Game One Score: Stony Brook 9, UAlbany 3
Game Two Score: Stony Brook 14, UAlbany 6
Location: Varsity Field in Albany, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (5-9, 3-4) | Stony Brook (7-7, 3-0)
Short Story: The Great Danes drop both games of their doubleheader against Stony Brook, 9-3 in game one and 14-6 in game two.
Coach Jon Mueller: "It starts and ends with the mound in this game, but we've also had a tough time with guys on third and less than two outs offensively. Stony Brook has been able to cash in with two outs and the depth of our bullpen had been challenged so far this weekend. We need to get someone out there on the mound tomorrow to attack the zone and give our defense a chance to play behind him."
Key Stats Game One
- UAlbany Freshman Alex Ungar went 2-3 with one run
- Brad Malm went 2-3 and Johnny Marti went 1-3 with one run and one RBI
- UAlbany starter Cregg Scherrer (0-3) went 4.2 innings and allowed seven runs (four earned) on four hits with five walks and six strikeouts
- Stony Brook pitcher Sam Turcotte (2-1) went six innings and allowed one run on five hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts
- Seawolves' Evan Giodano 3-5 and Shane Paradine went 1-4 with one run and one RBI
Key Stats Game Two
- Johnny Marti went 2-4 with one run and one RBI
- Jason Bottari went 1-2 with two runs, one RBI and two walks
- UAlbany starter Connor Takacs went one inning and allowed three runs on one hit with two walks
- Stony Brook starter Brian Hermann went four innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts
- John Tuccillo went 2-5 with four RBIs
How it Happened Game 1
- Stony Brook opened the game's scoring in the third inning and took a 1-0 lead. Both pitchers, Cregg Scherrer and Sam Turcotte pitched well until the Seawolves broke through in the fifth.
- Shane Paradine hit an RBI double that opened the scoring in the inning for Stony Brook. Scherrer then walked the bases loaded, and with a chance to end the inning, struck out Brett Paulsen but he reaching base on the wild pitch and another run scored.
- Scherrer then committed a throwing error to first base that allowed two more Stony Brook runs to score. Paulsen then scored on a passed ball that capped off the Seawolves' six-run fifth inning.
- UAlbany trailed 7-0 before Johnny Marti hit a one-run single to center field that got the Great Danes on the board. In the sixth inning, Stony Brook added two more runs and took a 9-1 lead.
- In the bottom of the seventh inning, UAlbany tacked on two runs but dropped game one 9-3 to Stony Brook.
How it Happened Game 2
- Stony Brook once again opened the scoring, with a run in the first inning on a fielder's choice. They struck again in the second inning with three RBIs off two doubles and took a 4-0 lead.
- In the third, Brad Malm hit an RBI single, followed by a Dolan Ocasal RBI single in the fourth that cut Stony Brook's lead to 4-2.
- The Great Danes stormed back with a four-run fifth inning. Johnny Marti hit a one-run triple, Jason Bottari and John Daly each hit RBI infield singles, and Chris Fisher hit an RBI flyout, as UAlbany took its first lead of the day, 6-4.
- Stony Brook responded with a six-run sixth inning. The Seawolves hit three singles that resulted in four of the runs, one walk and one advance home as they regained the lead, 10-6.
- The Seawolves scored the game's final four runs in the seventh inning with an RBI double, single and two-run single. Despite UAlbany's comeback effort in the fifth inning, Stony Brook took game two, 14-6.
Next: UAlbany will host Stony Brook on Sunday, March 28 in the series finale. The game time is moved up from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. due to inclement weather in the forecast.