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Bats Awaken, But Pitching Slips in Loss at FIU
3/9/2019 10:27:00 PM | Baseball
MIAMI, FLA. – Junior Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) had three hits, and both Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) and Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove in a pair of runs, but the Seton Hall baseball team fell to Florida International, 10-7, on Saturday.
Collectively, the Seton Hall offense belted out a season-high 12 hits, with Shedler-McAvoy, Clyde and Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) all reaching base three times, but it was the Pirate pitching that faltered tonight. Four of the six Seton Hall pitchers surrendered runs, and Pirate hurlers combined for 10 runs, eight walks, five hit-batsmen and three wild pitches, all season-highs.
Shedler-McAvoy went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Clyde went 2-for-3 with a walk, a sacrifice fly and two RBIs. Del Castillo was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored.
What Happened:
Seton Hall struck first with a run in the top of the second inning. With one out, Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) reached on an error, and then stole second base. Huntzinger followed with an RBI single down the left field line to put The Hall up, 1-0.
Florida International responded in the bottom half of the inning however, taking advantage of some wildness by freshman starter Nick Payero (Monroe, N.J.). Payero ended up allowing two hits, including a two-run home run, two walks and hit a batter in the inning. Freshman Cole Patten (Manasquan, N.J.) entered in relief to get the final two outs, but not before five runs came across to put The Hall in a 5-1 hole.
The Hall got a run back in the top of the third inning when sophomore Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) drove in Shedler-McAvoy, but the Panthers responded with another two-run home run in the bottom of the inning.
Trailing 7-2, Huntzinger knocked in his second run of the game with an RBI single to score Santorelli in the top of the fourth inning to cut FIU's lead back to four runs. In the top of the fifth, The Hall crawled closer. Del Castillo led off with a double, and scored when Dana reached base on an FIU error. After Dana stole second base, junior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) singled to right field to drive in Dana and cut the deficit in half, 7-5.
In the top of the sixth with two outs, three consecutive singles by Shedler-McAvoy, Del Castillo and Clyde plated The Hall's sixth run. But in the bottom of the seventh inning, FIU struck for three more runs to put the game out of reach.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it concludes its three-game series against FIU in Miami. First pitch is scheduled for Noon.
Collectively, the Seton Hall offense belted out a season-high 12 hits, with Shedler-McAvoy, Clyde and Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) all reaching base three times, but it was the Pirate pitching that faltered tonight. Four of the six Seton Hall pitchers surrendered runs, and Pirate hurlers combined for 10 runs, eight walks, five hit-batsmen and three wild pitches, all season-highs.
Shedler-McAvoy went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Clyde went 2-for-3 with a walk, a sacrifice fly and two RBIs. Del Castillo was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored.
What Happened:
Seton Hall struck first with a run in the top of the second inning. With one out, Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) reached on an error, and then stole second base. Huntzinger followed with an RBI single down the left field line to put The Hall up, 1-0.
Florida International responded in the bottom half of the inning however, taking advantage of some wildness by freshman starter Nick Payero (Monroe, N.J.). Payero ended up allowing two hits, including a two-run home run, two walks and hit a batter in the inning. Freshman Cole Patten (Manasquan, N.J.) entered in relief to get the final two outs, but not before five runs came across to put The Hall in a 5-1 hole.
The Hall got a run back in the top of the third inning when sophomore Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) drove in Shedler-McAvoy, but the Panthers responded with another two-run home run in the bottom of the inning.
Trailing 7-2, Huntzinger knocked in his second run of the game with an RBI single to score Santorelli in the top of the fourth inning to cut FIU's lead back to four runs. In the top of the fifth, The Hall crawled closer. Del Castillo led off with a double, and scored when Dana reached base on an FIU error. After Dana stole second base, junior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) singled to right field to drive in Dana and cut the deficit in half, 7-5.
In the top of the sixth with two outs, three consecutive singles by Shedler-McAvoy, Del Castillo and Clyde plated The Hall's sixth run. But in the bottom of the seventh inning, FIU struck for three more runs to put the game out of reach.
Inside the Numbers:
- Seton Hall out-hit Florida International, 12-to-4. The Panthers committed two errors, but The Hall committed none.
- Shedler-McAvoy went 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
- Clyde reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
- Del Castillo went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored.
- Huntzinger went 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
- Santorelli walked twice, stole two bases and scored twice.
- Freshman Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) pitched two scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts.
- Sophomore Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, despite hitting two batters. He also struck out two.
- The Pirates left 10 men on base, while Florida International left three.
- Payero took the loss for Seton Hall. He allowed five runs in one inning of work.
- FIU's Greyson Fletcher picked up the victory with 1.1 innings of relief.
- The Panther's Gio Soto earned the save with a scoreless ninth inning.
- The Pirates fall to 1-8 on the young season, while Florida International improves to 8-6.
- Seton Hall drops to 11-21 all-time against FIU.
- It's the third time this season that the Pirates have recorded at least 10 hits in a game. They are now 1-2 in those games.
- Tonight was the seventh time in nine games that the Pirates haven't committed an error. Unfortunately, they're just 1-6 in those games.
- Freshman Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) has hit safely in seven of his last eight games. He now has a team-best nine hits this season.
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it concludes its three-game series against FIU in Miami. First pitch is scheduled for Noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fletcher, Greyson (1-0)
L: Payero, Nick (0-1)
S: Soto, Gio (1)
Batting:
2B: Del Castillo, Christian 1
RBI: Clyde, Alex 2 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Hood, Connor 1 ; Huntzinger, Jerry 2
SF: Clyde, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 2 ; Grober, Steve 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 2
SB: Dana, Casey 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 2
Batting:
HR: Hampton Jr., Lorenzo 1 ; Garcia, Jose 1
RBI: Shenton, Austin 1 ; Fernandez, Adan 1 ; Hampton Jr., Lorenzo 2 ; Cartaya, Derek 1 ; Garcia, Jose 2 ; Rodriguez, John 1 ; Lopez, Kobe 1
SH: Rodriguez, John 1
SF: Cartaya, Derek 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Teixeira, Juan 1 ; Shenton, Austin 1 ; Fernandez, Adan 1 ; Hampton Jr., Lorenzo 2 ; Valdes, Javier 1 ; Garcia, Jose 2 ; Rodriguez, John 1 ; Brown, Daniel 1
SB: Ford, Jarrett 1
CS: Cannady, Seth 1 ; Hampton Jr., Lorenzo 1 ; Cartaya, Derek 1
HBP: Teixeira, Juan 1 ; Cannady, Seth 1 ; Fernandez, Adan 1 ; Garcia, Jose 2
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