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022016-Stack-SJU
1
St. John's SJU 0-2
16
Winner UNCW UNCW 2-0
St. John's SJU
0-2
1
Final
16
UNCW UNCW
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. John's SJU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
UNCW UNCW 1 1 6 5 0 0 3 0 X 16 17 2

W: Royalty, Alex (1-0) L: MAGEE, Kevin (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

Diamond Hawks Slug Their Way Past Red Storm


WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW exploded for six runs in the third inning and five more in the fourth to break open a one-run game as the Seahawks surged past St. John's, 16-1, on Saturday at Brooks Field.

The Seahawks ran their record to 2-0 on the young season with the win while the Red Storm dipped to 0-2.

Freshman Starter Alex Royalty (1-0) held SJU to a run, unearned, on a hit and a walk over his five innings of work.

Kevin MaGee (0-1), meanwhile, was saddled with the loss, allowing eight runs, six earned, on 10 hits in 2.1 innings.

Gavin Stupienski knocked in three runs on the strength of a double and triple while Stack, who finished with two hits, slammed his first career homer to highlight the UNCW fourth inning.
 
Adding a game-high three hits was Robbie Thorburn, who has six hits combined in the first two games of the season. Kennard McDowell knocked in three runs, including two with a single in the third.

Up next: The Seahawks close out the Buffalo Wild Wings Battle at the Beach on Sunday with a 2 p.m. start against Richmond (2-0).

How it happened: UNCW sent 10 batters to the plate in the third inning as UNCW built an 8-1 lead. Back-to-back doubles from Stupienski and Nick Feight opened the scoring which concluded with a 2-run single by McDowell.

Home Runs: UNCW: Stack (fourth inning, one on, one out, off Galazin)

Inside the box score: UNCW went 10-for-19 with RISP and 15-for-28 with runners on base … Thorburn had the game's lone 2-out RBI with a single in the second inning … Seahawk pitchers combined to hold the Red Storm hitless with RISP (0-8) and runners on base (0-13) … Royalty recorded 10 ground ball outs for UNCW.

Notes: UNCW's 31 runs through two games are the most since 2006 when it opened with 19-2 and 18-0 wins over UMES … UNCW improved to 5-3 all-time against St. John's … Seahawk pitchers combined for 14 ground ball outs … Jared Gesell made his season debut and struck out the side in the ninth … UNCW has batted around the order three times in two games … UNCW used five pitchers for the second time in as many games.

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