Tuesday, March 6
Kissimmee, Fla.
3:00 p.m.
Seton Hall University
5-5
10
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Central Michigan
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Central Michigan
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Seton Hall
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Balanced Effort Lifts Pirates Over Chippewas, 10-4
3/6/2018 7:23:00 PM | Baseball
KISSIMMEE, FLA. – Four players drove in at least two runs as the Seton Hall baseball team used a balanced effort to defeat Central Michigan, 10-4, on Tuesday.
Senior Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) led the Pirates with three RBIs. Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.), Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) and Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) all drove in a pair of runs.
The Pirates utilized seven pitchers on a "staff" day, and they were able to hold the Chippewas to just four runs. Seton Hall starter Tyler Burnham (East Brunswick, N.J.) picked up the win.
Turning Point:
Seton Hall wasted little time in getting runs on the board. In the bottom of the first with one out, Molina walked, and moved to second on a wild pitch. With two outs, Toke drove a hard single to center field, which scored Molina with the game's first run. Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) followed with a triple into the right field corner to give The Hall a 2-0 lead.
Central Michigan cut the lead in half in the top of the third inning, but the patient Pirates' offense went right back to work in the bottom half of the inning. In addition to a single by Santorelli, and an error on a sacrifice bunt that allowed Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) to reach base, Seton Hall hitters drew four walks in the inning, the latter two forced in runs with the bases loaded. A sacrifice fly by Del Castillo also drove in a run. When the dust settled, the Pirates had a 5-1 advantage.
Back-to-back doubles by Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) and Toke with two outs in the bottom of the sixth plated the Pirates' sixth run.
The first four Chippewas reached base in the top of the seventh inning against Pirate reliever Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.). Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) entered with the bases loaded and no outs, but was able to induce a ground ball double-play and record a strikeout to limit Central Michigan to just two runs. In the bottom of the inning, the Pirates pulled away again with the offense erupting for four runs on four hits. The big blow was a one-out double by Molina over the head of the left fielder, which drove in two runs and extended the Pirates' lead to 10-4.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, March 9 when it begins a three-game series at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Senior Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) led the Pirates with three RBIs. Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.), Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) and Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) all drove in a pair of runs.
The Pirates utilized seven pitchers on a "staff" day, and they were able to hold the Chippewas to just four runs. Seton Hall starter Tyler Burnham (East Brunswick, N.J.) picked up the win.
Turning Point:
Seton Hall wasted little time in getting runs on the board. In the bottom of the first with one out, Molina walked, and moved to second on a wild pitch. With two outs, Toke drove a hard single to center field, which scored Molina with the game's first run. Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) followed with a triple into the right field corner to give The Hall a 2-0 lead.
Central Michigan cut the lead in half in the top of the third inning, but the patient Pirates' offense went right back to work in the bottom half of the inning. In addition to a single by Santorelli, and an error on a sacrifice bunt that allowed Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) to reach base, Seton Hall hitters drew four walks in the inning, the latter two forced in runs with the bases loaded. A sacrifice fly by Del Castillo also drove in a run. When the dust settled, the Pirates had a 5-1 advantage.
Back-to-back doubles by Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) and Toke with two outs in the bottom of the sixth plated the Pirates' sixth run.
The first four Chippewas reached base in the top of the seventh inning against Pirate reliever Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.). Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) entered with the bases loaded and no outs, but was able to induce a ground ball double-play and record a strikeout to limit Central Michigan to just two runs. In the bottom of the inning, the Pirates pulled away again with the offense erupting for four runs on four hits. The big blow was a one-out double by Molina over the head of the left fielder, which drove in two runs and extended the Pirates' lead to 10-4.
Inside the Numbers:
- Molina reached base four times, going 1-for-2 with a double, a run scored, three RBIs and three walks.
- Toke went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored.
- Dadona went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and two RBIs.
- Del Castillo drove in two runs, scored one and had a sacrifice fly.
- Junior Dylan Verdonk (Losser, Netherlands) made his season debut with a perfect inning of relief.
- Junior Billy Layne, Jr. (Cliffwood Beach, N.J.) tossed two scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with one strikeout.
- Sawyer pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with one strikeout.
- Senior Matt Leon (Bethlehem, Pa.) tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
- Seton Hall had 10 hits, while Central Michigan had six. Both teams committed one error.
- Seton Hall left nine men on base, while Central Michigan left seven.
- Central Michigan's Zach Kohn took the loss. He allowed five runs over 2.2 innings.
- The victory improves the Pirates to 5-5 on the young season, while Central Michigan falls to 2-9-1. It's the first time this year that The Hall has reached .500.
- This was the first-ever meeting between Seton Hall and Central Michigan.
- This was Seton Hall's first midweek game of the season.
- Seton Hall's Matt Toke was named BIG EAST Player of the Week earlier today, while Ricky DeVito was added to the Weekly Honor Roll for a second straight week.
- Mid-game Alescio was named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List.
- Today was the fifth time this season that the Pirates have reached double-figures in hits.
- Today's game was the first career start for freshman Tyler Burnham.
- Toke has recorded a hit in 19 of his last 21 games, stretching back to the end of last season.
- Seton Hall has now drawn at least eight walks in four straight games after drawing no more than four in the season's first six games.
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, March 9 when it begins a three-game series at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
| WINNING PITCHER | LOSING PITCHER | ||
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TYLER BURNHAM (1-0) 2.0 IP, 1 R |
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ZACH KOHN (0-1) |
| LINE SCORE | ||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Central Michigan. (2-9-1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| SETON HALL (5-5) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 | 10 | 1 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Burnham, Tyler (1-0)
L: KOHN, Zach (0-1)
Batting:
2B: ROBINSON, Daniel 1
RBI: ROLLIN, Chase 1 ; SULLIVAN, Jason 1 ; CRUM, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SULLIVAN, Jason 1 ; COLE, David 1 ; ADAMS, Reed 1 ; CLEVELAND, Blake 1
SB: COLE, David 1
HBP: SULLIVAN, Jason 1 ; HEEKE, Zach 1
Batting:
2B: Molina, Al 1 ; Alescio, Mike 1 ; Toke, Matt 1
3B: Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Dana, Casey 1
RBI: Dadona, Rob 2 ; Molina, Al 3 ; Toke, Matt 2 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 2
SH: Dana, Casey 1
SF: Del Castillo, Christian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dadona, Rob 1 ; Molina, Al 1 ; Alescio, Mike 1 ; Toke, Matt 2 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Dana, Casey 2 ; Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Ramiz, Ryan 1
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