Pokrovsky's Career Day Propels Pirates in Game Two, 4-0

Saturday, April 8

South Orange, N.J.

2:50 p.m.

Seton Hall University

15-14, 0

Georgetown

17-15, 0

Georgetown

Seton Hall

Staus Pokrovsky takes an at bat against Monmouth on March 12

Pokrovsky's Career Day Propels Pirates in Game Two, 4-0

4/8/2023 8:46:00 PM | Baseball

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The catcher goes 4-for-4 with two home runs and helps the Pirates win the series over Georgetown.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Junior Staus Pokrovsky (Pittsgrove, N.J.) went 4-for-4 with two home runs to power the Seton Hall baseball team to a 4-0 victory over Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday.

The victory gives the Pirates the all-important series victory over the Hoyas.

Pokrovsky was brilliant, going 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, a single, three runs scored and three RBI. The Pirates' catcher either drove in or scored all four of The Hall's runs.

On the mound, the Pirates were just as dominant. Starter Christopher Shine (South Plainfield, N.J.) earned the win and tossed five scoreless innings, scattering only two hits, while striking out seven and walking one. Alex Nicolosi (Stony Point, N.Y.), Michael Gillen (Rochelle Park, N.J.) and Jay Allmer (Cary, N.C.) kept the Hoyas off the scoreboard over the final four innings. Allmer got the final out of the game to earn his third save.

Have a day, @PokrovskyStosh!! #HALLin 🔵⚪️ | #NeverLoseYourHustle pic.twitter.com/y33BoI5MAJ
— Seton Hall University Baseball (@SHUBaseball) April 8, 2023

THE GAME:
Pokrovsky got the Pirates' party started with a solo shot to left-center field with one out in the bottom of the third.

In the fifth, Jonathan Luders (Lynnfield, Mass.) singled with one out. Pokrovsky then doubled off the wall in nearly the same spot he hit the home run earlier. Luders scored from first and the Pirates led, 2-0. Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) followed with a double down the right field line and scored Pokrovsky to give The Hall a 3-0 advantage.

Pokrovsky capped off his remarkable performance with a booming, no-doubter of a home run onto the third floor of the parking deck in left field in the bottom of the seventh.

How about a little strike'em out, throw'em out double play to end the sixth inning!!

THEY. ARE. PUMPED!!#HALLin #NeverLoseYourHustle pic.twitter.com/8HirdCCRh6
— Seton Hall University Baseball (@SHUBaseball) April 8, 2023

THE NUMBERS:

The Hall out-hit Georgetown, 11-to-8.
Neither team committed an error.
Both teams left nine men on base.
Pokrovsky went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, a single, three runs scored and three RBI.
Hack went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base.
Shine picked up the victory with 5.0 scoreless innings, scattering two hits with seven strikeouts and only one walk.
Nicolosi tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts and no walks.
Gillen scattered three hits over 2.1 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and no walks.
Allmer came in to get the final out, a strikeout, to pick up his third save.

THE NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 15-14 overall and 2-1 in BIG EAST play, while Georgetown falls to 17-15 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
The Pirates have won seven of their last nine games overall.
The Hall improves to 96-30 all-time against the Hoyas, and has won 16 of the last 19 games in the series.
This is the fifth straight season that the Pirates have won their first BIG EAST series.
It's the ninth straight game that The Hall has committed one or fewer errors and the 23^rd time this season.
Seton Hall has now collected at least 10 hits in five of its last six games and in nine out of its last 11.
With today's outing, Shine reduced his season ERA by 1.39. His seven strikeouts were also a season-high.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Tuesday, April 11 when it heads to local non-conference rival Rutgers. First pitch of the contest is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.