Stony Brook baseball
April 28 Recap
A lot of quality baseball played on the island Saturday, including a historic offensive performance at the Division-I level. Take a look at who continued to make a postseason push. Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra defeated William & Mary, 7-3, to extend their winning streak to six in a row. Rob Weissheier delivered a grand slam in the first inning to help open up a 4-0 lead. Steven Foster joined the homerun party with a shot of his own in the seventh inning, a two-run shot, to extend the Pride’s lead. Matt Weissheier was solid in his six innings, giving up one run and striking out five. The win makes Hofstra 9-8 on the year against CAA rivals. St. John’s: St Johns pounded out 31 hits on their way to defeat Xavier 34-7. The bats were scorching hot as the Red Storm knocked home at leas...
April 13th Recap
12 Teams went to work on a beautiful Friday the 13th. Take a look at those who stepped up: Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra was defeated by Elon 2-1. John Rooney continued his amazing junior season by going seven innings, giving up zero runs and five hits. Hofstra tallied only two hits on the afternoon. A Garrett Stonehouse two-run double in the eighth proved to be the deciding factor in the loss. Hofstra drops to 14-12 on the season and 4-6 in conference play. Stony Brook: Stony Brook fell to Albany, 5-4. Albany jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning but the Sea Wolves fought back in the third, scoring three runs in the inning, one of them courtesy of a Michael Wilson single. Albany would gain the lead back in the following inning, and later padded on another run in the fifth and ...
April 6 Recap
Several teams were in action on Friday. The teams went 5-3 on the afternoon. Take a look at who stood out: Division-I Hofstra: Hofstra defeated Delaware 9-0 behind ace John Rooney. The LHP continued his impressive season, putting together a complete game, two-hit shutout. He notched 11 strikeouts making it the third time this season he’s put up double digit strikeouts in a game. The bats did plenty of work as right fielder Teddy Cillis went 4-for-4 with two doubles and one RBI while Matt Siedem had three hits and smacked his first career HR. The Pride banged out 17 hits on the afternoon, good enough to put them at 13-9 on the season. Fordham: Fordham was defeated by Rhode Island, 6-2. Rhode Island struck first in the seventh inning on a Brett McManus three-run double down the line. They pi...
Which Prospect Has Risen Their Stock the Most So Far?
We can talk until we are blue in the face in the offseason about what to expect in the upcoming season based on the stats compiled from the previous year. At the end of the day, it comes down to performance on the field and Rob Andreoli (LIU Post 2018) To say he’s risen his performance wouldn’t be accurate, but following his Axcess Baseball MVP season, he’s certainly proven that it wasn’t a fluke of a season, which raises his draft stock. He’s leading the team in hitting once again at .352 and he has drawn more walks (11) than strikeouts (9) again. An OBP of .421 is typical for him, and he’s also added 10 stolen bases to go along with his usual solid defense in CF. Also, he’s proven that whatever injury hampered him at the end of last season is beh...
March 30 Recap
A busy Good Friday on the island for baseball. 10 teams were in action, here’s how they fared: Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra defeated Towson, 11-0, on Friday. John Rooney improved to 4-0 on the season, going seven strong innings and giving up just two hits. The Pride pounded out 11 hits on the afternoon. Catcher Matt Siedem went 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs and one double. With the win, the Pride improve to 12-6 on the season and 2-2 in conference play. Fordham: Fordham defeated Manhattan 8-3. The Rams started the game hot, scoring six runs in the first two innings. Leadoff hitter Billy Godrick had a two-run single in the second to help extend the lead. Right fielder Alvin Melendez had an impressive day at the plate, knocking three hits and scoring two runs. Reiss Knehr threw six innings of no...
Insider Notes: March 24
by Nick Vecchione Below are my scouting observations from yesterday’s game between Stony Brook and Quinnipiac Nick Grande Standing at 5’11 Grande sports a straight up stance with quiet hands sitting about shoulder height. He is the epitome of a complete situational hitter, which is why the 2-hole compliments him quite well. He is talented enough to have a gameplan entering each at bat, keeping the pitcher off balance as to what he’s trying to accomplish during each plate appearance. At times he looks to clearly be trying to put the ball on the ground to utilize his speed to reach base. Furthermore, he can take advantage of the defense playing back by featuring his outstanding bunting skills. Additionally, given all factors within a game, he can showcase an abnormally large upper cut ...
