Friday, May 3
Oxford, Ohio / McKie Field at Hayden Park
6:00 PM
Seton Hall University
21-22, 5-5
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Xavier
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DeVito, Waldis Stymie Xavier, 3-1
5/3/2019 9:31:00 PM | Baseball
OXFORD, OHIO – Junior Ricky DeVito (Staten Island, N.Y.) tossed seven strong innings, and sophomore Hunter Waldis (Far Hills, N.J.) pitched out of a bases-loaded no outs jam as the Seton Hall baseball team edged Xavier, 3-1, in the series opener on Friday.
DeVito allowed only one run over seven innings with eight strikeouts and only one walk to earn the victory. Waldis entered inherited in the top of the eighth inning with no outs and the bases loaded, but struck out his first batter and then induced a ground ball double-play to get out of the inning unscathed. The right-hander then tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his second save of the year.
Offensively, junior Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) and Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) also had two hits apiece.
What Happened:
Toke and Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) led off the second inning with singles, and with one out, Grober singled through the right side to score the first run of the game. Seton Hall left the bases loaded, but The Hall was able to take an early 1-0 advantage. In the top of the third, back-to-back doubles by Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) and Toke led to the Pirates' second run.
Xavier struck for a run off DeVito in the bottom of the third, but The Hall got the run back in the top of the fourth. Grober led off the inning with a triple, and with one out, Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove him in with a single to center field to extend The Hall's lead to 3-1.
Inside the Numbers:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its three-game series at Xavier. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
DeVito allowed only one run over seven innings with eight strikeouts and only one walk to earn the victory. Waldis entered inherited in the top of the eighth inning with no outs and the bases loaded, but struck out his first batter and then induced a ground ball double-play to get out of the inning unscathed. The right-hander then tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his second save of the year.
Offensively, junior Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) and Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) also had two hits apiece.
What Happened:
Toke and Sebastiano Santorelli (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) led off the second inning with singles, and with one out, Grober singled through the right side to score the first run of the game. Seton Hall left the bases loaded, but The Hall was able to take an early 1-0 advantage. In the top of the third, back-to-back doubles by Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) and Toke led to the Pirates' second run.
Xavier struck for a run off DeVito in the bottom of the third, but The Hall got the run back in the top of the fourth. Grober led off the inning with a triple, and with one out, Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove him in with a single to center field to extend The Hall's lead to 3-1.
Inside the Numbers:
- Both teams had eight hits. Xavier committed one error, while Seton Hall had none.
- DeVito was brilliant, allowing one run over seven innings with eight strikeouts and only one walk to earn the victory.
- Waldis tossed two hitless innings with three strikeouts and one walk to earn the save.
- Toke reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, a run scored and an RBI.
- Grober went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored, while Del Castillo went 2-for-5.
- Seton Hall left nine men on base, while Xavier left 11.
- Xavier's Damien Richard took the loss. He allowed two runs over seven innings.
- The Pirates improve to 21-22 overall and 5-5 in the BIG EAST, while Xavier falls to 20-26 overall and 9-3 in conference play.
- Seton Hall improves to 10-7 all-time against the Musketeers.
- Seton Hall improves to 19-0 when leading after seven innings.
- Today is the 19th time this season that the Pirates haven't committed an error in a game.
- Seton Hall improved to 2-3 in two-run games this season.
- Today was the 23rd time this season that Seton Hall struck out at least 10 batters.
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it continues its three-game series at Xavier. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeVito, Ricky (2-4)
L: RICHARD,Damien (1-2)
S: Waldis, Hunter (2)
Batting:
2B: Toke, Matt 1
3B: Grober, Steve 1
RBI: Huntzinger, Jerry 1 ; Toke, Matt 1 ; Grober, Steve 1
SH: Santorelli, Sebastiano 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dana, Casey 1 ; Toke, Matt 1 ; Grober, Steve 1
PO: Huntzinger, Jerry 1
Batting:
2B: GRAMMES, Conor 1
RBI: HOUSINGER, Jack 1
SH: DARCY, Kody 1
SF: HOUSINGER, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GRAMMES, Conor 1
SB: HOUSINGER, Jack 1 ; ALTENBERGER, Ryan 1
HBP: GRAMMES, Conor 1 ; ALTENBERGER, Ryan 1
PO: GRAMMES, Conor 1
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