Tuesday, April 2
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Offense Erupts Again as Pirates Down FDU, 10-5
4/2/2019 7:48:00 PM | Baseball
TEANECK, N.J. – Senior Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) drove in three runs, and both Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) and Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) belted home runs as the Seton Hall baseball team downed Fairleigh Dickinson, 10-5, on Tuesday.
Santorelli went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in his first two at bats to set the offensive tone early. Dana reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two walks, while Del Castillo hit a dinger and walked twice.
Junior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) was the lone Pirate with three hits.
On the mound, The Hall used five pitchers to keep the Knights' offense at bay. Both starter Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) and Cole Patten (Manasquan, N.J.) tossed three innings and allowed a run.
What Happened:
Only two batters into the game, Dana unleashed a monster solo home run over the left field fence to put The Hall in front early, 1-0. The lead however, was short-lived, as the Knights loaded the bases against O'Neill in the bottom half of the inning, but were only able to scratch across one run to tie the game.
In the top of the second inning, the first four Pirates all reached base. After Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) led off with a double, and Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) walked, Santorelli delivered a two-RBI double into the left-center field gap.
Seton Hall broke the game open in the top of the third inning. With one out, Del Castillo homered to dead-center field. Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) and Grober walked, and Santorelli followed with his second double of the game to drive in the Pirates' fifth run. A wild pitch scored Grober. Freshman David Haberman (Morristown, N.J.) then laced a double of his own to score Santorelli, and Hood followed with an RBI single to drive in Haberman giving The Hall a commanding 8-1 advantage.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, April 5 when it begins the BIG EAST Conference portion of its schedule in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. against Villanova. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
Santorelli went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in his first two at bats to set the offensive tone early. Dana reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two walks, while Del Castillo hit a dinger and walked twice.
Junior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) was the lone Pirate with three hits.
On the mound, The Hall used five pitchers to keep the Knights' offense at bay. Both starter Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) and Cole Patten (Manasquan, N.J.) tossed three innings and allowed a run.
What Happened:
Only two batters into the game, Dana unleashed a monster solo home run over the left field fence to put The Hall in front early, 1-0. The lead however, was short-lived, as the Knights loaded the bases against O'Neill in the bottom half of the inning, but were only able to scratch across one run to tie the game.
In the top of the second inning, the first four Pirates all reached base. After Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) led off with a double, and Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) walked, Santorelli delivered a two-RBI double into the left-center field gap.
Seton Hall broke the game open in the top of the third inning. With one out, Del Castillo homered to dead-center field. Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) and Grober walked, and Santorelli followed with his second double of the game to drive in the Pirates' fifth run. A wild pitch scored Grober. Freshman David Haberman (Morristown, N.J.) then laced a double of his own to score Santorelli, and Hood followed with an RBI single to drive in Haberman giving The Hall a commanding 8-1 advantage.
Inside the Numbers:
- FDU out-hit Seton Hall, 12-to-11. The Pirates committed two errors, while the Knights had none.
- Santorelli went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored, a stolen base and a team-best three RBIs.
- Dana reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base and two walks.
- Del Castillo had a home run and two walks.
- Hood was the lone Pirate with three hits.
- Haberman reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a double, two runs scored, an RBI and was hit by a pitch twice.
- O'Neill allowed one run on five hits over 3.0 innings to pick up the victory on a "staff" day. He improves to a perfect 3-0 with the win.
- Patten allowed one run on three hits over 3.0 innings. He struck out two and walked none.
- Freshman Blaise Panzini (Spring Lake, N.J.) tossed a scoreless seventh inning.
- Sophomore Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.) pitched a perfect eighth inning with two strikeouts.
- Seton Hall left 11 men on base, while the Knights left eight.
- FDU's James Donlon took the loss. He allowed two runs in one inning.
- Fifteen pitchers were used in today's game, five for Seton Hall and 10 for Fairleigh Dickinson.
- The Pirates improve to 11-13 on the season, while Fairleigh Dickinson falls to 4-20.
- Seton Hall improves to 51-11 all-time against the Knights and wins the season series against FDU, 2-1.
- Today was the 11th time this season that the Pirates have recorded at least 10 hits.
- Seton Hall improves to 11-0 when leading after seven innings.
- Huntzinger had his six-game hit streak snapped.
- Shedler-McAvoy has now reached base in 14 consecutive games, which is the longest active streak on the Pirates.
- Seton Hall had five stolen bases today, which matches its season-high.
- With 11 more hits today, Seton Hall's team batting average is up to a season-high .251.
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, April 5 when it begins the BIG EAST Conference portion of its schedule in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. against Villanova. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: O'Neill, Brennan (3-0)
L: DONLON, J. (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 2 ; Haberman, David 1
HR: Dana, Casey 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 1
RBI: Dana, Casey 1 ; Clyde, Alex 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 3 ; Haberman, David 1 ; Hood, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dana, Casey 1 ; Del Castillo, Christian 1 ; Toke, Matt 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Grober, Steve 2 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Sheppard, Bobby 1 ; Haberman, David 2
SB: Dana, Casey 1 ; Shedler-McAvoy, Tyler 1 ; Grober, Steve 1 ; Santorelli, Sebastiano 1 ; Haberman, David 1
CS: Dana, Casey 1
HBP: Haberman, David 2
Batting:
2B: MONTICCIOLO 1 ; MCDONALD, E. 2 ; ROSALES, G. 1 ; RUSH, N. 1
HR: MONTICCIOLO 1
RBI: FRANK, A. 1 ; MONTICCIOLO 2 ; MCDONALD, E. 1 ; GRUBER, M. 1
SH: RUSH, N. 1
SF: FRANK, A. 1 ; GRUBER, M. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: FRANK, A. 1 ; MONTICCIOLO 1 ; LEVINSON, B. 1 ; GRUBER, M. 1 ; RUSH, N. 1
PO: VEIT, M. 2
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