Seton Hall Soundly Defeats Villanova In Seven, 13-2

Saturday, April 17

Villanova, PA

1 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Villanova

Seton Hall Soundly Defeats Villanova In Seven, 13-2

4/17/2021 5:22:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Shine, Cinnella combine to allow two hits and two runs in the victory

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA. – The Seton Hall baseball team used a stout all-around effort to clinch its second BIG EAST series of the season as the Pirates topped Villanova, 13-2, in seven innings on Saturday.

Sophomore Chris Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) earned the win for the Pirates (12-13, 5-1 BIG EAST) on the mound. Junior Joe Cinnella (Mahwah, N.J.) struck out two and didn't allow a hit in 2.2 innings of relief.

Seton Hall stole a season-high seven bases and five Pirates registered multi-hit games: senior Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.), graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.), senior Collin Sheehan (Doylestown, Pa.), junior Steve Grober (Hillsborough, N.J.) and graduate student Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.).

How It Happened:

With Shedler-McAvoy on third base and one out, sophomore Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.) opened the scoring with an RBI single that gave Seton Hall a 1-0 lead. The Pirates did the rest of their damage – five more runs in the inning – with two outs. A bases clearing single by Huntzinger scored two, a one-run single by Hack, an RBI double by senior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) and a one-run single for Toke pushed the Seton Hall advantage to 6-0.

Shine retired the side in the home half of the second but the Wildcats cut their deficit to five, 6-1, after pushing across a run in the bottom of the third. The Pirates responded in the top of the fourth with three more runs as Sheehan plated two on a bases clearing double before scoring himself on a wild pitch that made it 9-1 Seton Hall.

The Pirates' final crooked number of the day came in the top of the sixth where a bases loaded walk gave Gale an RBI, Grober delivered a two RBI single and Hood – making his first appearance of the season after suffering an injury in the offseason – completed his two-hit day with an RBI single.

Up Next:

Seton Hall will wrap up its series with the Wildcats tomorrow at 12 p.m.