Seton Hall's final home weekend of the season will see the BIG EAST's top two teams
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - A pivotal stretch will wrap up the regular season for the Seton Hall baseball team and it begins this weekend when the Pirates welcome BIG EAST rival Creighton to Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field for a four-game series starting on Friday, May 14, at 3 p.m.
Seton Hall will honor 15 seniors -- 13 players and two managers -- after Sunday game as part of Senior Day.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
The department will allow two parents or guardians of each Seton Hall student-athlete to attend an outdoor competition that is hosted on campus, including games at Owen T. Carroll Field for men's and women's soccer, Mike Sheppard Sr. Stadium for baseball and Mike Sheppard Sr. Field for softball.
Unfortunately, due to capacity limits, this policy does not apply towards parents or guardians of members of the opposing team or members of the general public.
PROJECTED STARTERS (subject to change)
Friday -
RHP Ryan McLinskey (4-0, 2.00 ERA) - Live Stream | Live Stats
Saturday (DH) -
RHP David Festa (5-2, 1.81 ERA);
LHP Joe Cinnella (3-2, 2.45 ERA) - Live Stream Game 1 | Live Stream Game 2 | Live Stats
Sunday -
LHP Tyler Burnham (3-4, 3.70 ERA) - Live Stream | Live Stats
NEWS & NOTES
- The Bluejays (11-2 BIG EAST, .846) and the Pirates (14-5 BIG EAST, .737) rank first and second in the BIG EAST, respectively.
- Creighton and Seton Hall were picked to finish second and third, respectively, in the BIG EAST preseason poll behind Connecticut.
- Seton Hall's 14 BIG EAST wins are the most in the conference.
- The Pirates are coming off of a split with Xavier last weekend where senior Tyler-Shedler McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) hit two key home runs in the two wins and was later named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
- Senior Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) leads the BIG EAST and ranks fourth in the country with 24 stolen bases.
- As a team, the Pirates lead the BIG EAST and rank 27th in the nation with 66 stolen bases.
- Huntzinger (24), Shedler-McAvoy (14) and redshirt freshman Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.) each rank in the top three in the conference stolen bags.
- Gale leads The Hall with a .422 batting average in conference play (min. 15 games).
- Graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) has stayed hot after being named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll two weeks ago when he hit .467 (7-for-15) with two doubles, five RBI and three runs scored while playing stellar defense at first base against the Georgetown.
- Toke -- a unanimous selection on the Preseason All-BIG EAST squad -- is hitting .385 in conference games with 15 RBI.
- Graduate student Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) battled back from an offseason injury and has returned earlier than expected to hit .340 in BIG EAST play.
- Seton Hall ranks in the top three in the BIG EAST in hitting (3rd, .273), pitching (1st, 3.87 ERA) and fielding (2nd, .972).