 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4
Dave Noble.......... 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 12
Sean Gregory........ 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 23
Win - Walsh, C. (1-8). Loss - Nowak (6-2). Save - Gregory, S. (4).
WP - Nowak 3; Will; Novak, N.(18). HBP - by Novak, N. (Stephan); by Novak, N.
(Marino); by Novak, N. (Witkowski); by Walsh, C. (Mazzurco); by Walsh, C.
(Stephan); by Noble, D. (Stephan). PB - Gugel, R. 3(20). Inherited
runners/scored: Will 3/2; Walsh, C. 2/2; Noble, D. 1/1; Gregory, S. 3/0.
Pitches/strikes: Nowak 122/71; Will 36/21; Novak, N. 44/18; Walsh, C. 89/52;
Ott, C. 4/2; Noble, D. 12/5; Gregory, S. 23/15.
Umpires -
Start: 1:09 pm Time: 3:10 Attendance: 96
Novak, N. faced 2 batters in the 2nd.
Nowak faced 4 batters in the 7th.
Ott, C. faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Game: GAME55
