April 24, 2005

Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Jon Lewis threw a complete game six-hitter to earn his 25th career victory and set a new Stony Brook record for wins as the Seawolves swept a doubleheader from Albany on Sunday afternoon at University Field. Chris DiBiaso went deep twice as the Seawolves cracked four home runs on the day to win Game 1, 8-4, and the nightcap 8-2. With the victories, the Seawolves improve to 15-20 this season, 4-4 in America East play, while Albany falls to 10-13, 2-6.

In Game 1, Albany opened the scoring in the second inning on an RBI single by Justin Meagher that scored Steve Sayre, who led of the frame with a double off the left field wall. The Seawolves answered in the bottom of the inning as Isidro Fortuna drew a leadoff walk and was plated on a line-drive home run by DiBiaso, his first of the season and his Stony Brook career. Nick Theoharis followed with his second home run of the season to put the Seawolves up 3-1 after two innings of play.

Steve Wyland's RBI double in the third inning drew the Great Danes within a run at 3-2 before Sayre brought him home with a single to tie the game at three. The game remained deadlocked until the bottom of the fifth inning as the Seawolves plated three runs to take a 6-3 lead. Andrew Larsen opened the scoring with a single up the middle to score Theoharis, who drew a leadoff walk, before Fortuna drove in him home along with Matt Devins, who drew a four-pitch walk, with a double off the right field wall.

Chris Sipp and Devins each added two-out RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Seawolves an 8-3 lead. Albany plated a run in the seventh to pull within four and loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Matt Restivo came out of the bullpen to record the final two outs of the inning and set down the Great Danes in order in the ninth to preserve the Stony Brook victory.

Freshman Tom Koehler earned the victory, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out three in five innings of work to improve to 2-0 this season. Andrew Larsen led the Seawolves 10-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.

In Game 2, the Seawolves took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning as Larsen and Fortuna singled and were driven home on a Tom Pennino double. The Seawolves opened the ballgame up in the third inning, scoring four runs on the strenghth of DiBiaso's second home run of the day, a three run shot, and an RBI double by Jon Pasieka to put the Brook up 6-0 after three.

Albany got on the board in the top of the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Meagher and Leo Corvino but the Brook answered back in the bottom of the inning on two-run longball by Fortuna to put the Seawolves on top 8-1. Albany plated a run in the top of the seventh but it was not enough as the Seawolves held on for the 8-2 win.

Lewis improved to 4-2 this season with the victory as he allowed just twp runs on six hits while striking out six for his third complete game this season. Fortuna led the Seawolves at the plate in the nightcap, going 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored.

The Seawolves and Great Danes will take the field tomorrow at 12 p.m. to complete the three-game series.