March 24 Recap
A busy day for teams on the island with 10 teams taking the field. There were seven double headers as well. Teams went 13-5. See who shined: Division-I St. Johns: St. John’s defeated Binghamton 4-0. Starter Sean Mooney went 5.1 scoreless innings for his fifth win of the season. The Red Storm took a 1-0 lead early courtesy of a John Valente groundout. They continued to cruise behind strong pitching until the ninth, where they scored three runs to extend their lead. St. Johns moves to 10-7 on the season. Stony Brook: Stony Brook swept the double header against Quinnipiac, winning 10-4 and 5-1. In game one, the Sea Wolves jumped out to an early start, scoring four in the first and two in the second. Chris Hamilton launched a first inning grand slam to put Stony Brook up early. The blast...
Binghamton Comes to Town for Big Three-Game Set With Stony Brook
by Julian Guevara The Binghamton Bearcats have not had their season start out how they originally envisioned it. BU (3-9) struggled to produce offense in non-conference play, being that they were outscored, 66-41, in those 12 games. “I think what has happened over the years is we have developed a great rivalry,” said Binghamton baseball head coach Tim Sinicki. “Being that we are both SUNY schools, have had success and have a tremendous amount of respect for each other, so typically it’s a very good series and one that we always look forward to.” They are looking to turn things around this weekend, as they will be opening up conference play at Stony Brook. The Seawolves (7-7) were off to a hot start, but went on to get swept at home against Wagner. Before the Wagner series they only had one...
Dylan Resk’s Clutch Hit Delivers Stony Brook Victory in Home Opener
The big hit came on a two-run double by Dylan Resk in the sixth inning to score Brandon Alamo and Nick Grande which erased a 3-2 deficit. “For whatever reason we seemed to be out of our approach early in the game,” said Coach Matt Senk. “Obviously we preach being aggressive but we were being over-aggressive. Dylan had a really at bat there and came up with a big swing for us to take the lead,” he added. They still needed to get some big outs from their relievers, which is exactly what happened. Freshman Brian Morrisey (Commack) came on in relief and fired 1.2 shutout innings, before giving way to the closer, Aaron Pinto, who made a great 3-2 pitch to strike out Matt Padre on a 93 MPH heater to end the threat. Pinto came back out for the ninth and fired a 1-2-3 ninth...
February 23 Recap
Division-I Fordham: Fordham defeated USF 2-0. Starter Ben Greenberg, relievers Anthony DiMeglio and Alvin Melendez combined to go the distance and allow only one hit and two walks in the shutout. Second baseman Nick Labella had one of the four hits for the Rams on the afternoon. He accounted for both of the Fordham runs, driving one in and scoring one himself. St. John’s: St. John’s stayed red-hot as they blanked Monmouth 3-0 in victory. Starter Sean Mooney pitched six solid innings of no run ball to go along with 11 strikeouts for his second win of the season. The Red Storm pounded out nine hits; Luke Stampfl, Ryan Hogan, John Valente and Josh Shaw each had two hits on the afternoon. The win makes five in a row to start the season for St. John’s. Stony Brook: Stony Brook defeated Iona 5-3...
February 17 Recap
Saturday was the second day of the season for many teams in our coverage area, and was a pretty busy day. Five different teams played in six games and went 4-2 overall. Division-I: St. John’s: The Red Storm improved to 2-0 with a 1-0 road victory over Campbell University that took 10 innings. Kevin Magee and Joe Kelly dominated for St. John’s in this pitcher’s duel. The pitching duo combining to allow just three hits over 10 innings pitched with an astounding 18 total strikeouts and no walks. The few hits that Campbell mustered were all singles that came in different innings as their hitters were completely stifled. In a game with very little offense, it took a sac fly on a deep foul out for senior outfielder Jamie Galazin to score the games only run. The Storm’s pitching has dominated in ...
February 16 Recap
Friday kicked off the official start of the 2018 college baseball season as most Division-I schools across the coverage got underway. Four teams in our coverage area kicked off their 2018 seasons Friday. They went 3-2 on the day. Division-I: Stony Brook: Stony Brook defeated Nicholls University 6-5 in an exciting back-and-forth game that was aired on ESPN3. Starter Greg Marino went four innings, giving up four runs, one of them earned, and four hits. His two-run error in the fourth briefly gave Nicholls State the 4-3 lead. Third baseman Bobby Honeyman carried the load for the Sea Wolves, going 2-for-4 with one double and three RBI. The RBI double tied the game up at 4-4, before Nick Grande hit a sac fly to give them back the lead. Brandon Alamo smacked a long HR to extend that lead to 6-4,...
