Seton Hall University
28-20, 10-8
Villanova
13-30, 4-11
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Prendergast, Zach (7-2)
L: Ryan Doty (2-6)
Batting:
2B: Alescio, Mike 1 ; Martin, Jackson 1
RBI: Toke, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Martin, Jackson 1
SB: Ramiz, Ryan 1
Batting:
SH: John Fabriziani 1
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
ZACH PRENDERGAST TOSSES NO-HITTER VS. VILLANOVA
5/14/2017 5:11:00 PM | Baseball
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA – Senior Zach Prendergast (Horsham, Pa.) pitched a no-hitter, and pitched to just one batter over the minimum as the Seton Hall baseball team defeated Villanova, 1-0, to clinch a berth in the 2017 BIG EAST Championship, presented by Jeep.
The victory ensures that the Pirates will make their seventh straight appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament. The top four teams in the BIG EAST Conference qualify for the event and the bottom three teams, Villanova, Butler and Georgetown, can no longer catch The Hall in the standings.
Prendergast was absolutely brilliant for the Pirates needing only 82 pitches to achieve the rare feat. He struck out a career-high 10 batters and was only a sixth-inning Pirate error away from a perfect game.
Seton Hall used some good two-out hitting to plate the game's only run in the top of the third inning. Senior Jackson Martin (Collegeville, Pa.) led off the inning with a double down the right field line, and advanced to third on a fly out by Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.). With two outs, freshman Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) hit a bloop single past the second baseman to score Martin.
Zach Prendergast = NO HITTER!
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) May 14, 2017
The Seton Hall senior faced just one over the minimum as he fired a no-no on Sunday! pic.twitter.com/T7GOD5dDuE
Inside the Numbers:
- Ramiz went 2-for-4 with his team-leading 16th stolen base of the season.
- There was not a single walk issued on either side in this game.
- Seton Hall left seven men on base, while Villanova left one.
- Prendergast's no-hitter is the second no-hitter in two season for the Pirates. Shane McCarthy tossed a perfect game on April 15, 2016 against LIU-Brooklyn.
- Prendergast's start today was the 38th of his career, which ranks fifth on the Seton Hall career starts list.
- Seton Hall has won 10 games in BIG EAST play for the sixth time in the last seven seasons.
- Seton Hall swept a doubleheader for the first time since sweeping Quinnipiac on April 2, 2016.
- The Pirates needed only two pitchers to sweep today's doubleheader.
- The Hall is eight games over .500 (28-20) for the first time this season.
- The Pirates have now allowed only one run over their last five games.
- This was the seventh shutout of the season for Seton Hall.
- Seton Hall improves to 84-43 all-time against Villanova.
- With today's victory, Seton Hall's team earned run average is down to a season-low 3.27
Prendergast needed just 82 pitches to no-hit Villanova on Sunday. He also struck out a career-high 10 batters.. a Happy Mother's Day indeed! pic.twitter.com/gz8U5Z3GcT
— SHU Baseball (@SHUBaseball) May 14, 2017
Next Up:
Seton Hall will be back in action on Tuesday, May 16 when it hosts Monmouth in the 2017 Owen T. Carroll Field finale. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
| WINNING PITCHER | LOSING PITCHER | ||
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ZACH PRENDERGAST (7-2) 9.0 IP, 0 H, 10 K |
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RYAN DOTY (2-6) 8.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 K |
| LINE SCORE | ||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SETON HALL (28-20, 10-8) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Villanova (13-30, 4-11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
