Tim Knesnik
Stony Brook Erases 7-0 Deficit, Storms Back to Win America East
Photo Credit: Greg M. Cooper For the first time since the magical run of 2012, the Stony Brook Sea Wolves have won the America East title.It took an amazing comeback on Saturday, too as they defeated UMBC 16-11. They trailed 7-0 in the first inning after the bats of UMBC roughed up Ryley MacEachern.In the ensuing inning they scored a tournament record 11 runs thanks to RBI hits by Malcolm Nachmanoff and Toby Handley and a slew of walks and errors.The scoring wasn’t done after that. UMBC answered with two in the bottom of the second and that’s when Tim Knesnik came in to put out the fire. He ended up recording the victory, throwing four innings of relief while allowing three runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts. In the fourth, the Sea Wolves tacked on two more on ...
Stony Brook Lowers Magic Number to 2
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Stony Brook swept a DH by the scores of 5-3 and 9-3 and have lowered their magic number to clinch the America East to 2. They lead UMBC by 3.5 games in the standings so any combination of Sea Wolve victories or UMBC losses that add to two will result in Stony Brook getting the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. There are four more regular season games to go. In the first game of the DH, Stony Brook was behind 3-2 after three innings, but tied it up in the fourth when Andruw Gazzolla started the inning off with a triple and he scored on Bobby Honeyman‘s sac fly. In the sixth, they took the lead when Casey Baker hit a one-out triple and he came in to score on a fielder’s choice. That was all the Sea Wolves’ pitching staff would need. Starte...
Stony Brook Keeps Rolling, Score in Seven of Eight Innings
Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics The Stony Brook Sea Wolves have made a habit of treading water in February and March before turning on the jets in April and May. They cruised past Fairfield 15-3 today to improve to 24-12. They’ve now won 14 of their past 15 games. They scored in the first seven innings of the game and starter Tim Knesnik was dominant–allowing only one hit over five shutout innings, while striking out six. You can read a scouting report on him here.The offense cranked 16 hits. Toby Handley, Casey Baker and Jeremy Giles each had three hits. Baker drove in four runs, Jack Parenty drove in three runs and scored three times.Additionally, the offense drew nine walks to exhaust the pitching of Fairfield even further.The Sea Wolves will host Hartford this weekend i...
Matt Senk Wins 700th Career Game
Written by Jim Ferchland A remarkable milestone was reached on Wednesday as Stony Brook Head Coach Matt Senk earned his 700thcareer win against a hungry LIU-Brooklyn team by the score of 6-4. This is Senk’s 25thseason as head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves. The 6-4 victory also extended the Seawolves winning streak to seven and improve their overall record (17-11). Their last loss took place in the second game of a double-header at home to UMass Lowell on March 30. The LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds extended their losing streak to three. Within those three defeats, they have let up 20 runs and have only scored seven. On road games, they are 6-13. Their overall record now stands at 11-20 under new head coach Alex Trezza. Freshman pitcher Nicolas DiEva got the s...
Sea Wolves Roll Past Manhattan
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt5aCzo7zqA]The Stony Brook Sea Wolves took advantage of some porous defense by Manhattan to roll to a 10-3 victory and improve their record to 13-11.The offense wasted no time in taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning when an error by the second baseman brought home Toby Handley, and Johnny Caputo followed with a laser beam of a double to get out to a 2-0 lead.They opened it up with a three-spot in the second inning. Jeremy Giles started it off with a single and Andruw Gazzolla was hit by a pitch to advance him to second. After two ground outs, Handley reached on another error by the second baseman to score Giles and Jack Parenty followed with a long triple over the CF head. That was all the offense they needed. Starter Nick DiEva went three shutout ...
Stony Brook Tops Sacred Heart 8-4
Written by Jim Ferchland Photo Credit: Jim Ferchland The Stony Brook Seawolves have struggled 18 games into the season–as they sit at 8-10. However, the Sacred Heart Pioneers have an abundance of work to do as they sit at the bottom of the standings at 1-14. Stony Brook and the cold rain were not doing the Pioneers any favors as Stony Brook took down Sacred Heart 8-4 in 6 ½ innings. The game was shortened due to inclement weather. Stony Brook’s junior right-handed pitcher Tim Knesik made his fifth start on the mound today. He struggled through 1.1 innings and was relieved by Nick DiEva, who received the win with 2.2 shutout innings of relief. Sacred Heart’s six-foot nine-inch junior pitcher Connor Landers only pitched one inning and it was a sure nightmare. He was lit up by the Sea...
10-Run Third Inning Dooms Stony Brook
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnN_7K-7FjM] The Sea Wolves were looking to sweep the Binghamton Bearcats on Monday. Instead the Bearcats came out swinging and put the game away in the third inning with a 10-spot.Stony Brook starter Tim Knesnik did not have hit best stuff. He last 2.2 innings and was tagged for six hits and eight runs (five ER). Calhoun graduate Jake Thomas led the offense for the Bearcats–he compiled a 3-for-3 afternoon with three runs scored and two RBI. His two-run triple was the icing on the cake in the third inning. It was an overall lousy day for the Sea Wolves who committed three errors and compiled only seven hits. Freshman Andruw Gazzola was the lone player with two hits. The bright spot was freshman Matt Buckshaw, who fired two shutout innings in hi...
