STONY BROOK, N.Y. - College of Charleston baseball stayed hot with the bats in Saturday's 17-8 win over Stony Brook. The Cougars racked up 17 hits to score a new season-high for runs as they clinch the series win over the Seawolves. 

Stony Brook jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning against Cougars starter Aidan Hunter. Charleston's bats answered right away in the second as Luke Wood tied the game with an RBI double. Next man up was Dylan Johnson, the Cougars catcher pulled one over the left field wall for a two-run homer to take a 3-1 lead.

Charleston added on in the third through a two-RBI single by Luke Wood, making it a 6-1 game. In the fifth, Cole Mathis connected for his second homer of the season to make it 7-1. 

Stony Brook did not go down quietly, scoring three in the fifth to make it a 7-4 game. The Cougars answered right back in the sixth with a run and then five more in the seventh to go up 13-4. After the Seawolves made it a 13-8 game, Will Baumhofer capped off a three-run ninth with a two-run homer to make it 17-8. Davis Aiken pitched a quiet ninth to seal the win and clinch the series for the Cougars. 

Key Cougars

• Trotter Harlan went 4-for-6 with three RBI and a run scored. 
• Cole Mathis went 3-for-5 with a solo homer and scored four times.
• Luke Wood went 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored. 
• Dylan Johnson went 2-for-5 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored. 
• Aidan Hunter picked up the win on the mound, allowing two earned runs from six hits and three walks in six innings of work. 

Notes
Today's win over Stony Brook is career win number 400 for Charleston head coach Chad Holbrook. It is also win number 200 with Charleston for coach Holbrook. 

Up next
The Cougars and Seawolves will wrap up the series tomorrow at noon.