Four-Run Eighth Lifts Pirates To 8-7 Win Over Cal Poly - Seton Hall University Athletics
A four-run eighth inning propelled the Seton Hall baseball team to an 8-7 victory in the final game of its four-game series against Cal Poly on Sunday aftern...
Baseball vs Cal Poly on 3/2/2025 - Box Score - Seton Hall University Athletics
The official box score of Baseball vs Cal Poly on 3/2/2025
San Luis Obispo, Calif. — A four-run eighth inning propelled the Seton Hall baseball team to an 8-7 victory in the final game of its four-game series against Cal Poly on Sunday afternoon.
John Downing earned the win for the Pirates, improving to 2-0 on the season, after allowing just three hits and two earned runs in 4.1 innings of relief. Marco Ali drove in two runs and Aiden Robbins went 3-for-4 with a two-run, go-ahead home running that gave The Hall the lead in the eighth inning.
How It Happened
Starter Cole Hansen worked around trouble in the bottom of the first inning and successfully retired the side in the second. In the top of the third, the Pirates got on the scoreboard on an RBI single from Ali that scored Magnus Krieger and moved AJ Soldra from second base to third. During the next at-bat, a wild pitch allowed Soldra to score and it gave Seton Hall a 2-0 lead.
Hansen induced a double play that helped end the third inning but the Mustangs posted a crooked number in the fourth inning with four runs that put them in front, 4-2. An RBI groundout from Ali cut the deficit to one, 4-3, in the top of the fifth before a pinch hit RBI single off the bat of Nick Ferri in the top of the sixth tied up the score at 4-4.
After Downing tossed a scoreless home of the sixth, Cal Poly jumped back in front in the seventh with two runs that made it a 6-4 ballgame. The Pirates then staged a two-out rally in the eighth inning. Krieger started things off a triple to center field before scoring on a fielding error by the third baseman that kept the inning alive. Another Cal Poly error allowed Soldra to score after an infield single from Ali, putting the score at 6-6. That's when Robbins stepped to the dish and launched a two-run homer to left field that gave Seton Hall the lead for good.
Despite a run in the bottom of the ninth that made it a one-run game, Downing was able to close the door on the Mustangs, including a force out at second base to end the game.
