Seton Hall University
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Seton Hall Defeats NJIT For Fourth Straight Win, 7-1
3/22/2023 9:19:00 PM | Baseball
South Orange, N.J. - Redshirt junior Chris Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) tossed five innings of shutout ball with six strikeouts and the offense matched its season high with 13 hits as the Seton Hall baseball team won its fourth straight game with a win 7-1 over NJIT on Wednesday afternoon at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium.
The pitching staff for the Pirates (8-9) tallied 12 strikeouts; six from Shine, two from graduate student Dom DiRado (Vestal, N.Y.) and four from junior Jay Allmer (Cary, N.C.). Junior Zack Sylvester (Montville, N.J.) and redshirt junior Oscar Murray (Brentwood, Calif.) both registered three-hit games and redshirt junior Staus Pokrovsky (Pittsgrove, N.J.) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run.
How It Happened
Shine put a runner on in the first inning but worked a perfect second frame, retiring the side in order on only three pitches. With a runner on first and two outs in the bottom of the second, Pokrovsky turned on the first pitch he saw and sent it over the left field fence, giving Seton Hall a 2-0 lead. The Pirates made it 4-0 in the third where Sophomore Jedier Hernandez (Trenton, N.J.) brought a run home on an RBI groundout and Sylvester drove a run in on a base hit to left field.
Shine continued his strong outing the fourth where he struck out a pair of batters and in the fifth where he fanned two more and ended the frame by picking off q runner at first base. DiRado came on and worked a clean sixth before the Pirates added on to their lead in the seventh. Seton Hall's success hitting with two outs continued as Hernandez sent home junior Max Viera (Greenwood Lake, N.Y.) from second base on a single up the middle and Sylvester pushed the lead to 6-0 as he drove in Hernandez on an RBI triple.
News & Notes
- Head coach Rob Sheppard now has 496 career victories.
- The Seton Hall pitching staff went 17 consecutive innings without allowing a run before the Highlanders plated a run in the top of the eighth.
- The Pirates went 6-for-14 with two outs and had five two-out RBI.
- Seton Hall stole five bases and picked off two NJIT baserunners.
- Murray is 10 for his last 19, hitting at a .526 clip., and has posted at least two hits in four of the last five games.
- Three hits for Murray set a new career high.
- Sylvester now has two three-hit games in his career, matching a career high.
- Pokrovsky's home run was his first of the season and the fourth of his career.
Up Next
The Pirates continue their homestand on Friday when Seton Hall open a three-game series against Fordham on Friday at 4 p.m. at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium. Fans can watch the game on FloSports via the Pirate Sports Network and updated on the series can be found on SHUPirates.com.
