Fresno State outlasts Seton Hall in extras, 5-4

Tuesday, March 3

Fresno, Calif.

9:05 p.m.

Seton Hall University

4-6

Fresno State

8-4

Seton Hall

Fresno State

3/4/2020 1:14:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Shedler-McAvoy goes 3-for-5 with two runs scored for the Pirates on Tuesday night

FRESNO, Calif. – Senior Tyler Shedler-McAvoy (Allendale, N.J.) went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and junior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) registered two RBI but the Seton Hall baseball dropped a tough extra innings contest, 5-4, at Fresno State on Tuesday evening.

The Pirates (4-6) used seven pitchers in its first midweek game of the season but senior Corey Sawyer (Kearny, N.J.) took the loss. Fresno State, who was picked to finish second in the Mountain West and finished 34th in the final RPI rankings in 2019, won in walk-off fashion following a rundown play at home plate where the ball was thrown away, allowing the game-winning run to score.

Redshirt junior Christian Del Castillo (Miami, Fla.) and freshman Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) turned in multi-hit games for the Hall.

What Happened:
The Pirates struck first in the top of the first inning where Shedler-McAvoy led off with a single, stole second base and moved to third on a single from Del Castillo. Dana plated Shedler-McAvoy on a fielder's choice RBI that gave the Pirates a 1-0 lead.

In the top of the second, five consecutive singles led to three more runs for the Pirates as the Hall saw RBI base knocks from Hack, Del Castillo and Dana.

The Bulldogs pushed across the game-tying run in the bottom of the third that made it 4-4. After that, both teams would have their opportunities to plate the go-ahead run in nine innings but the pitching staffs and defenses found ways around it.

The Pirates' best chance arguably came in the seventh when Shedler-McAvoy led off an inning with a base hit for the second time, when to second on a sac bunt and third on a fly out. With two outs, senior Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) rocketed a ball that hit off the pitcher, who fielded it cleanly and threw Toke out at first to end the threat.

News & Notes:

Seton Hall falls to 0-2 all-time against Fresno State.
Freshman Christopher Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) recorded his first career start for Seton Hall and he posted two strikeouts in two innings of work.
Freshman Reed Mascolo (Fairfield, Conn.) led the Pirates with three strikeouts in two innings of relief.
Del Castillo has had multi-hit performances in two of the last three games.
Hack now has two multi-hit games in his career
Dana now leads the team with four multi-RBI games this season.
Shedler-McAvoy has two three-hit games this season and eight in his career.

Up Next:

The Pirates will travel north through California tomorrow for the Bay Area where will they take on Saint Mary's for a three-game set from March 5-7.