Baseball Rallies But Falls To San Diego State, 11-10

San Diego, Calif. – Stony Brook University’s baseball team pounded out 16 hits and nearly rallied from an 11-3 deficit with seven ninth-inning runs but it wasn’t enough as the San Diego State Aztecs held on for a 11-10 victory over the Seawolves on Monday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Stony Brook falls to 7-11 with the loss. Trailing 11-3 entering the ninth, the Seawolves almost rallied to send the game to extra-innings. Senior Chris Maier (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and freshman John Adornetto (Commack, N.Y.) started the rally with run-scoring singles that cut the Aztec lead to 11-5. Maier then scored on a wild pitch and senior Robert Dyer (Selden, N.Y.) followed with an RBI single. A sacrifice fly from freshman William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) made it 11-8 and senior Michael Stephan (Patchogue, N.Y.) then doubled to drive in Dyer and bring the tying run to the plate. The Aztecs brought in reliever John Pecoraro and freshman Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) promptly greeted him with a ru...