Hill Homers Twice as Pirates Split Day Two of Sun Devil/GCU Classic - Seton Hall University Athletics
Phoenix, Ariz. – Taylor Hill (Little Falls, N.J.) hit a pair of home runs and Kelsey Carr (Ridgewood, N.Y.) added a long ball of her own as the Set...
Phoenix, Ariz. – Taylor Hill (Little Falls, N.J.) hit a pair of home runs and Kelsey Carr (Ridgewood, N.Y.) added a long ball of her own as the Seton Hall softball team took down New Mexico State, 4-2, in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at the Sun Devil/GCU Classic. The Pirates would fall in game two of the day to Grand Canyon, 3-0.
Game 1: Seton Hall 4, New Mexico State 2
How it Happened
- Seton Hall got the bats working early, as back-to-back home runs from Hill and Carr put the Pirates up 2-0 in the first inning.
- The Pirates tacked on another run in the third inning, as Lela Allen (Phoenix, Ariz.) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it a 3-0 game.
- Kyra Kreuscher (Great River, N.Y.) was cruising in the circle to start off the game, allowing just two hits over her first five innings of work.
- Hill added more insurance in the fifth inning by launching her second home run of the game.
- The Aggies put two runs on the board in the sixth to cut the deficit in half, but Kreuscher was able to slam the door shut with a scoreless seventh to seal the win.
- Hill's two-homer game was the second of her career. It was also the second straight season in which her first two home runs of the season came in the same game.
- This was Hill's third multi-hit game of the season so far.
- Carr's home run was her first of the season after she hit 13 last season.
- Kreuscher pitched all seven innings and improved to 2-0 on the season.
How it Happened
- The Pirates put a runner in scoring position in the top of the first as Carr singled and later advanced to second, but The Hall was unable to score.
- The Lopes snagged the lead in the second inning on an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead.
- An RBI groundout and a fielder's choice in the fifth inning grew Grand Canyon's lead to 3-0.
- Carr got aboard to leadoff the seventh as the Pirates tried to mount a late comeback, but a double play thwarted that attempt.
- Babik posted another solid outing in the circle despite the loss, firing six innings and allowing just two earned runs.
- Carr has now collected hits in each of her last three games.
The Pirates wrap up their weekend in Arizona on Sunday morning as they face Utah Valley at 11 a.m. back on Arizona State's campus.
