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Pirates Head To St. John's For Four-Game Series

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The Hall has won eight of its last 10 games and is off to a 6-1 start in conference play​


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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - The Seton Hall baseball team continues BIG EAST play this weekend when they travel across the Hudson and East Rivers for a four-game series against St. John's from April 23-25.

PROJECTED STARTERS (subject to change)
Friday at 3 p.m. - RHP Ryan McLinksey (2-0, 2.36 ERA) vs. LHP Nick Mondak (3-2, 2.06 ERA) Live Stats | Live Stream
Saturday (Doubleheader) at 12 p.m. - RHP Chris Shine (2-1, 1.37) vs. RHP Ian Murphy (2-2, 3.72 ERA); LHP Tyler Burnham (2-3, 4.44) vs. RHP Brian Hendry (1-1, 4.56 ERA) Live Stats | Live Stream
Sunday at 1 p.m. - RHP David Festa (2-2, 2.29 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Roche (0-1, 5.68 ERA) Live Stats

NEWS & NOTES
  • The Pirates have won eight of their last 10 games and they own the most conference victories (6) in the BIG EAST.
  • Sophomore Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) is coming off of winning BIG EAST Player of the Week after hitting .462 with three RBI and two multi-hit games in a sweep of Villanova.
  • Freshman Zane Probst (Mill Hall, Pa.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for his strong work out of the bullpen where he allowed only one base runner in 2.1 high stress innings over two appearances.
  • Seton Hall has had players named conference player of the week in back-to-back weeks with Hack and Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.), who hit .462 (6-for-13) with a home run, three doubles, six RBI and four runs scored in a series win over Butler two weeks ago.
  • Senior Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) leads the BIG EAST and is tied for sixth in the nation with 20 stolen bases.
  • The Pirates are 5-1 in games that senior Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) has started.
  • Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) ranks in a tie for third on the program's all-time triples list with 14, six three baggers shy of tying Craig Biggio's program record of 18 triples.
  • Shedler-McAvoy was voted BIG EAST Preseason Co-Player of the Year by the league's coaches.
  • Joining him as a unanimous selection on the Preseason All-BIG EAST squad was graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.).
  • Seton Hall ranks in the top three in the BIG EAST in hitting (3rd, .258), pitching (2nd, 4.16 ERA) and fielding (3rd, .973).
 

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Sheehan’s Late Home Run Not Enough Against St. John’s, 5-4​

The loss snaps a four-game winning streak for the Pirates​


QUEENS, N.Y. – Despite a pinch hit, go-ahead two-run home run off the bat of senior Collin Sheehan (Doylestown, Pa.) that gave the Seton Hall baseball team the lead in the eighth inning, the Pirates could not keep St. John's away late as the Red Storm took game one of a four-game series, 5-4, in extra innings.

Senior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Sheehan's two-run blast was his first at Seton Hall (13-14, 6-2 BIG EAST).

Starter Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) allowed two runs and struck out six in five innings of work. Freshman Zane Probst (Mill Hall, Pa.) – who was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll this past week – tossed another scoreless inning of relief and has only allowed two hits and no runs through the first 8.1 innings of his career.

How It Happened:

In the top of the first, sophomore Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) continued his hot hitting with a single to left center and he advanced to second on a throwing error by the left fielder. With two outs, graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) took an inside pitch and dropped it into left field for a single as Hack came around to score, giving Seton Hall an early 1-0 lead.

McLinskey worked a clean home half of the first and Hood led off the top of the second getting hit by a pitch. Junior David Haberman (Morristown, N.J.) then executed a sacrifice bunt that was pushed up the first base line and moved Hood to second base. A base hit off the bat of junior Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) advanced Hood to third before sophomore Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.) sent him home for the Pirates' second run on a deep sac fly to center field.

After McLinskey worked out of a jam in the third inning, St. John's pushed runs across in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the score up at 2-2. Seton Hall would put a runner on in the sixth and two runners on the seventh but couldn't muster run as the Red Storm was able to pull ahead by scoring a run on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the seventh that made it 3-2.

The Pirates would respond though in the eighth. With two outs, Hood recorded his second hit of the day with a single up the middle. Sheehan then stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter and turned on a 1-1 offering to right center field that cleared the wall with plenty to spare, putting the Pirates ahead, 4-3.

St. John's fought back again as they tied up the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning and would eventually prevail in the 11th inning with an RBI double.

Up Next:

The Pirates and the Red Storm will square off again tomorrow with a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.
 

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Offense Powers Seton Hall To Doubleheader Sweep Of St. John’s​

Pirates will look to clinch the series tomorrow​


QUEENS, N.Y. – A 30-run outburst over two games propelled the Seton Hall baseball team to a sweep of a doubleheader against St. John's on Saturday.

The Pirates (15-14, 8-2 BIG EAST) took game one, 11-1, and game two, 19-4. Junior David Festa (Verona, N.J.) earned the win on the mound in game one where he didn't allow an earned run in 5.1 innings of work and junior Joe Cinnella (Mahwah, N.J.) picked up the winning decision in the second game where he tossed three innings of scoreless relief.

Junior Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) came in as a substitute in the first game and finished the day with six runs batted in, a home run and four runs scored over the two games. Junior Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) went 5-for-9 with five doubles and five RBI while senior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) went 3-for-6 with five RBI and a home run. Junior Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) added a long ball in the first game, his second of the season.


How It Happened:

In game one, after Festa registered two strikeouts in the bottom of the first, the Pirates scored first for the fifth time over the last six games in the top of the second. Graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) led off the frame with a walk on a 3-2 count before moving to second base on sacrifice bunt by classmate Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.). Toke would go on to score the game's first run as senior Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) sent him home on a single up the middle.

