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Pirates Bat Around Three Times in 28-Run Outburst
4/11/2018 8:07:00 PM | Baseball
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Seton Hall baseball team batted around in three different innings and erupted for 28 runs on 20 hits in a 28-8 victory over Princeton on Wednesday.
Seton Hall batted around in a nine-run second inning, a five run fourth inning and an eight-run eighth inning. Their 28 runs and 20 hits are both season highs. Due to the length of many of the half innings, the game was called after eight innings due to darkness.
Four Pirates reached base at least four times with senior Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) leading the way. Alescio reached base in all five at bats before being replaced in the bottom of the sixth. He walked four times, hit a two-run home run and drove in three runs.
Senior Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.) recorded a team-best four RBIs, while both Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) and Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) scored a team-high four runs apiece.
Seton Hall starter Tyler Burnham (East Brunswick, N.J.) had some control issues at the start of the contest, allowing the first five Princeton batters reach base, three by a free pass, two walks and a hit-by-pitch. The fifth batter, Princeton's Conor Nolan, looped a single over shortstop to drive in a pair of runs and give the Tigers an early 3-0 lead.
Turning Point:
After Princeton struck for three runs right away, the Pirates responded with their biggest offensive inning of the season. The Hall sent 13 men to the plate, erupting for nine runs on seven hits to turn a three-run deficit into a commanding 9-3 lead. Among several big hits in the inning, Ramiz had a two-run double to left-center field, and freshman Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) hit a towering two-run home run well over the left field fence. Hood went 2-for-2 with an RBI double in the second inning alone.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, April 13 when it begins BIG EAST Conference play with the first game of a three-game series against Xavier at Owen T. Carroll Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
WINNING PITCHER: Blake Espinal (3-0) LOSING PITCHER: Conor Nolan (0-2) SAVE: None
Seton Hall batted around in a nine-run second inning, a five run fourth inning and an eight-run eighth inning. Their 28 runs and 20 hits are both season highs. Due to the length of many of the half innings, the game was called after eight innings due to darkness.
Four Pirates reached base at least four times with senior Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) leading the way. Alescio reached base in all five at bats before being replaced in the bottom of the sixth. He walked four times, hit a two-run home run and drove in three runs.
Senior Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.) recorded a team-best four RBIs, while both Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) and Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) scored a team-high four runs apiece.
Seton Hall starter Tyler Burnham (East Brunswick, N.J.) had some control issues at the start of the contest, allowing the first five Princeton batters reach base, three by a free pass, two walks and a hit-by-pitch. The fifth batter, Princeton's Conor Nolan, looped a single over shortstop to drive in a pair of runs and give the Tigers an early 3-0 lead.
Turning Point:
After Princeton struck for three runs right away, the Pirates responded with their biggest offensive inning of the season. The Hall sent 13 men to the plate, erupting for nine runs on seven hits to turn a three-run deficit into a commanding 9-3 lead. Among several big hits in the inning, Ramiz had a two-run double to left-center field, and freshman Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) hit a towering two-run home run well over the left field fence. Hood went 2-for-2 with an RBI double in the second inning alone.
Inside the Numbers:
- Alescio went 1-for-1 with a home run, four walks, three RBIs and two runs scored.
- Sophomore Blake Espinal (Bronx, N.Y.) picked up the win in relief with a perfect sixth inning.
- Santorelli reached base four times, going 3-for-6 with a double, a triple, a walk, three RBIs and four runs scored.
- Senior Al Molina (Freehold, N.J.) reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks, an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base.
- Ramiz drove in a team-high four runs.
- Dana reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a home run, two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored.
- Hood reached base four times, going 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and four runs scored.
- Sophomore Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) reached base three times, going 2-for6 with a walk and three runs scored.
- Senior Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Chris Villa (Staten Island, N.Y.) also had two hits apiece.
- Seton Hall had a season-high 20 hits, while Princeton had four. Seton Hall committed two errors, while the Tigers had four.
- The Pirates left nine on base, while the Tigers left five.
- Princeton's Conor Nolan took the loss. He allowed six runs over 1.2 innings pitched.
- The victory improves the Pirates to 12-12-1 on the season, while Princeton falls to 7-14.
- Seton Hall is now 30-9-1 all-time against Princeton. The Pirates have now won five of the last six games in the series.
- Seton Hall head coach Rob Sheppard is approaching 400 career victories. Today's win is the 399th of his coaching career.
- It is the first time that Seton Hall has scored 20 runs in a game since scoring 21 in a victory over NYIT exactly four years ago, April 11, 2014.
- Seton Hall reached double-digits in runs for the fifth time this season. It is 5-0 in those games.
- Dana's home run is his team-leading third of the season.
- Freshman Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) collected his first career hit, a two-run single in the seventh inning.
- Sophomore Mike Esposito (Chester, N.J.) made his first career plate appearance. He walked in the eighth inning.
- Hood is 7-for-10 with seven RBIs over the last three games. He was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday for his efforts in a doubleheader vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday.
- Seton Hall batted around three times in the game with a nine-run second inning, a five-run fourth inning and an eight-run eighth inning.
- The Pirates' 16 walks in the game are a season-high.
- The Pirates now have their team batting average up to a season-high .267.
- Seton Hall's 28 runs are the most surrendered by Princeton in a game since 1930.
- Seton Hall pitching recorded outs when facing the last 15 Princeton batters.
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, April 13 when it begins BIG EAST Conference play with the first game of a three-game series against Xavier at Owen T. Carroll Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
| LINE SCORE | |||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| SETON HALL (12-12-1) | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 2 |
| Princeton (7-14) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Espinal, Blake (3-0)
L: Nolan, Conor (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Dabrio, Nick 1 ; Ramiz, Ryan 1 ; Hood, Connor 1
3B: Santorelli, Sebastiano 1
HR: Alescio, Mike 1 ; Dana, Casey 1
RBI: Dadona, Rob 2 ; Holdorf, Thomas 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 3 ; Molina, Al 1 ; Huntzinger, Jerry 2 ; Alescio, Mike 3 ; Dabrio, Nick 2 ; Ramiz, Ryan 3 ; Talbott, Chris 1 ; Dana, Casey 2 ; Hood, Connor 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dadona, Rob 2 ; Holdorf, Thomas 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 4 ; Molina, Al 3 ; Huntzinger, Jerry 1 ; Alescio, Mike 2 ; Dabrio, Nick 1 ; Ramiz, Ryan 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 3 ; Dana, Casey 3 ; Esposito, Mike 1 ; Villa, Chris 1 ; Lutz, Ryan 1 ; Hood, Connor 4
SB: Molina, Al 1 ; Villa, Chris 1
Batting:
RBI: Horsted, Jesper 1 ; Nolan, Conor 2 ; Haddad, Ramzi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis, Chris 2 ; Lee-Tyson, Asher 2 ; Horsted, Jesper 2 ; Haddad, Ramzi 1 ; Boone, Jake 1
HBP: Lee-Tyson, Asher 1 ; Flynn, Joseph 1
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