PIRATES LOOK TO WEATHER RED STORM THIS WEEKEND

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April 28 - 30, 2017
Queens, N.Y. - Jack Kaiser Stadium
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PREVIEW:
Seton Hall will return to action this weekend when it makes the short trip to Queens, N.Y. for a three-game series at St. John's. The first two games of the series will be carried on ESPN3. Game time on Friday is 3:00 p.m. Games on Saturday and Sunday will begin at 1:00 p.m.

The Pirates won their first BIG EAST Conference series of the season with a three-game sweep of Georgetown last weekend at Owen T. Carroll Field. The Pirates erupted for a total lf 26 runs and 35 hits over the weekend. The Hall defeated the Hoyas, 11-2, on Friday with Matt Toke going 3-for-4. On Saturday, the Pirates edged Georgetown, 5-4. On Sunday, Zach Prendergast allowed just one run and Al Molina went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in Seton Hall's 10-5 victory.

On Wednesday, The Hall defeated Saint Peter's, 11-0. Jackson Martin hit a two-run home run. Toke collected three hits.

SERIES INFORMATION:
Seton Hall and St. John's will resume their very long rivalry this weekend. St. John's owns a 65-57 all-time series lead. Last year, the teams met four times, three in the regular season at Owen T. Carroll Field, and once in the BIG EAST Championship. The Hall won two of the three regular season games, but the Red Storm defeated the Pirates, 4-1, in the tournament, ending their season. The last time Seton Hall went to Jack Kaiser Stadium (2015), St. John's won two of three games. The Pirates' lone win came in the finale, a 19-4 victory.

St. John's enters the weekend riding an eight-game win streak. Last weekend was their bye week from BIG EAST play and they won two games (one rainout) against Fairleigh Dickinson. Most recently, they lost to Princeton, 4-2, on Wednesday. Both the Pirates and Red Storm have played Butler. The Hall lost two of three games at Owen T. Carroll Field to the Bulldogs, while St. John's swept them in Indianapolis.

THINGS TO KNOW:
PIRATES BLANK SAINT PETER'S
Six Seton Hall pitchers combined to shut out Saint Peter's on Wednesday, 11-0. The Pirates used a six-run second inning to provide all the offense they would need. Matt Toke collected three hits for The Hall. Ryan Ramiz drove in three runs. Jackson Martin hit his second career home run.

21 STRAIGHT
In Seton Hall's 11-0 victory over Saint Peter's on Wednesday, Pirate pitching retired 21 straight batters at one point. After Chris Morris allowed a leadoff single in the second inning, he, combined with efforts by relievers Billy Layne, Jr., Andrew Politi, Matt Ponsiglione and Matt Leon sent down 21 consecutive Peacocks until Ryan Testani allowed a leadoff single to begin the ninth inning.

HALL SWEEPS HOYAS
Seton Hall earned a much needed sweep over Georgetown last weekend for its first BIG EAST series victory of the season. All three Pirate starters earned victories and the Seton Hall offense erupted for 26 runs and 35 hits over the three-games.

PRENDERGAST, TOKE NET HONOR ROLL
Senior Zach Prendergast and freshman Matt Toke were named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday. Prendergast allowed just one run over 6.1 innings with a career-high nine strikeouts against Georgetown on Sunday. Toke batted .455 last week and hit safely in all five games.

ESPN3 THIS WEEKEND
Seton Hall's games at St. John's on Friday and Saturday will be shown on ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN App. First pitch on Friday is 3:00 p.m. Be sure to tune in!

OFFENSIVE BURST
During Seton Hall's current six-game win streak, the Pirates have recorded at least 10 hits each game and have averaged 11.2 runs. The Hall's team batting average has jumped 10 points from .246 to .256 over that span.

400TH WIN
Seton Hall's victory over Georgetown on April 22 was the 400th BIG EAST Conference victory in program history. In 28+ years, the Pirates are 401-328-2.

