Seton Hall Concludes Spring Break Trip at Saint Mary’s

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall baseball team will conclude its spring break trip through California with a three-game set in Moraga, Calif., against Saint Mary's starting with a 5 p.m. EST first pitch on Thursday.

Live stream, live audio and live stats information for the week can be found on the baseball schedule page on SHUPirates.com.

Here's this weekend's projected pitching matchup (subject to change):

Thursday: RHP Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) – 2-0, 3.52 ERA
Friday: RHP Noah Thompson (Frisco, Texas) – 0-2, 1.93 ERA
Saturday: RHP David Festa (Verona, N.J.) – 1-2, 5.84 ERA

Here are the notes you need to know for the series:

This will be the first ever meeting between the Pirates and the Gaels.
The Pirates are coming off of an extra innings loss at Fresno State and a three-game series against USC where the Hall won the first game, 6-3, but dropped the next two.
Of their six losses, the Pirates have lost by two runs or less in four of them.
After a strong series against USC, junior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
Dana went 6-for-10 (.600) with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI. He registered multi-hit games in all three contests and he reached base eight times in 12 plate appearances.
After being named BIG EAST Player of the Week following the first weekend, senior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) went 5-for-13 (.385) with three RBI at Liberty.
After battling injuries his first two seasons in South Orange, junior Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) has pitched well in his first year as a full-time starter.
His first career start was against No. 20 Wake Forest (2/14) and he struck out six batters in four innings of work.
McLinskey has followed his first start up with an eight strikeout performance at Liberty (2/21) and a six K outing at USC (2/28). He earned the win in both starts.