With the rain pouring down, trailing 2-1 in the seventh and the Stony Brook Sea Wolves staring at the potential of falling to 1-9 with hard-throwing Frank Valentino on the hill, it was a huge moment in the game.
Pinch hitter Chris Hamilton ripped an RBI double to tie the game up in the seventh and catcher David Real broke the tie with a two-run shot to left field in the eighth inning to propel the Sea Wolves to the 7-2 win over NYIT this afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.
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NYIT got out to an early 1-0 lead with an RBI double by two-time All-Long Island third baseman Louis Mele to score Frank Sanacore.
In the home half of the first, the Sea Wolves tied it up on a solo shot by freshman Michael Wilson, who is now hitting .353 with a .500 SLG through 34 at bats.
Both starting pitchers, Kevin Kernan of Stony Brook and Valentino of NYIT pitched very well. Kernan threw 4 innings, allowing one ER with six strikeouts. He gave way to Nick Montefusco, who threw five innings in relief to record the win.
The Bears took a 2-1 lead on an RBI single by Anthony Martelli to score Nick Vlahakis in the sixth.
It was looking gloomy for the Sea Wolves, who had to face the daunting task of scoring in the pouring rain against a hard thrower in Valentino.
That’s when the bats came to life and saved the Sea Wolves from the precipice of defeat.
They improve to 2-8, while the Bears drop to 1-7. The Sea Wolves will host Yale tomorrow, while the Bears will play at Hofstra.
