McCarthy, Dadona Lead Pirates Past Butler, 6-1

Friday, April 20

Indianapolis, Ind.

4:00 PM

Seton Hall University

15-14-1, 3-1

Butler

24-9, 4-2

Seton Hall

Butler

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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Senior Shane McCarthy (Fair Haven, N.J.) pitched seven strong innings and Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.) hit a three-run home run as the Seton Hall baseball team defeated Butler, 6-1, on Friday.

McCarthy was brilliant, allowing just one run over a season-high seven innings with four strikeouts and four walks to even his record at 3-3 on the season.

Dadona collected a team-high three hits, including his three-run home run.

Turning Point:
After Butler struck first with a run in the bottom of the first inning, the Seton Hall offense erupted for five runs in the top of the second. Senior Mike Alescio (Fair Haven, N.J.) led off with a walk, and advanced to second on a single by Ryan Ramiz (Freehold, N.J.). After Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) successfully bunted them both into scoring position, Alescio came home on a throwing error by Butler's first baseman on Casey Dana's (Montgomery, N.Y.) pop out. Sophomore Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) followed with an RBI single down the left field line to put The Hall up 2-1. After Conor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) reached on Butler's second error of the inning, Dadona delivered a three-run home run to extend The Hall's lead to 5-1.

Al Molina's solo home run in the top of the fifth inning put the Pirates up, 6-1.

Seton Hall's bullpen was strong again as Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) and Matt Leon (Bethlehem, Pa.) combined to allow just one hit over the final two innings. Leon struck out the side in the ninth.

Inside the Numbers:

McCarthy earned the victory, allowing just one run over a season-high seven innings. He also walked four and struck out four.
Dadona had a team-high three hits, going 3-for-5 with a run scored and a three-run home run.
Molina went 2-for-5 with a home run.
Del Castillo went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Hood went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Sawyer tossed a perfect eighth inning with one strikeout.
Leon pitched a scoreless ninth inning and struck out the side.
Seton Hall had 11 hits, while Butler had seven. Seton Hall committed one error, while the Bulldogs had four.
Seton Hall left eight men on base, while the Bulldogs left six.
Butler's Connor Mitchell took the loss. He allowed six runs over 4.1 innings.

News & Notes:

The victory improves the Pirates to 15-14-1 overall and 3-1 in BIG EAST play, while Butler falls to 24-9 overall and 4-2 in conference games.
Seton Hall is now 7-6 all-time against Butler.
With seven innings today, McCarthy moves past former Pirates Tim Byron, John Seneca, Doug Cinnella and Ted Klamm into fifth place on Seton Hall's career innings pitched list. He now has 270.1 innings pitched in his career.
McCarthy made his 45^th career start today, which passes former Pirate B.J. Benik for third-most all-time at Seton Hall. Only Jon Prosinski (57) and Joe DiRocco (49) have started more games in a Pirate uniform.
The Pirates have now reached double-figures in hits 11 times this season.
Today's appearance is the 78^th of Leon's career, which ranks sixth on Seton Hall's career list. Former teammate Sam Burum is fifth on the list with 79 appearances.