McLinskey, Offense Lead Seton Hall To Win Over Georgetown, 8-7

Friday, April 30

South Orange, N.J.

3 p.m.

Seton Hall University

Georgetown

McLinskey, Offense Lead Seton Hall To Win Over Georgetown, 8-7

4/30/2021 8:12:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The senior strikes out a career-high 10 batters in the victory over the Hoyas

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Senior Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) had a career-best 10 strikeouts in 6.2 innings and graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored in the Seton Hall baseball team's 8-7 series-opening victory over Georgetown on Friday afternoon.

McLinskey didn't allow an earned run, gave up only four hits and improved to 3-0 on the season. Freshman Zane Probst (Mill Hall, Pa.) struck out two batters in the ninth inning and registered his second save.

The Pirates (16-15, 9-3 BIG EAST) used a seven-run fifth inning to separate themselves from the Hoyas.

How It Happened:

McLinskey started the game by striking out the side and he kept Georgetown off the scoreboard until the top of the fifth. With runners on the corners, McLinskey's attempted to throw out the runner on first stealing second but his errant throw went into the center field. The runner on third came home to score the Hoyas went ahead, 1-0.

As they've been doing all season, the Pirates responded immediately in the bottom half of the fifth. The scoring started with a go-ahead, two RBI single with the bases loaded and no one out off the bat of senior Jerry Huntzinger (Staten Island, N.Y.). Toke's two RBI base hit extended the Pirate lead to 4-1. Following an RBI double by graduate student Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.), Toke would score on a wild pitch and junior Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) would knock in another run on a single that made it 7-1 Seton Hall.

McLinskey fanned the side in order again in the top of the sixth that gave him 10 strikeouts for the game. Him and junior Cole Patten (Manasquan, N.J.) kept the Hoyas off the scoreboard in the seventh inning and senior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) gave the Pirates their eighth run of the game in the home half with a solo home run – his fifth of the season and the 22nd of his career.

Despite a strong Hoyas rally in the ninth, Probst would shut the door and give the Pirates the win in the series opener.

Up Next:

Georgetown and Seton Hall will square off again with a noon doubleheader. Game one will be seven innings and game two will be a nine-inning contest.