Tuesday, March 19
Staten Island, N.Y. / Richmond County Bank Ballpark
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O'Neill, Bats Lead Pirates Over Wagner, 11-7
3/19/2019 8:03:00 PM | Baseball
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Freshman Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) picked up his first collegiate victory and the Pirates' offense belted out 13 hits as the Seton Hall baseball team downed Wagner, 11-7, on Tuesday.
O'Neill, making his second career start, allowed three runs over five innings for the victory. He allowed only two hits and struck out two. Junior Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) came in to get the final four outs for his third save of the season.
Offensively, The Hall collected a season-high 14 hits, three of which came from Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.). The major run producers were Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.), both of which drove in three runs.
What Happened:
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard right away in the top of the first inning. Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) led off the game with a walk, moved to third on a pair of wild pitches. With one out, he came in to score on an RBI groundout by Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.). The Hall doubled their lead in the top of the second inning on an RBI double down the left field line by Mike Esposito (Chester, N.J.) to make it 2-0.
After Wagner got on the scoreboard with a run off O'Neill in the bottom of the third inning, the Pirates broke the game open in the top of the fifth. The Hall sent nine men to the plate and scored four runs on five hits, including RBI singles from Hood, Toke and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy, the last of which plated two runs. Shedler-McAvoy's hit put Seton Hall up, 6-1.
The Seahawks didn't go away however, and struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Pirates' lead in half, 6-3. The Pirates offense didn't stop either though, and a sacrifice fly by Huntzinger extended their advantage to 7-3 in the top of the sixth.
Leading 8-5, Wagner struck for a pair of runs off Pirate reliever Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.) in the eighth inning, but The Hall got three runs of insurance in the ninth and Sawyer struck out the side in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, March 22 when it makes the short trip to West Long Branch, N.J. for a contest at Monmouth. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
O'Neill, making his second career start, allowed three runs over five innings for the victory. He allowed only two hits and struck out two. Junior Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) came in to get the final four outs for his third save of the season.
Offensively, The Hall collected a season-high 14 hits, three of which came from Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.). The major run producers were Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.), both of which drove in three runs.
What Happened:
Seton Hall got on the scoreboard right away in the top of the first inning. Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) led off the game with a walk, moved to third on a pair of wild pitches. With one out, he came in to score on an RBI groundout by Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.). The Hall doubled their lead in the top of the second inning on an RBI double down the left field line by Mike Esposito (Chester, N.J.) to make it 2-0.
After Wagner got on the scoreboard with a run off O'Neill in the bottom of the third inning, the Pirates broke the game open in the top of the fifth. The Hall sent nine men to the plate and scored four runs on five hits, including RBI singles from Hood, Toke and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy, the last of which plated two runs. Shedler-McAvoy's hit put Seton Hall up, 6-1.
The Seahawks didn't go away however, and struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Pirates' lead in half, 6-3. The Pirates offense didn't stop either though, and a sacrifice fly by Huntzinger extended their advantage to 7-3 in the top of the sixth.
Leading 8-5, Wagner struck for a pair of runs off Pirate reliever Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.) in the eighth inning, but The Hall got three runs of insurance in the ninth and Sawyer struck out the side in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory.
Inside the Numbers:
- Seton Hall out-hit Wagner, 14-to-6. Both teams committed four errors.
- O'Neill allowed three runs over five innings to earn his first collegiate victory. He walked three and struck out two, but scattered only two hits.
- Toke was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base.
- Del Castillo went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, a walk, an RBI and two stolen bases.
- Hood was 2-for-6 with three RBIs and a run scored.
- Shedler-McAvoy went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, a double and a hit-by-pitch.
- Freshman Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
- Huntzinger walked twice, scored twice, and had an RBI, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base.
- Seton Hall left 11 men on base, while Wagner left seven.
- The Pirates improve to 4-12 on the season, while Wagner falls to 4-12.
- Seton Hall improves to 34-8 all-time against the Seahawks and has won eight of the last nine games.
- Dana has reached base in nine consecutive games, a season-high for any Pirate.
- Toke has hit safely in his last six games, a season-high for any Pirate. He also now has five multi-hit games this year, which also leads Seton Hall.
- Seton Hall out-hit its opponent for the 10th time in 16 games this season.
- Today was the sixth time this season that the Pirates have recorded at least 10 hits.
- The Hall stole five bases today, which matches a season-high. For the season, The Hall has stolen 15 bases, but 10 of which have come in the last three games.
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, March 22 when it makes the short trip to West Long Branch, N.J. for a contest at Monmouth. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: O'Neill, Brennan (1-0)
L: FREIRE, Keaton (0-1)
S: Sawyer, Corey (3)
Batting:
2B: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Esposito, Mike 1 ; Grober, Steve 1
RBI: Huntzinger, Jerry 1 ; Hood, Connor 3 ; Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Toke, Matt 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 3 ; Esposito, Mike 1
SF: Huntzinger, Jerry 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Huntzinger, Jerry 2 ; Hood, Connor 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 2 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Toke, Matt 2 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Esposito, Mike 1 ; Grober, Steve 1
SB: Huntzinger, Jerry 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 2 ; Toke, Matt 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1
HBP: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1
PO: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1
Batting:
RBI: PECORA, Anthony 1 ; SABIDO, Freddy 1 ; JOHNSON, Will 1 ; SCHNEIDER, Griffin 1 ; HALL, Brandon 1
SF: PECORA, Anthony 1 ; SABIDO, Freddy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SABIDO, Freddy 1 ; JOHNSON, Will 1 ; SCHNEIDER, Griffin 1 ; HALL, Brandon 3 ; MATTI, Emil 1
SB: PECORA, Anthony 1
HBP: SANFILLIPPO, Tyler 1
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