Sheehan Delivers In Pirates' 3-2 Win Over Monmouth

Tuesday, March 29

South Orange, N.J.

4 p.m.

Seton Hall University

4-18

Monmouth

9-13

Monmouth

Seton Hall

3/29/2022 8:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

South Orange, N.J. — Graduate student Collin Sheehan (Doylestown, Pa.) delivered the game-winning double in the 10th inning that propelled the Seton Hall baseball team to its third consecutive victory as the Pirates defeated Monmouth, 4-3, on Tuesday afternoon.

Sophomore Drew Conover (Pittstown, N.J.) earned the win for the Pirates after tossing two innings of scoreless relief. Freshman Pat D'Amico (Lynnfield, Mass.) had a two RBI base hit and redshirt sophomore Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.) went 2-for-5 and stole a career-high three bases.

How It Happened

The Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-run home run but Payero settled in and worked a scoreless second and third innings.

In the bottom of the third, Gale tallied the first Seton Hall hit of the day on a single to left field. After Gale stole second, Hack drew a walk to give the Pirates two runners on base. The duo pulled off a double steal that moved them both into scoring position and D'Amico delivered with a single to center field that tied up the game at 2-2.

Monmouth regained the lead in the top of the fourth on an RBI single that gave the Hawks a 3-2 advantage. Payero and reliever Chris Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) combined to retire the side in the fifth and sixth innings and kept the Monmouth offense quiet. Sheehan reached on a one out base hit in the home half of the sixth and head coach Rob Sheppard called for junior Jonathan Luders to come off the bench as a pinch hitter. Luders delivered as he sent a 1-1 pitch to the left field wall and Sheehan scored all the way from the first, tying the game up at 3-3.

The bullpens on both sides did their jobs in the latter innings. For the Pirates, sophomore Zane Probst (Mill Hall, Pa.) worked a scoreless eighth and classmate Conover worked out of a jam in the top of the ninth and kept it a 3-3 ballgame. Conover allowed a lead-off walk in the top of the 10th but he helped his own cause by turning a 1-6-3 double play for the first two outs before getting the third out on a called strike three.

In the bottom of the 10th, The Hall was down to its last out when Sylvester and D'Amico worked back-to-back walks to give the Pirates runners on first and second. Sheehan then stepped to the plate and sliced a 2-1 pitch deep into the left center field gap that allowed Sylvester to score the game-winning run with ease from second base.

News & Notes

The have now won three straight games and back-to-back contests at the Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium.
Seton Hall's pitching staff stranded 10 Monmouth runners.
Sheehan has registered multi-hit performances in four of his last five games and five of his last six base hits have gone for extra bases.
Freshman Jedier Hernandez (Trenton, N.J.) threw out two runners on the base paths.

Up Next

The Pirates will next face Wagner at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field