Baseball Crushes Fairleigh Dickinson, 13-0
4/6/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - The Seton Hall baseball team pounded 15 hits and scored 13 runs as they defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 13-0, Wednesday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field. The win improves their 2011 overall record to an even .500 at 13-13.
Ryan Sullivan (Stony Point, N.Y.) highlighted a four run bottom of the first inning with a two-run inside-the-park home run to right center field. Zack Granite (Staten Island, N.Y.) led off the frame with a bunt single down the third base line and stole second base. Mike Genovese (Livingston, N.J.) drew a walk before Dale Anderson (Alberta, Canada) hit a one-out RBI single to give the Hall a, 1-0, lead. Giuseppe Papaccio (Nutley, N.J.) scored Genovese from third base on a sacrifice fly, and Sullivan followed with his second home run of the season scoring Anderson from first and using his speed to beat a relay throw to home plate from second base.
A.J. Rusbarsky (Freehold, N.J.) put Seton Hall ahead, 5-0, two innings later with an RBI single and later scored along with Papaccio on a fielding error by FDU second baseman Mike Eliasen.
The scored remained, 7-0, until the bottom of the sixth when the Pirates added five more runs to their total. The scoring started when Knights' pitcher Jeff Murawski was called for a balk with runners on first and third. Dillon Hamlin (Colts Neck, N.J.) and pinch-hitter Scott Kalamar (Bethlehem, Pa.) followed with back-to-back run scoring doubles, then Mike Betz (Mine-Hill, N.J.) drove in two runs with a single through the right side of the infield.
The Pirates pitching staff of Greg Terhune (Washington, N.J.), Rick Mangione (Orange, Conn.), Ed Ras (Millstone Township, N.J.), and Genovese shut down the FDU offense combining to allow only five hits and one walk while striking out nine. Terhune (2-3) picked up the win with a five inning start striking out five.
D.J. Robinson (0-1) suffered the loss yielding five earned runs on 10 hits in five innings of work.
Anderson finished the game 3-for-6 with two runs scored and one RBI, while Rusbarsky went 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs scored, and one RBI to lead the Pirates. In addition, Genovese recorded two hits, two walks, and a run scored, while Hamlin ended with two hits, two RBI, and a run scored.
The Pirates return to action Friday when they begin a three-game set with conference rival St. John's. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
