Box Score

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Fairfield University baseball team has its four-game winning streak snapped this afternoon as the Stags were edged by Stony Brook University, 6-4, at Alumni Diamond.
 
Junior Jack Giannini was 2-for-4 on the day with a walk, a run scored, and an RBI to extend his hitting streak to nine games. Anthony Hajjar was 2-for-5 bringing his on-base streak to 13 games while Ryan Plourde was 1-for-2 with three walks and a run scored.
 
Fairfield (18-21) took a 1-0 lead in bottom of the third inning as Alex Witkus was hit by a pitch, stole second base, and later scored on a Seawolves error.
 
Stony Brook (31-10) took a 2-1 advantage in the top of the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by Anthony Italiano and successful squeeze bunt by Travis Jankowski. The Stags answered in the bottom of the fourth, tying the game on a sacrifice bunt by Sal Ciccone which scored Sebastian Salvo.
 
The Seawolves broke the stalemate in the top of the fifth inning as a bases loaded double down the right field line by Kevin Courtney cleared the bags and gave Stony Brook a 5-2 lead. Fairfield got one of the runs back in the bottom of the sixth inning as Salvo scored on a groundout by Ciccone.
 
The Stags pulled within 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Giannini. Stony Brook, however, scored an insurance run in the top of the eighth on an RBI single by Maxx Tissenbaum. The Stags threatened in the bottom of the ninth, putting two runners on with two outs, but Stony Brook's G.C. Yerry was able to get out of the jam.
 
Josh Barry (1-0) notched the win while Yerry picked up the save, throwing 2.0 innings of relief. Rookie Andrew Gallagher was tagged with his first lost of the season.

Fairfield and Stony Brook each stranded 12 runners on the day.

The Stags return to action this weekend, April 28-29 when they host MAAC foe Canisius College in three game series at Alumni Diamond.