Pirates Head To St. John's For Four-Game Series - Seton Hall University Athletics
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
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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
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).