CLIMBING STARTS LIST
The starts this weekend for both senior Zach Prendergast and junior Shane McCarthy will be the 35th of their respective careers. They will tie former Pirate Charlie Puleo for eighth place on the Seton Hall all-time starts list. Jon Prosinski's 57 starts are the most in Pirate history.

MOVING UP APPEARANCE LIST
Senior Ryan Testani currently has 56 career relief appearances and ranks ninth in Seton Hall history. Junior Matt Leon has 55 career relief appearances, which ranks him 10th all-time. George Fernandez has the Pirate record with 90 career relief appearances.

DADONA WINS IT
Seton Hall completed a two-game sweep of the mini home-and-home series with Rutgers on Wednesday. Rob Dadona hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning to give The Hall a 10-9 victory. Matt Toke reached base four times. Tyler Shedler-McAvoy went 3-for-6 with a three-run triple.

COMEBACK KIDS
Seton Hall rallied from a deficit three times in Wednesday's game vs. Rutgers. They trailed 4-0, making this the first time since April 12, 2016, also against Rutgers, that the Hall has rallied from a four-run deficit to win. Down 9-7 in the bottom of the ninth, the Pirates scratched across two runs to force extra innings.

Pitching match-ups
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[catholicman]

Down 3 runs in the bottom of the first to the redstorm

 

[catholicman]

McCarthy have a rough go in the early innings.

 

[Halldan1]

He's had a brutal season. He was supposed to be the best pitcher in the league.

 

[Vegas pj]

Looks like SJU countered with maybe the best pitcher this year, certainly there's.

 

[Halldan1]

I guess the only good news is he will most likely have to come back. Can't see him going pro after the season he just had.

 

[Vegas pj]

I guess the only good news is he will most likely have to come back. Can't see him going pro after the season he just had.

The silver lining with the seasons he's having.

 

[NYC Pirate]

All kidding aside he s having a nightmare season. They have to figure out what's wrong with his pitching mechanics by next Spring. Maybe they should shut him down or put him
In the bullpen for the rest of this season.

 

[Halldan1]

Yeah, I don't know why they keep parading him out to start series in the conference. He's putting us behind the eight ball most every Friday.

 

[NYC Pirate]

The kid has huge legs but they can't get him to be the power pitcher he should be.

 

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PIRATES DROP ST. JOHN'S SERIES OPENER
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QUEENS, N.Y. – Senior Mike Caputo (Morganville, N.J.) went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, but the Seton Hall baseball team fell at St. John's, 9-2, on Friday.

St. John's got to Seton Hall starter Shane McCarthy (Fair Haven, N.J.) right away, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning. With the bases loaded, Josh Shaw hit a two-out, bases-clearing double to left field to give the Red Storm at 3-0 lead.

Trailing 4-0, the Pirates appeared poised to cut into the Red Storm lead in the top of the third, but they left the bases loaded.

In the bottom of the third inning, St. John's offense went right back to work, erupting for four more runs, aided by a pair of Seton Hall errors. When the smoke cleared, the Red Storm had a commanding 8-0 advantage.

Inside the Numbers:

• Senior Jackson Martin (Collegeville, Pa.) went 2-for-4 with a double.
• Sophomore Sebastiano Santorelli (Staten Island, N.Y.) had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning.
• McCarthy allowed five earned runs over five innings.
• Freshman Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) allowed one run over a career-high three innings pitched.
• Both teams left nine men on base.

News & Notes:

• McCarthy's start today is the 35th of his career, which ties him with former Pirate Charlie Puleo for eighth place on Seton Hall's career list.
• Toke has now hit safely in eight consecutive games. It's the longest current streak on the team.
• Seton Hall falls to 57-66 all-time against St. John's.

Next Up:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its three-game series in Queens, N.Y. against St. John's. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

LINE SCORE

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

SETON HALL (22-17, 5-5) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 4
St. John's (30-6, 5-2) 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 X 9 13 0

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