Tuesday, March 12
Port Charlotte, Fla. / North Charlotte Regional Park No. 9
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Del Castillo Leads Offensive Outburst in 12-1 Win
3/12/2019 9:22:00 PM | Baseball
PORT CHARLOTTE, FLA. – Junior Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) went 3-for-4 with four RBIs as the Seton Hall baseball team erupted for 12 runs on 12 hits in a 12-1 rout of Bucknell at the Snowbird Classic on Tuesday.
Del Castillo was only missing a single for the cycle, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a double, a sacrifice fly, two runs scored and four RBIs.
Junior Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) and Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) also had breakout offensive performances. Toke reached base four times, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk. Hood went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a double, run scored and a walk.
On the mound, five pitchers combined to limit the Bison to just one run on three hits. Freshman Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) made his first career start and allowed only two hits over four scoreless innings. He struck out seven and walked three in a no decision.
What Happened:
Seton Hall scored early and often against Bucknell, striking for runs in each of the first four innings. With one out in the bottom of the first inning, Del Castillo tripled to right-center field. After a walk by Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.), Toke singled home Del Castillo with the game's first run. Freshman Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) followed with a single of his own to score Dana. With two outs in the bottom of the second, Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) walked, and Del Castillo followed with a two-run home run to extend The Hall's lead to 4-0.
Toke led off the third inning with a solo home run, his second of the season, to put The Hall up by five runs. Three more Pirate hits led to two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to put them up, 7-0.
After Bucknell got a run back in the top of the seventh inning, The Hall put the game away in the bottom of the inning. The Pirates erupted for five runs and sent 10 men to the plate to take a commanding 12-1 advantage.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its play at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Pirates will face Kansas at 10:00 a.m.
Del Castillo was only missing a single for the cycle, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a double, a sacrifice fly, two runs scored and four RBIs.
Junior Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) and Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) also had breakout offensive performances. Toke reached base four times, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk. Hood went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a double, run scored and a walk.
On the mound, five pitchers combined to limit the Bison to just one run on three hits. Freshman Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) made his first career start and allowed only two hits over four scoreless innings. He struck out seven and walked three in a no decision.
What Happened:
Seton Hall scored early and often against Bucknell, striking for runs in each of the first four innings. With one out in the bottom of the first inning, Del Castillo tripled to right-center field. After a walk by Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.), Toke singled home Del Castillo with the game's first run. Freshman Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) followed with a single of his own to score Dana. With two outs in the bottom of the second, Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) walked, and Del Castillo followed with a two-run home run to extend The Hall's lead to 4-0.
Toke led off the third inning with a solo home run, his second of the season, to put The Hall up by five runs. Three more Pirate hits led to two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to put them up, 7-0.
After Bucknell got a run back in the top of the seventh inning, The Hall put the game away in the bottom of the inning. The Pirates erupted for five runs and sent 10 men to the plate to take a commanding 12-1 advantage.
Inside the Numbers:
- Seton Hall out-hit Bucknell, 12-to-3. The Pirates committed one error, and Bucknell committed none.
- O'Neill tossed four scoreless innings in his first collegiate start. He allowed just two hits, struck out seven and walked three in a no decision.
- Del Castillo went 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple a double, a sacrifice fly, two runs scored and four RBIs.
- Toke reached base four times, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs.
- Hood went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a run scored and two RBIs.
- Shedler-McAvoy reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored.
- Junior Blake Espinal (Bronx, N.Y.) earned the victory with two innings of hitless relief. He struck out four and walked only one.
- Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.) and Blaise Panzini (Spring Lake, N.J.) each pitched a scoreless inning.
- The Pirates left seven men on base, while Bucknell left 11.
- Bucknell starter Austin Odell took the loss. He allowed seven runs in 3.1 innings.
- The Pirates improve to 2-9 on the young season, while Bucknell falls to 4-9.
- O'Neill and David Haberman (Morristown, N.J.) made their first career starts today. The freshmen were battery mates at Morristown High School.
- Freshman Alex Nicolosi (Stony Point, N.Y.) also made his collegiate debut.
- After hitting just one home run over the season's first nine games, the Pirates have clubbed four home runs in the last two.
- Seton Hall scored a season-high 12 runs and matched its season-high with 12 hits.
- The Pirates struck out a season-high 16 batters.
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its play at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Pirates will face Kansas at 10:00 a.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Espinal, Blake (1-2)
L: Odell, Austin (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Gannon, Will 1
RBI: Gannon, Will 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gannon, Will 1
CS: Klugerman, Evan 1
HBP: Marren, Peter 1 ; Smith, Ben 1 ; Klugerman, Evan 1
Batting:
2B: Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Hood, Connor 1
3B: Del Castillo, Christian 1
HR: Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Toke, Matt 1
RBI: Del Castillo, Christian 4 ; Toke, Matt 2 ; Clyde, Alex 1 ; Holdorf, Thomas 1 ; Haberman, David 1 ; Hood, Connor 2
SF: Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Holdorf, Thomas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 2 ; Del Castillo, Christian 2 ; Dana, Casey 2 ; Toke, Matt 2 ; Grober, Steve 1 ; Dabrio, Nick 1 ; Haberman, David 1 ; Hood, Connor 1
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