Pirates Tripped Up By Creighton In Series Opener, 6-1

Friday, May 14

South Orange, N.J.

3 p.m.

Seton Hall University

21-18, 14-6

Creighton

20-9, 12-2

Creighton

Seton Hall

Pirates Tripped Up By Creighton In Series Opener, 6-1

5/14/2021 6:48:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Toke goes 2-for-4 in the loss to the Bluejays

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Creighton used a four-run fourth inning to get by the Seton Hall baseball team as the Bluejays topped the Pirates, 6-1, on Friday afternoon.

Senior Ryan McLinskey (Pearl River, N.Y.) struck out five in 3.2 innings of work but took the loss for The Hall (21-18, 14-6 BIG EAST). Graduate student Matt Toke (Three Bridges, N.J.) continued his hot hitting with a 2-for-4 outing. He's now registered multi-hit performances in six of his last 11 games

McLinskey started off the game by retiring the side in order but Creighton got on the board thanks to an RBI single in the top of second that made it 1-0. In the top of the fourth, the Bluejays took advantage of some Seton Hall miscues to extend their advantage to 5-0.

The Pirates looked to respond in the home half of the fourth as senior Casey Dana (Montgomery, N.Y.) – who later went on to score The Hall's lone run of the game in the bottom of the ninth – led off the frame with a base hit. He moved to second after senior Connor Hood (Shrewsbury, Pa.) drew a four-pitch walk with one out but neither of them advanced further.

Hood would send home Dana on an RBI groundout in the ninth inning but it wouldn't be enough to extend the game.

Up Next:

The Pirates and the Bluejays will play a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. Game one will be seven innings and game two will be nine innings. Both games will be streamed on the Pirate Sports Network.