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Layne, Thompson Stymie Hawaii, 5-1
3/25/2018 6:25:00 AM | Baseball
HONOLULU, HI. – Sophomores Billy Layne, Jr. (Cliffwood Beach, N.J.) and Noah Thompson (Frisco, Texas) combined to limit Hawaii to just one run and five hits as the Seton Hall baseball team defeated the Rainbow Warriors, 5-1, on Saturday.
Both Pirates turned in career-best performances with Layne, Jr. tossing the first five innings, and Thompson the final four. Layne, Jr. scattered three hits, allowing just one unearned run, while striking out three and walking only two to pick up the victory. His five innings pitched match his a career-high. Thompson allowed only two hits over a career-high four innings with a career-best six strikeouts and two walks. He earned his second career save.
Offensively, four Pirates collected at least two hits with Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) reaching base three times apiece.
Turning Point:
With the game tied at one, the Pirates took control in the top of the fourth inning. Senior Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.) and Shedler-McAvoy began the inning with back-to-back bunt singles. Sophomore Connor Hood (Shrewsbury Pa.) followed with a two-RBI triple into the right-center field gap to put the Pirates in front, 3-1.
The Pirates added insurance runs in the top of the fifth and ninth innings.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its four-game series at Hawaii. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. HT (7:05 p.m. ET).
Both Pirates turned in career-best performances with Layne, Jr. tossing the first five innings, and Thompson the final four. Layne, Jr. scattered three hits, allowing just one unearned run, while striking out three and walking only two to pick up the victory. His five innings pitched match his a career-high. Thompson allowed only two hits over a career-high four innings with a career-best six strikeouts and two walks. He earned his second career save.
Offensively, four Pirates collected at least two hits with Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) reaching base three times apiece.
Turning Point:
With the game tied at one, the Pirates took control in the top of the fourth inning. Senior Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.) and Shedler-McAvoy began the inning with back-to-back bunt singles. Sophomore Connor Hood (Shrewsbury Pa.) followed with a two-RBI triple into the right-center field gap to put the Pirates in front, 3-1.
The Pirates added insurance runs in the top of the fifth and ninth innings.
Inside the Numbers:
- Layne, Jr. matched his career-high with five innings pitched, scattering just three hits and allowing just one unearned run with three strikeouts and two walks. He improved to 1-0 with the victory.
- Thompson set a career-high with four innings scoreless innings, scattering just two hits. He struck out a career-high six batters and walked only two for his first save of the season.
- Molina reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a double and a hit-by-pitch.
- Shedler-McAvoy reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI.
- Molina, Shedler-McAvoy, Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) and Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.) all collected two hits for Seton Hall.
- Seton Hall had 12 hits, while Hawaii had only five. Both teams committed one error.
- Seton Hall left 10 men on base, while the Rainbow Warriors left seven.
- Hawaii's Dominic DeMiero took the loss, allowing four runs over four innings pitched.
- The victory improves the Pirates to 9-9-1 on the season, while Hawaii falls to 12-8.
- This was the first-ever baseball game between Seton Hall and Hawaii.
- Seton Hall reached double-figures in hits for the eighth time this season.
- The Pirates' team batting average is up to a season-high .263.
- Seton Hall head coach Rob Sheppard is approaching 400 career victories. Today's win is the 396th win of his coaching career.
- With a hit tonight, Ramiz now has exactly 150 for his career, which leads Seton Hall among active players.
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its four-game series at Hawaii. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. HT (7:05 p.m. ET).
| WINNING PITCHER | LOSING PITCHER | SAVE | |||
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BILLY LAYNE, JR. (1-0) 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K |
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DOMINIC DEMIERO (1-2) 4.0 IP, 4 R |
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NOAH THOMPSON (1) 4.0 IP, 0 R, 6 K |
| LINE SCORE | ||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SETON HALL (9-9-1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Hawaii (12-8) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Layne, Jr., Billy (1-0)
L: DeMiero, Dominic (1-2)
S: Thompson, Noah (1)
Batting:
2B: Molina, Al 1
3B: Hood, Connor 1
RBI: Dabrio, Nick 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Hood, Connor 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dadona, Rob 2 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Ramiz, Ryan 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1
HBP: Molina, Al 1
Batting:
2B: Rios, Kekai 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Yamazaki, Maaki 1
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