ORONO, Maine — The Stony Brook baseball team cut a seven-run deficit to one but would not be able to plate the tying mark in a 10-9 defeat at Maine in the first of three up north.
After Maine put up five in the bottom of the fourth, Stony Brook rattled off six unanswered to bring the deficit to one and had runners in scoring position in the seventh and ninth innings.
Stanton Leuthner's two-run infield single and
Shane Paradine's bases loaded-walk did half the work, bringing the margin to 10-6 after five.
Evan Fox would cut the lead in half from four to two with a two-run home run to left and Paradine scampered home on a passed ball to cut the Maine lead to 10-9 but that would be it for the scoring.
The Seawolves had an early 3-1 advantage thanks to Leuthner's two-run single in the second before the hosts went on their run.
STATS AND NOTES
- Leuthner finished the day with a career-high four RBI, going 2-for-6 at the plate. He bested the three he most recently had on March 21, 2021 at Binghamton.
- Evan Fox drilled his third home run of the season and the fourth of his collegiate career. He now has 11 RBI on the year and 29 for his career.
- Fox has hit safely in nine straight games, a team-best.
- With his hit, Paradine extended his on-base streak to a team high 14 games. Paulsen and Durkan also pushed their stretches to 13 and 10 games, respectively.
- David Alleva went 2-for-3 on the day, recording the first multi-hit game of his collegiate career.
- Kyle Johnson went four full innings in relief today, tied for the longest outing of his collegiate career.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Maine's offense was very good tonight but I'm proud of the way we fought back and were right there at the end. This series is shaping up to be a real good one and we're looking forward to game two tomorrow." - head coach
Matt Senk.
UP NEXT
Game two of this three-game set is Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., as
Brandon Lashley takes the ball for the Seawolves.
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