PIRATES FOILED ON ANOTHER LATE HOME RUN IN GAME ONE
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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall baseball team rallied late from a 3-0 deficit, but a ninth inning Creighton home run proved to be the difference in the Pirates' 4-3 loss in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.
With the Pirates trailing 3-0, Seton Hall's offense finally broke through in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out, Joe Poduslenko (Glen Mills, Pa.) doubled down the left field line. Sophomore Chris Villa (Staten Island, N.Y.) followed with a towering opposite-field home run, the first of his career, to cut the deficit to 3-2.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, The Hall drew even. Freshman Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) reached on an infield single to lead off. Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.) advanced him to second on a well-executed sacrifice bunt. Freshman Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) followed with an RBI single through the left side to tie the game at three.
Turning Point:
With one out in the top of the ninth inning, Creighton's Isaac Collins hit a solo home run over the right field fence off Pirate reliever Ryan Testani (Shelton, Conn.) to give the Bluejays a 4-3 advantage.
Inside the Numbers:
- Seton Hall starter Cullen Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) allowed two runs over four innings in a no decision.
- Poduslenko reached base twice with a double, a walk and a stolen base.
- Junior Matt Leon (Bethlehem, Pa.) allowed one unearned run over three hitless innings.
- Senior Jackson Martin (Collegeville, Pa.) reached base twice with a double and a walk.
- Testani took the loss. He allowed one run over two innings of relief.
- Seton Hall left six men on base, while Creighton left 10.
- This was the 10th game decided by two or fewer runs in the 15-game series between Seton Hall and Creighton.
- Today's relief appearance is the 59th of Testani's career, which ranks eighth in Seton Hall history.
- Today's relief appearance for Leon ties former Pirate Chris Noon for ninth place on the Seton Hall career list.
- Seton Hall falls to 3-12 all-time against Creighton.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Creighton (21-17, 10-2) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 8 1
SETON HALL (23-20, 6-8) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 5 2
WIN: David Gerber (3-7) LOSS: Ryan Testani (2-2) SAVE: Brennan Hammer (1)
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