Stony Brook, N.Y. – (March 27, 2024) – After scoring in the top of the seventh, the Fordham Rams had some momentum pulling within 3-1 of the Stony Brook Seawolves on Wednesday afternoon. However, Stony Brook scored twice in the seventh and nine times in the eighth to pull away for a 14-3 win over the Rams at Joe Nathan Stadium.
Stony Brook (12-12) scored once in the first, second, and fifth innings to build a 3-0 lead, highlighted by an RBI-single by Brett Paulsen in the first inning.
Fordham (8-16) pulled within two at 3-1 in the top of the seventh inning.
Steve Luttazi drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a single by
Tommy McAndrews.
Henry Pelinski then singled through the left side to score Luttazi. The rally though was halted by a line drive double play and a ground out, leaving the Rams behind by two.
The Seawolves quickly got the run back on a solo home run by Erik Paulsen and added another on a bases loaded walk to go up, 5-1, after seven innings. Stony Brook then blew the game open with a nine-run eighth inning with the big hit being a two-run single by Cal Parrillo.
Fordham scratched a pair of runs across in the ninth for the 14-3 final score. The Rams loaded the bases with one out and got runs on an RBI-single by
Jack Vallario and a fielder's choice by
Matt Dieguez.
Andres Perez (1-1) took the loss, allowing two runs over two innings in his first career start. Offensively, the Rams managed five hits with Luttazi, McAndrews, and Pelinski each going 1-for-3 with a run scored.
The Rams will next be in action on Friday, March 29
th, as they open conference play at Dayton with a 4:00 PM start.
