Score: Stony Brook 12, UAlbany 3
Location: Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (14-11, 4-6 AE) | Stony Brook (13-15, 8-2 AE)
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team dropped its series opener with Stony Brook, falling 3-12 on Long Island on Friday afternoon. The Seawolves jumped out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the opening inning. The Great Danes earned two runs in the top of the sixth and added another one in the final inning.
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "We got off to a slow start and never fully recovered. Looking forward to tomorrow."
Key Stats:
- UAlbany pitchers
- Johnny Marti had the most hits for the Great Danes, going 3-5 with a double and a scored run.
- Michael Whalen led UAlbany's offense, going 2-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and two walks.
- Will Feil also had multiple hits, going 2-5 with a double.
- Brad Malm and Josh Salandy had the remaining hits for the Great Danes. Malm went 1-5, also picking up an RBI. Salandy went 1-2 with a double and a scored run.
- Will Binder scored the final run for UAlbany.
- UAlbany stranded nine runners, whereas Stony Brook stranded 11.
- UAlbany batters walked five times, Stony Brook batters walked seven times.
- Eight Great Danes struck out, Stony Brook batters struck out six times.
How it Happened:
- Ray Weber started on the mound for the Great Danes, Ben Fero started for the Seawolves.
- Stony Brook took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the opening inning. Shane Paradine first doubled down the left field line, scoring Evan Fox. Matt Brown-Eiring followed with a two-run double to right-center, bringing home Paradine and Evan Giordano. Finally, Stanton Leuthner singled to right field to drive in Brown-Eiring.
- The Seawolves added another run in the third when David Alleva singled to left field to score Brown-Eiring who was in scoring position.
- Rob Manetta came in to pitch for the Great Danes to start the fifth.
- Brendan Pattermann replaced Fero halfway through the sixth.
- Michael Whalen got UAlbany on the board in the top of the sixth with a two-RBI double to center, driving in Johnny Marti who hit a leadoff double and Will Binder who walked.
- Stony Brook made it 2-7 in the bottom of the same inning. Giordano singled to left field to bring home Cole Durkan and Fox crossed home on a double to left-center by Brown-Eiring.
- Stony Brook's Leuthner homered to left field to make it 2-8 in the bottom of the seventh.
- Steven Turk entered the game midway through the seventh.
- Fox added another run for the Seawolves in the same inning when he doubled to left field, scoring Idris Carter.
- Nicholas Jessen came in to pitch in the same inning.
- Still in the seventh, Paradine extended Stony Brook's lead to 11-2 on a two-run double down the left field line, driving in Fox and Durkan.
- Leuthner crossed home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth to make it 2-12.
- Brad Malm singled to left-center in the ninth to bring home Josh Salandy, who previously doubled.
Next: The Great Danes are set to play game two of three against the Seawolves tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. in Stony Brook, N.Y. Keep up with all of the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany baseball by following the team on
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