Santorelli's Walk-Off Single Wins it for Pirates

Friday, May 10

Queens, N.Y. / Jack Kaiser Stadium

3:00 PM

Seton Hall University

23-23, 0

Georgetown

19-31, 0

Georgetown

Seton Hall

5/10/2019 8:56:00 PM | Baseball

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QUEENS, N.Y. – Senior Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) delivered a game-winning RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the 10^th inning to lift the Seton Hall baseball team to a 6-5 victory over Georgetown on Friday.

Santorelli jumped on the first pitch he saw and drove the ball into right field, which easily allowed Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) to score from third base with the winning run. Santorelli went 2-for-5 for the game with a double, a run scored and the game-winning RBI. Shedler-McAvoy also had two hits, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored.

Sophomore Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and a monster solo home run in the sixth inning.

Seton Hall starter Ricky DeVito (Staten Island, N.Y.) allowed two runs over six innings in a no decision. He tied his season-high with nine strikeouts and walked only two batters.

PIRATES WIN!!!

Sebastiano Santorelli delivers with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to send the Pirates to a 6-5 victory over Georgetown!!#HALLin pic.twitter.com/OCwQJC8Me6
— Seton Hall Baseball (@SHUBaseball) May 10, 2019

What Happened:
Trailing 2-1, the Pirates took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with back-to-back one-out RBI singles through the left side. After Santorelli doubled to lead off, and Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) walked, senior Chris Villa (Staten Island, N.Y.) singled to tie the game. Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) followed with an RBI single to give The Hall a 3-2 lead.

Dana's team-leading seventh home run of the season gave the Pirates an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth.

The Hall's lead however, was short-lived as Georgetown struck for three runs off the Pirate bullpen in the top of the seventh. After a one-out triple, reliever Blake Espinal (Bronx, N.Y.) was able strikeout the next batter for the second out of the inning. The Hoyas however, drew back-to-back walks, followed by back-to-back RBI singles off Espinal and Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.), to plate three runs and take a 5-4 advantage.

In the bottom of the eighth, The Hall used a little small ball to tie the score. Shedler-McAvoy singled to lead off and was sacrificed to second on a bunt by Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.). A passed ball moved Shedler-McAvoy to third base, and then he scored on a perfect safety squeeze bunt by Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.).

In the bottom of the 10^th inning, Shedler-McAvoy led off with a hard single to center field and moved to second on another sacrifice bunt by Del Castillo. After Dana walked, Toke grounded out, which allowed Shedler-McAvoy to advance to third base. That's when Santorelli delivered his two-out heroics.

Inside the Numbers:

Georgetown out-hit Seton Hall, 10-9. The Hoyas committed two errors, while The Hall had none.
DeVito allowed only two runs over six innings with nine strikeouts and only two walks in a no decision.
Santorelli went 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored and the game-winning RBI.
Shedler-McAvoy went 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
Dana reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks and a home run.
Junior Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) tossed a scoreless eighth inning.
Sophomore Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) picked up the victory with scoreless innings in the ninth and 10^th.
Seton Hall left five men on base, while the Hoyas left 12.
Georgetown reliever Owen Lamon took the loss. He allowed one run in 1.2 innings.

News & Notes:

The Pirates improve to 23-23 overall and 7-6 in the BIG EAST, while Georgetown falls to 19-31 overall and 5-8 in conference play.
Seton Hall improves to 87-27 all-time against the Hoyas and has now won seven straight in the series.
Today was Shedler-McAvoy's team-leading 15^th multi-hit game of the season. Additionally, he has hit safely in 14 of the last 15 games.
Seton Hall improves to 3-2 in extra-inning games. All five of the Pirates' extra-inning games have been 10-inning games.
Dana's home run today is his seventh of the season, which matches his total from his entire freshman year.
This is Seton Hall's first victory this season when trailing after seven innings. The Pirates were 0-17 until today.
Today is the 21^st time this season that the Pirates haven't committed an error in a game.
Seton Hall improves to 21-7 when scoring at least five runs in a game.
Today was the 25^th time this season that Seton Hall struck out at least 10 batters.

Next Up:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it concludes its three-game series against Georgetown with a doubleheader in at Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, N.Y. First pitch of game one is scheduled for Noon. It will be Senior Day and ceremonies will commence pregame.