Dana, Fortin Key Pirates Shutout of St. John's

Saturday, April 29

Queens, NY

1:00 PM

Seton Hall University

23-17, 6-5

St. John's

30-7, 5-3

Seton Hall

St. John's

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St. John's

L, 1-2

Apr 30 (Sun)

1:00 PM

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Dana, Cullen (4-3)

L: BELGE, Jeff (3-2)

Seton Hall

Batting:

2B: Fortin, Matt 2

HR: Poduslenko, Joe 1

RBI: Poduslenko, Joe 2 ; Fortin, Matt 3 ; Toke, Matt 1

SH: Villa, Chris 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Ramiz, Ryan 1 ; Poduslenko, Joe 3 ; Molina, Al 1 ; Fortin, Matt 1

SB: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1

CS: Martin, Jackson 2

HBP: Toke, Matt 1

St. John's

Batting:

2B: DONADIO, Michael 1

Base Running:

SB: VALENTE, John 1

CS: BERARDI, Jesse 1

HBP: VALENTE, John 1

4/29/2017 7:48:00 PM | Baseball

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QUEENS, N.Y. – Sophomore Cullen Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) tossed seven scoreless innings and senior Matt Fortin (Nashua, N.H.) drove in three runs as the Seton Hall baseball team shut out St. John's, 7-0, on Saturday.

Through the first five innings, Dana and St. John's Jeff Belge were locked in a pitchers' duel. The starting pitchers gave up a combined three hits as both offenses struggled to get started.

The Pirates finally broke through offensively with some clutch two-out hitting in the top of the sixth inning. With two outs and runners on second and third base, Fortin doubled to left field to drive in the first two runs of the game. Freshman Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) followed by muscling a single up the middle to score Fortin and give The Hall a 3-0 advantage.

Fortin's second double of the game knocked in Joe Poduslenko (Glen Mills, Pa.) two batters into the top of the eighth inning to extend The Hall's lead to 4-0.

The Pirates scored three more insurance runs in the top of the ninth, two of which came on a two-run home run by Poduslenko, his team-leading sixth of the season.

Inside the Numbers:

Dana allowed no runs and only four hits over seven innings to earn the victory. He struck out eight batters and walked only two.
Fortin had a team-high three hits, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs and a run scored.
Poduslenko went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBIs and three runs scored.
Junior Matt Leon (Bethlehem, Pa.) didn't allow a run over 1.1 innings of relief.
Junior Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) went 2-for-5 with a run scored.
Senior Ryan Testani (Shelton, Conn.) recorded the last two outs of the game, including one strikeout.
Seton Hall left eight men on base, while St. John's left nine.

News & Notes:

It's the 20^th time this season the Pirates have recorded at least 10 hits.
Today's relief appearance was the 57^th of Testani's career, which moves him into a tie for eighth place on Seton Hall's career list with former Pirate Chris Noonan.
The Pirates improve to 7-5 on the road this season.
Seton Hall improves to 2-3 on the season against nationally-ranked teams.
The Hall improves to 17-1 when leading after seven innings.
Toke has now hit safely in nine consecutive games. It's the longest current streak on the team.
Seton Hall improves to 9-1 when it commits fewer errors than its opponent.
Seton Hall improves to 58-66 all-time against the Red Storm.

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