Pirates Host Butler At The Shep This Weekend

South Orange, N.J. - Winners of eight of its last 11 games, the Seton Hall baseball team welcomes Butler to Mike Sheppard Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field for a three-game series, starting with Friday's opener at 6 p.m.

Promotional Schedule
Friday: Baseball Bingo - Fans can participate in Baseball Bingo by scanning the QR code at the Marketing table. All cards are mobile and each scan will generate a new, user unique card! The first five (5) fans to win can collect their prize at the marketing table.
Saturday: Trading Card Giveaway - The first 150 fans to attend the baseball game at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium on Saturday, April 22 (2 p.m.) will receive a pack of trading cards, made up of the team's seniors and graduate students!
Sunday: Sunday Sundaes - Seton Hall students in attendance will receive free ice cream when they show their SHU ID at the concession stand located adjacent to the parking deck.

Pitching Probables
Friday - Nick Payero (Monroe, N.J.) vs. Nick Miketinac
Saturday - Daniel Frontera (Red Bank, N.J.) vs. Cory Bosecker
Sunday - Chris Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) vs. Lukas Galdoni

News & Notes

Seton Hall enters the the weekend in a three-way tie for first in the BIG EAST with UConn and Xavier also at 4-2 in league play.
Seton Hall and Butler have split the last four games in the all-time series but the Pirates have won five of the last eight meetings.
The Pirates are coming off of their first series victory over St. John's since 2016 and their first series win in Queens since 2012.
Seton Hall scored a season-high 14 runs on 18 hits in its midweek victory over Wagner on Wednesday, 14-3.
Seton Hall has scored 212 runs as a team this season and its already 13 away from matching last season's run total with 18 games to play.
The Pirates rank second in the BIG EAST and 30th in the country with 66 stolen bases.
Junior Max Viera (Greenwood Lake, N.Y.) ranks second in the BIG EAST with 18 stolen bases and redshirt junior Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.) ranks third with 17.
Viera is returning to his freshman All-American form in his first season as a Pirate, as he ranks 15th in the BIG EAST with a .346 batting average and is tied for third with 12 doubles.
The Pirates lead the BIG EAST with a team ERA of 4.64 and they're led by strong arms out of the bullpen in freshman Michael Gillen (Rochelle Park, N.J.), who has given up only one run in 11 appearances with 19 strikeouts, and junior Jay Allmer (Asheville, N.C.), who ranks second in the BIG EAST with four saves while posting an ERA of 1.10 in 12 appearances.
The Hall has turned 34 double played this season which leads the BIG EAST and ranks 13th in the country.