Dana Powers Pirates Over Harvard, 7-4

Friday, March 15

Port Charlotte, Fla. / North Charlotte Regional Park No. 10

1:30 PM

Seton Hall University

3-11

Harvard

5-4

Harvard

Seton Hall

3/15/2019 6:20:00 PM | Baseball

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PORT CHARLOTTE, FLA. – Sophomore Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) reached base four times and belted a go-ahead home run to lift the Seton Hall baseball team to a 7-4 victory over Harvard at the Snowbird Classic on Friday.

Dana finished his strong afternoon going 2-for-3 with two walks, two stolen bases, three runs scored, a home run and an RBI. Junior Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a stolen base.

Seton Hall starter Noah Thompson (Frisco, Texas) earned the victory. He allowed three runs over five innings, while striking out eight batters and walking only one. Junior Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) picked up his second save of the season.

What Happened:
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first. Junior Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) reached on an error, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by Harvard's catcher. Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) followed with a sacrifice fly.

In the top of the second inning, Harvard clubbed their first of three home runs, a solo shot by Hunter Bigge off Thompson to tie the score.

The Pirates again jumped back in front in the bottom of the third inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Seton Hall scored a pair of runs on back-to-back sacrifice flies by Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) and Thomas Holdorf (Freehold, N.J.) to take a 3-1 lead.

In the fifth inning the teams traded long-balls. In the top half, Harvard's Chase Aldridge hit a two-run home run to tie the game at three. In the bottom half however, Dana smashed a solo shot to put the Pirates in front for good, 4-3.

The Hall added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh thanks to some questionable Harvard defense, and a seventh run in the bottom of the eighth with their fourth sacrifice fly of the game.

Inside the Numbers:

Harvard out-hit Seton Hall, 10-to-6, but the Crimson committed five errors, compared to none for the Pirates.
Dana reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks, two stolen bases, three runs scored, a home run and an RBI.
Toke reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a stolen base.
Del Castillo had two sacrifice flies and two runs scored.
Holdorf drove in two runs.
Thompson picked up the win for Seton Hall. He allowed three runs over five innings, while striking out eight and walking only one.
Sawyer allowed one run over 2.2 innings of relief to earn the save.
Seton Hall left eight men on base, while Harvard left six.
Harvard reliever Enzo Stefanoni took the loss. He allowed three runs over 5.0 innings pitched.

News & Notes:

The Pirates improve to 3-11 on the season, while Harvard falls to 5-4.
Seton Hall improves to 2-1 all-time against Harvard.
Today's game was the 11^th Seton Hall contest decided by three runs or less in 14 games this season.
Seton Hall's last three games, against three different opponents, have been decided by 7-4 final scores.
The Pirates stole a season-high five bases today against Harvard. Shedler-McAvoy and Dana had two apiece.
The Hall had a season-high four sacrifice flies.
Dana has reached base in seven consecutive games, a season-high for any Pirate.
Toke has hit safely in his last four games.

Next Up:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it concludes play at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Pirates will again face Harvard. First pitch is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.