Sunday, April 8
South Orange, N.J.
12:00 PM
Seton Hall University
10-12-1
4
vs
2
Fairleigh Dickinson
7-15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Fairleigh Dickinson
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
9
0
Seton Hall
0
2
0
1
0
1
X
4
7
2
Layne, Hood Lift Pirates Over FDU, 4-2, in Game One
4/8/2018 6:26:00 PM | Baseball
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Billy Layne, Jr. (Cliffwood Beach, N.J.) pitched a career-high six innings, and Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) drove in two runs as the Seton Hall baseball team held on to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson, 4-2, in game one of a doubleheader on Sunday.
Layne, Jr. ran into trouble in the seventh inning, but was otherwise brilliant in picking up his second victory of the season. He allowed two runs over six innings with a career-high six strikeouts and no walks.
Hood brought the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard first with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning. Sophomore Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) walked to lead off and stole second base. Junior Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) followed with an RBI single through the right side to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. With one out, Hood missed a two-run home run by one foot, instead doubling off the top of the left field wall, which scored Santorelli with The Hall's second run.
Santorelli doubled in the bottom of the fourth inning, and senior Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove him in with a two-out RBI single to put the Pirates in front, 3-0.
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, junior Nick Dabrio (Jackson, N.J.) doubled down the left field line. Hood followed with an RBI single up the middle for the fourth Pirate run of the afternoon.
Fairleigh Dickinson loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh against Layne, Jr., but Pirate relievers Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) and Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) were able to limit the Knights' damage to just two runs. Sawyer earned his first save of the season by getting the final out.
Inside the Numbers:
Layne, Jr. ran into trouble in the seventh inning, but was otherwise brilliant in picking up his second victory of the season. He allowed two runs over six innings with a career-high six strikeouts and no walks.
Hood brought the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard first with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning. Sophomore Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) walked to lead off and stole second base. Junior Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) followed with an RBI single through the right side to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. With one out, Hood missed a two-run home run by one foot, instead doubling off the top of the left field wall, which scored Santorelli with The Hall's second run.
Santorelli doubled in the bottom of the fourth inning, and senior Rob Dadona (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove him in with a two-out RBI single to put the Pirates in front, 3-0.
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, junior Nick Dabrio (Jackson, N.J.) doubled down the left field line. Hood followed with an RBI single up the middle for the fourth Pirate run of the afternoon.
Fairleigh Dickinson loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh against Layne, Jr., but Pirate relievers Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) and Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) were able to limit the Knights' damage to just two runs. Sawyer earned his first save of the season by getting the final out.
Inside the Numbers:
- Layne, Jr. picked up the win, allowing two earned runs over a career-high six innings with a career-best six strikeouts and no walks.
- Hood went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
- Santorelli went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored.
- Sawyer picked up the save by recording the final out of the game.
- Seton Hall had seven hits, while FDU had nine. Seton Hall committed two errors, while the Knights had none.
- The Pirates left six on base, while the Knights left nine.
- Fairleigh Dickinson's Corey Zeller took the loss. He allowed three runs over four innings pitched.
- Both games in today's doubleheader were only seven innings long.
- The victory improves the Pirates to 10-12-1 on the season, while Fairleigh Dickinson falls to 7-15.
- Seton Hall is now 48-10 all-time against Fairleigh Dickinson. The Pirates have now won nine straight games in the series and 20 of the last 21 games.
- Seton Hall head coach Rob Sheppard is approaching 400 career victories. Today's game one win is the 397th of his coaching career.
| WINNING PITCHER | LOSING PITCHER | SAVE | |||
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BILLY LAYNE, JR. (2-0) 6.0 IP, 2 R, 6 K |
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COREY ZELLER (1-2) 4.0 IP, 3 R, 4 BB |
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COREY SAWYER (1) 0.1 IP, 0 R, |
| LINE SCORE | ||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Fairleigh Dickinson (7-15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| SETON HALL (10-12-1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Layne, Jr., Billy (2-0)
L: ZELLER, Corey (2-3)
S: Sawyer, Corey (1)
Batting:
RBI: VEIT, Mike 1
Base Running:
RUNS: STANTON, Connor 1 ; RAIBURN, Evan 1
SB: VEIT, Mike 1
CS: FATZINGER, Jason 1
HBP: RAIBURN, Evan 1
Batting:
2B: Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Dabrio, Nick 1 ; Hood, Connor 1
RBI: Dadona, Rob 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Hood, Connor 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 2 ; Dabrio, Nick 1
SB: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1
CS: Hood, Connor 1
Game Leaders
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3
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2
RBI
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1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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