Seton Hall University
31-24
Georgetown
30-26
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Seton Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Pirates' Strong Season Concludes At 2023 BIG EAST Championship
5/25/2023 7:20:00 PM | Baseball
Mason, Ohio - Redshirt junior Staus Pokrovsky (Pittsgrove, N.J.) went 2-for-4 with his 11th home run of the season and sophomore Daniel Frontera (Red Bank, N.J.) had five strikeouts in a solid five inning start but it wasn't enough as third-seeded Seton Hall fell to fourth-seeded Georgetown, 6-3, in an elimination game at the BIG EAST Championship on Thursday afternoon at Prasco Park.
Redshirt junior Mark McNelly (Limerick, Pa.) went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored and sophomore Pat D'Amico (Lynnfield, Mass.) went 3-for-4 with a run scored.
The Pirates' 31 wins this season were the most since 2016 and it marked a 13-win improvement over last season. This year's Seton Hall squad also hit .291 as a team, its highest clip since 2014, and 40 home runs, the most since 1999 and just the 10th 40-home run season in program history. Progress was made on the mound as well where the staff ERA went dropped from 6.38 last season to 4.43 this season. Pirate pitching also walked nearly 50 fewer batters in 2023.
THE GAME:
Georgetown led off the game with a solo home run but Frontera bounced back to retire the side in order. Frontera would go on to retire 14 Hoyas in a row after the home run before surrendering a walk in the top of the fourth inning.
Graduate student Alex Clyde (Old Tappan, N.J.) reached on a two-out single in the bottom half of the fourth and moved to second on a wild pitch but was unable to score. The Hoyas made the Pirates pay for not capitlazing as they tacked on two more runs in the top of the fifth to extend their lead to 3-0.
The Hall was able to get on the board in the bottom of the sixth on Pokrovsky's solo home run and it later pushed across another run on an RBI groundout from senior Oscar Murray (Brentwood, Calif.) that trimmed its deficit one-run, 3-2. With two on base and one out in the top of the eighth, Georgetown plated three on a three-run home run that pushed its lead up to four, 6-2.
Seton Hall wouldn't back down though as the Pirates put two on in the bottom of the ninth and redshirt junior Jonathan Luders (Lynnfield, Mass.) delivered an RBI single to center field that made it a three-run game, 6-3. A groundout however ended the Pirates' rally and season.
NEWS & NOTES
- The Pirates out-hit the Hoyas, 11-8, and left nine runners on base compared to five for Georgetown.
- Five of the Pirates' 11 hits came from the eight and nine spots in the batting order.
- Frontera matched his career high with five strikeouts, which he's done twice previously this season at UConn on May and against Creighton on May 13.
- Pokrovsky's 11 home runs are the most for a Pirate in a single season since Alfie Critelli hit 14 home runs in 2000.
- Clyde went 2-for-4, giving him a team-best 22 multi-hit games this season.
- Pokrovsky finished with 14 multi-hit games this season.
- D'Amico registered his second three-hit game of the season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jake Bloss (8-4)
L: Frontera, Daniel (2-3)
S: Tyler Mead (7)
Batting:
2B: Angelo D'Acunto 1
HR: Owen Carapellotti 1 ; Jake Hyde 1
RBI: Owen Carapellotti 2 ; Ubaldo Lopez 1 ; Jake Hyde 3
SH: Andrew Bergeron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Owen Carapellotti 1 ; Ubaldo Lopez 1 ; Michael Eze 1 ; Jake Hyde 1 ; Angelo D'Acunto 1 ; Andrew Bergeron 1
Batting:
2B: McNelly, Mark 1
HR: Pokrovsky, Staus 1
RBI: Murray, Oscar 1 ; Luders, Jonathan 1 ; Pokrovsky, Staus 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pokrovsky, Staus 1 ; D'Amico, Pat 1 ; McNelly, Mark 1