Seton Hall extended its lead in the top of the fifth. Huntzinger got the scoring started with an RBI double down the left field line that plated sophomore Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.). Sophomore Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) was the next batter and, with one out, dragged a bunt up the third base line. The St. John's third baseman's errant throw went into the dirt and got away and Huntzinger came around to score from second, giving Seton Hall a 2-0 advantage. With Hack on second base, Dana lifted his fourth home run of the season and the 21st of his career over the left field wall that made it 4-0 Pirates.

St. John's would respond with a run in the home half of the fifth that made it 4-1 but the Pirate offense continued its clutch hitting with two outs in the bottom half. With Gale and Grober on second and third, respectively, with two outs, Huntzinger delivered again his second double of the game that cleared the bases. Seton Hall poured it on in the top of the seventh thanks to back-to-back home runs by Clyde – a three-run blast – and Grober, both of which came with two outs.

Freshman Drew Conover (Pittstown, N.J.) – who didn't allow a hit in 1.2 innings of relief – finished the 11-1 victory for The Hall.

Game two was more of the same for the Seton Hall offense but the Pirates first needed to dig out of a hole. St. John's put three runs on the board in the bottom of the first. Cinnella came on in relief and retired the side in the second that kept it a 3-0 game before The Hall put together a response in the top of the third.

With two on and one out, Huntzinger found the left field line again as he knocked in Gale and Clyde on a bases clearing double. After Huntzinger stole third, Hack evened up the score at 3-3 on a sacrifice fly. The Pirates took the lead in the fourth where they pushed across five runs, including RBI singles by Gale, Dana and Toke.

The Hall added to its lead in the top of the sixth as Dana drove in a run on an RBI and one-run singles off the bats of Toke and Grober made it 11-3 in favor of the Pirates. Despite a St. John's run in the home half of the sixth, The Hall continued to pour it on in the top of the seventh where eight runs came across, producing the final score of 19-4.

Up Next:

The four-game set between Seton Hall and St. John's will conclude tomorrow at 1 p.m.
 
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Pirates Drop Series Finale at St. John’s, 4-2​


Seton Hall is scheduled to play five games on campus this week​


QUEENS, N.Y. – Despite a solid start from senior Tyler Burnham (East Brunswick, N.J.), the Seton Hall baseball team settled for a split in the four-game series against St. John's as the Red Storm topped the Pirates, 4-2, on Sunday.

Burnham struck out six, allowed only three hits and didn't give up a run in four innings of work for The Hall (15-15, 8-3 BIG EAST). Junior Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) continued his strong play by reaching base in three of his four plate appearances and driving in a run on an RBI single.

How It Happened:

The Pirates put runners on in the first three innings and two runners on in the sixth and seventh innings but couldn't muster a run. Meanwhile, Burnham and junior Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) kept the St. John's bats at bay through six and half innings of play.

It was in the bottom of the seventh where the Red Storm pushed four runs across to take a 4-0 lead. The Hall would battle back though the very next inning.

Senior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) led off the top of the eighth on a single through the left side. With one out, junior Justin Scotto (Tinton Falls, N.J.) was hit by a pitch and both him and Dana moved into scoring following a groundout to first base by junior Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.).

Senior Collin Sheehan (Doylestown, Pa.) was the next batter and he drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch that was in the dirt and got past the catcher. Heads up base running by Dana gave the Pirates their first run of the game. Clyde followed Sheehan with a single to center field – his seventh RBI of the series – that Scotto scored on easily from third base, cutting the Seton Hall deficit to two, 4-2.

A walk drawn by senior Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) in the top of the ninth inning but it wouldn't be enough as St. John's was able to claim the series finale.

Up Next:

After two weeks away from the friendly confines of Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field, Seton Hall will return home this week to face Lafayette in a midweek game on Wednesday at 4 p.m. and a four-game BIG EAST series against Georgetown beginning on Friday, April 30.
 
You just cannot outscore a team 34 to 14 and split 4 games.

This Pirate edition loses far too many nail biters. If this season is going to have some kind of happy ending that must change.
 
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You just cannot outscore a team 34 to 14 and split 4 games.

This Pirate edition loses far too many nail biters. If this season is going to have some kind of happy ending that must change.
Is it time for a coaching change? Not so much because of this weekend, but due to the team's performance over the past 5 to 7 years.
 
You just cannot outscore a team 34 to 14 and split 4 games.

This Pirate edition loses far too many nail biters. If this season is going to have some kind of happy ending that must change.

The good news is they can still make the NCAA Tournament by winning the BigEast Tournament. The bad news is they are flawed in every single area. The BigEast as a whole is doing an awful job of maintaining baseball as a significant sport. SJU losing Blankmeyer was a huge blow. Creighton runs a solid program.

Baseball in the Northeast is in trouble.
 
The good news is they can still make the NCAA Tournament by winning the BigEast Tournament. The bad news is they are flawed in every single area. The BigEast as a whole is doing an awful job of maintaining baseball as a significant sport. SJU losing Blankmeyer was a huge blow. Creighton runs a solid program.

Baseball in the Northeast is in trouble.
I think baseball in general is in big trouble.
 
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Ya mean this

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As always, Go Pirates! :)
 
I was a very young little boy and I remember exactly where I was (grandmother's) when the ball went over Yogi's head.
 
Maz was my first solid sports memory. I was home with my 90 yr old great aunt. Maz hit it, I ran around the house celebrating the nyy loss. My aunt thought I had lost my mind.
 
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