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Hood's Long Ball Helps Pirates Tie Oklahoma State
3/18/2018 5:54:00 PM | Baseball
STILLWATER, OKLA. – Sophomore Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) belted a two-run home run, and Billy Layne, Jr. (Cliffwood Beach, N.J.) tossed four strong innings as the Seton Hall baseball team tied Oklahoma State, 3-3, on Sunday.
The game was halted with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning due to lightning, rain and Seton Hall's pending travel curfew. It's the Pirates' first tie since the 2010 season.
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard first in the top of the second inning. With two outs, sophomore Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) singled to center field. Hood followed with a two-run home run over the left field fence, the first of his career.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Oklahoma State's Colin Simpson led off with a solo home run to cut the Pirates' lead in half, 2-1. It was the first hit allowed by Layne, Jr. in the game up to that point. Later in that inning, Layne, Jr. was able to get out of a jam with Cowboy runners on second and third with only one out by getting a ground out to short and a strikeout to strand two in scoring position.
Oklahoma State grabbed the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with reliever Noah Thompson (Frisco, Texas) on the mound for The Hall. With two outs and two on, Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.) misplayed a ball in right field, which allowed both runners to score, and gave the Cowboys a 3-2 advantage.
In the top of the seventh inning, Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) singled home Hood with two outs to tie the game at three.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, March 21 when it hosts Lafayette at Owen T. Carroll Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. ET.
The game was halted with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning due to lightning, rain and Seton Hall's pending travel curfew. It's the Pirates' first tie since the 2010 season.
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard first in the top of the second inning. With two outs, sophomore Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) singled to center field. Hood followed with a two-run home run over the left field fence, the first of his career.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Oklahoma State's Colin Simpson led off with a solo home run to cut the Pirates' lead in half, 2-1. It was the first hit allowed by Layne, Jr. in the game up to that point. Later in that inning, Layne, Jr. was able to get out of a jam with Cowboy runners on second and third with only one out by getting a ground out to short and a strikeout to strand two in scoring position.
Oklahoma State grabbed the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with reliever Noah Thompson (Frisco, Texas) on the mound for The Hall. With two outs and two on, Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.) misplayed a ball in right field, which allowed both runners to score, and gave the Cowboys a 3-2 advantage.
In the top of the seventh inning, Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) singled home Hood with two outs to tie the game at three.
Inside the Numbers:
- Layne, Jr. turned in a solid start, allowing just one run over four innings. He walked three, struck out three, and surrendered just two hits in a no decision.
- Senior Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) went 3-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt.
- Thompson pitched well in relief, tossing three hitless innings with no earned runs. He struck out and walked two batters each.
- Hood went 1-for-3 with a home run, a hit-by-pitch, a stolen base two runs scored and two RBIs.
- Shedler-McAvoy reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base.
- Molina went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
- Senior Matt Leon (Bethlehem, Pa.) recorded one out in the eighth inning before the game was halted.
- Seton Hall had nine hits, while Oklahoma State had only three. The Pirates committed three errors, while Oklahoma State was errorless.
- Seton Hall left 10 men on base, while the Cowboys left eight.
- The tie gives the Pirates a 7-9-1 record, while Oklahoma State is now 9-8-1.
- Seton Hall is now 2-1-1 all-time against the Cowboys.
- Hood's home run is the sixth of the season for the Pirates.
- Layne, Jr.'s start was his first of the season and the third of his career.
- It's the sixth multi-hit game of the season for Alescio, which ties Santorelli for the most on the team this season.
- Today's relief appearance is the 72nd of Leon's career, which ranks sixth-most in Seton Hall history. Former Pirates Isaac Pavlik and Sam Burum are tied for fourth on the list with 73 appearances.
Seton Hall will return to action on Wednesday, March 21 when it hosts Lafayette at Owen T. Carroll Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. ET.
| LINE SCORE | |||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| SETON HALL (7-9-1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Oklahoma State (9-8-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Team Stats
Batting:
HR: Hood, Connor 1
RBI: Molina, Al 1 ; Hood, Connor 2
SH: Alescio, Mike 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Hood, Connor 2
SB: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Hood, Connor 1
HBP: Hood, Connor 1
Batting:
2B: Neustifter, Michael 1
HR: Simpson, Colin 1
RBI: Simpson, Colin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kroon, Matt 1 ; Simpson, Colin 2
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