Weather Impacts Seton Hall and St. John's Series In South Orange

South Orange, N.J. - The Seton Hall baseball team welcomes local rival St. John's to Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field this weekend for a critical BIG EAST series that will take place on Sunday with a doubleheader at 12 p.m. due to poor weather.

Both games will be streamed on the Pirate Sports Network via FloBaseball.

Thursday vs. St. John's, 4 PM: RHP #13 Chris Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) vs. RHP Joe Joe Rodriguez
Saturday vs. St. John's, 1 PM: RHP #26 Hunter Waldis (Naples, Fla. vs. RHP Brandon Backman
Sunday vs. St. John's, 12 PM: RHP #8 Brennan O'Neill (Morristown, N.J.) vs. RHP Dylan Johnson

NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Seton Hall has won five of its last seven games and they've averaged 9.2 runs per game in those victories.
The Pirates are coming off of their second ranked victory of the season with an 11-2 walloping of No. 24 Rutgers on Tuesday.
The Pirates have won their last four games are home.
Starters Chris Shine and Brennan O'Neill are tied for the team lead with 19 strikeouts in conference play.
Sophomore Drew Conover (Pittsgrove, N.J.) has yet to allow a run out of the bullpen in four appearances against BIG EAST teams.
Senior Justin Scotto (Tinton Falls, N.J.) is hitting .458 (11-for-24) in the month of May over the last two season with two home runs and seven RBI.
Head coach Rob Sheppard is now up to 485 career victories.

Here's the promotional schedule for the upcoming series:

Sunday, May 8 vs. St. John's - 12 p.m. - Mother's Day Giveaway & Youth Day
In honor of Mother's Day, moms in attendance of the Pirates vs. Red Storm series finale can pick up a FREE blue blanket at the marketing table while supplies last. Also, the Pirates invite all Youth teams to come enjoy the game. The South Orange/Maplewood Little League will be in attendance.