Saturday, March 23
West Long Branch, N.J. / MU Baseball Field
3:00 PM
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DeVito, Del Castillo Help Pirates Blank Wagner
3/23/2019 7:52:00 PM | Baseball
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Junior Ricky DeVito (Staten Island, N.Y.) tossed seven scoreless innings and Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) drove in a career-high five RBIs as the Seton Hall baseball team routed Wagner, 10-0, on Saturday in West Long Branch.
DeVito was nearly unhittable again, scattering just three hits over seven scoreless innings to pick up his first victory of the young season. He walked three and struck out three.
Del Castillo had a monster game offensively, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two doubles, a home run and five RBIs. Both Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) had a pair of hits and reached base three times. Huntzinger went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, a walk and an RBI. Shedler-McAvoy went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, a walk and a run scored.
What Happened:
After both starting pitchers shut down offenses in the first two innings, the Pirates broke through in the bottom of the third inning. Freshman Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) led off with a single through the left side, and moved to second on a walk by Huntzinger. Two batters later, Del Castillo launched a three-run home run over the left field fence to give The Hall a 3-0 lead.
Meanwhile, DeVito was brilliant on the mound, only once allowing a Seahawk to reach scoring position.
After Seton hall reliever Blake Espinal (Bronx, N.Y.) tossed a scoreless eighth, the Pirates broke the game open in the bottom of the inning. The Hall sent 11 men to the plate in a seven-run, five-hit inning, including a pair of doubles by Del Castillo to extend its lead to 10-0.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it takes on Monmouth in West Long Branch. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
DeVito was nearly unhittable again, scattering just three hits over seven scoreless innings to pick up his first victory of the young season. He walked three and struck out three.
Del Castillo had a monster game offensively, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two doubles, a home run and five RBIs. Both Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) had a pair of hits and reached base three times. Huntzinger went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, a walk and an RBI. Shedler-McAvoy went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, a walk and a run scored.
What Happened:
After both starting pitchers shut down offenses in the first two innings, the Pirates broke through in the bottom of the third inning. Freshman Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) led off with a single through the left side, and moved to second on a walk by Huntzinger. Two batters later, Del Castillo launched a three-run home run over the left field fence to give The Hall a 3-0 lead.
Meanwhile, DeVito was brilliant on the mound, only once allowing a Seahawk to reach scoring position.
After Seton hall reliever Blake Espinal (Bronx, N.Y.) tossed a scoreless eighth, the Pirates broke the game open in the bottom of the inning. The Hall sent 11 men to the plate in a seven-run, five-hit inning, including a pair of doubles by Del Castillo to extend its lead to 10-0.
Inside the Numbers:
- Seton Hall out-hit Wagner, 9-to-4. Both teams committed two errors.
- DeVito tossed seven shutout innings, scattering just three hits and string out three batters to earn his first victory of the season.
- Del Castillo went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, two runs scored and five RBIs.
- Huntzinger reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, a walk and an RBI.
- Shedler-McAvoy reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, a walk and a run scored.
- Espinal pitched a scoreless eighth inning with a strikeout.
- Junior Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
- Seton Hall left six men on base, while Wagner left 10.
- Wagner's Eric Ligda took the loss. He allowed five runs over seven innings pitched.
- The Pirates improve to 5-12 on the season, while Wagner falls to 6-13.
- Seton Hall improves to 35-8 all-time against the Seahawks and has won nine of the last 10 games.
- Dana has reached base in 10 consecutive games, a season-high for any Pirate.
- Toke has hit safely in his last seven games, a season-high for any Pirate.
- Seton Hall out-hit its opponent for the 11th time in 17 games this season.
- With three strikeouts today, DeVito has reached exactly 100 for his career.
- Del Castillo's five RBIs today are the most since teammate Matt Toke drove in five runs vs. Georgetown on the second day of the BIG EAST Championship last season. His 13 on the season lead Seton Hall.
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it takes on Monmouth in West Long Branch. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeVito, Ricky (1-0)
L: LIGDA, Eric (0-3)
Batting:
2B: SILVESTRONE, Joe 1 ; RUGGIERO, Mike 1
Base Running:
SB: PECORA, Anthony 1
HBP: ANDERSON, Dario 2
Batting:
2B: Huntzinger, Jerry 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 2
HR: Del Castillo, Christian 1
RBI: Huntzinger, Jerry 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 5 ; Villa, Chris 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Huntzinger, Jerry 2 ; Hood, Connor 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 2 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Holdorf, Thomas 1 ; Villa, Chris 1 ; Grober, Steve 1
SB: Hood, Connor 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 2
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