Honeyman’s Walk-Off Homerun Lifts Stony Brook Baseball Over The Maine Black Bears
Lowell, MA – Stony Brook baseball sophomore 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) had a birthday that he will never forget.
Honeyman blasted his first career home run over the right field wall with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the third-seeded Seawolves (25-25) a 1-0 victory over No. 6 seed Maine (10-34) on the first day of the America East Conference championship at LeLacheur Park.
Sophomore LHP Teddy Rodliff (Quincy, Ma.) picked up the win in relief. He pitched 2.0 innings and allowed just one hit and struck out four. Senior RHP Chad Lee (San Dimas, Calif.) went 7.0 scoreless innings and allowed five hits with five strike outs.
Quoting the Seawolves
Head coach Matt Senk-“Wow. The credit obviously has to go to Maine. If you are a fan of baseball, that is about as good as the game gets with both teams going toe-to-toe. Neither team’s pitchers backed down. Plays were being made. I can’t be more proud of my team.”
3B Bobby Honeyman
“He (Nick Silva) was throwing pretty hard so I was just getting ready for a fastball. The first pitched I missed one. The second pitch I knew he would come back into it and I definitely didn’t miss it.”
Turning Point
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, sophomore 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) took a 0-1 pitch and launched it off the scoreboard over the right field wall on LeLacheur Park to give the Seawolves a 1-0 victory.
Notes
– Sophomore 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) hit his first career home run and extended his hit streak to 10 straight games. He has also now reached base safely in 14 straight games.
– Junior RF Casey Baker (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) collected a pair of hits on Wednesday and has now reached base safely in 21 straight games.
– Sophomore LHP Teddy Rodliff (Quincy, Ma.) picked up his first win of the season and the second of his career
Up Next
The Seawolves advance to face second-seeded Hartford on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the America East Conference Championship at Lowell’s LeLacheur Park.
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