Pirates Pummel Peacocks

The Seton Hall Pirates got back to work with an 11-3 victory over St. Peters at Owen T. Carroll Field today. The win was the 2,000th in the history of the program. After the games scheduled for Tuesday, and Wednesday the Pirates avenged an earlier loss to the Peacocks. The pitching matchup was LHP Anthony Pacillo (0-0) for Seton Hall matching up with RHP Kevin Croucher (0-0) for St. Peters. The Pirates wasted little time in getting on the board. Left fielder Zack Weigel led off the bottom of the first with a double, and after a balk advanced him to third, right fielder Chris Selden singled to bring him home. The Pirates scored 3 runs overall in the inning, highlighted by a triple from third baseman Tyler Boyd. The Pirates added 3 runs in the second, and another run in the fourth to make it a 7-0 lead. The Pirates put up 2 more runs in the 6th, and 2 in the 7th. The 7th was highlighted by an double from John Beaubien that plated 2 runs. The Peacocks were held off of the board until the 8th. Left fielder Chris Hugg’s double scored 2 runs, and designated hitter Jim Smith’s single made it an 11-3 game. The score would hold, and the Pirates picked up their 16th win of the season. The win improved the Pirates record to 16-4 on the season, while St. Peters fell to 5-16. Anthony Pacillo picked up his first win of the year, and Kevin Croucher was handed his first loss. Pacillo went 7.2 innings, allowing 8 hits and 3 runs, while striking out 4. The Pirates were led by designated hitter Mikael-Ali Mogues, and left fielder Zack Weigel who each had 3 hits. Mogues and John Beaubien each had 2 RBI’s and Tyler Boyd had 3 RBI’s. Center fielder Derek Jenkins and Weigel each scored 3 runs. The Peacocks were led by left fielder Chris Hugg who had 3 hits and 2 RBI’s.

The Pirates will be back in action tomorrow to take on the Iona Gaels. We will have a full recap of that game when it goes final. We would also like to again congratulate the entire Seton Hall program, past and present on the 2,000 wins. Until next time, Hazard Zet Forward.

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Pirates Knock Out Knights

The Seton Hall Pirates took on the Farleigh Dickinson Knights in the final game of the three game series. The Pirates gained their 4th sweep of the season with a 5-1 victory at Owen T. Carroll Field. The pitching matchup was LHP Anthony Elia for Seton Hall against RHP John Chalupa for the Knights. Both pitchers dominated until the 4th when Farleigh Dickinson struck first. With 2 outs in the inning, first baseman Pat McClure singled to center, and brought home Shane Siebler. The Pirates responded in the 5th on a sac fly from Chris Chiaradio. The game remained tied until the bottom of the 8th. An error on the shortstop allowed the first run to score in the inning, and a sac fly from Sal Annunziata made it a 3-1 game. Next up was designated hitter Tyler Boyd who doubled down the right field line, and made it a 4-1 game. Chris Selden’s RBI single ended the scoring and made it a 5-1 Pirates lead. The score would hold, and the Pirates picked up their 4th sweep of the season. The Pirates improved to 15-4, while the Knights fell to 6-10. Anthony Elia was superb on the mound for Seton Hall. Elia went 8 innings while allowing only 1 run on 5 hits, while striking out 5. He improved his record to 2-2 with the win. Nick Cuono took the loss for the Knights, and his record fell to 1-1. The Pirates were lead by left fielder Chris Selden who had 2 hits and an RBI. Kyle Grimm, Sal Annunziata, Tyler Boyd, and Chris Chiaradio all had an RBI as well. The Knights were led by Pat McClure who had 2 hits and an RBI.

Outstanding Pitching Performance of the Weekend: Luke Cahill, Cahill came on in relief of Conor Krauss on Saturday and threw 6 shutout innings, which allowed the Pirates to get back in the game and get a 10-5 win. 6.0 innings, 3 hits, 2 K’s 0 walks

MVP of the Weekend: Designated Hitter Tyler Boyd, Boyd had a great weekend which included his team leading 3rd homerun of the season. 6 hits, 4 RBI’s, 1 homerun, 4 runs scored.

Number of the Weekend: 2, 2 Seton Hall starters went at least 8 innings this weekend, Anthony Elia (8.0 innings) and Josh Prevost (9.0 innings).

The Pirates are back in action on Tuesday at Owen T. Carroll Field to take on the Fairfield University Stags. The Knights will take on Monmouth on Wednesday. The Pirates will look to keep the momentum from their sweep over the weekend into this game against Fairfield. Fairfield is coming off of a win over Iona on Sunday. We will have a full recap of the game Tuesday when it goes final. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.

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Boyd, Annunziata, Power Pirates To Win

The Seton Hall Pirates traveled to Teaneck, NJ to take on the Farleigh Dickinson Knights in game 2 of the 3 game series. After a rough start, the Pirates battled back to earn a 10-5 win. The pitching matchup was RHP Conor Krauss for Seton Hall against RHP Brendan Butler for the Knights. After the Pirates were retired in order in the 1st, the Knights got on the board. Conor Krauss was touched up for 5 runs in .2 of an inning. The inning was highlighted by a double by SS Matt McCann that brought home 2 RBI’s. Luke Cahill came on in relief and got the final out of the inning. The Pirates answered immediately in the top of the second. First baseman Sal Annunziata blasted a solo homerun to right field to get the Pirates on the board. The homerun was the first of the season for Annunziata. The Pirates then took the lead for good in the third. With runners on first and second, designated hitter Tyler Boyd came through with a homerun to right center field. The homerun by Boyd capped a 5 run inning, and gave the Pirates the lead that they would not relinquish. The homerun was the third of the season for Boyd. Seton Hall got on the board again in the 5th inning. After singles from Kyle Grimm and Sal Annunziata, Chris Selden delivered a single to right field that brought home 2 runs. Both teams were scoreless until the 7th, when a Chris Chiaradio single brought home Tyler Boyd to make it a 10-5 Seton Hall lead. The score would hold and the Pirates came away with a 10-5 win. Luke Cahill did a masterful job for the Pirates. He came on in relief of Conor Krauss and pitched 6 shut out innings while allowing only 3 hits. Cahill improved his record to 4-1 on the season. Seton Hall was led by Tyler Boyd who had 3 hits and 3 RBI’s. Kyle Grimm had 3 hits, while Sal Annunziata and Chris Selden each had 2 RBI’s. The Knights were led by Matt McCann with 2 RBI’s. Brendan Butler took the loss and fell to 1-3 on the season. The Pirates improved to 14-4 on the season while the Knights fell to 6-9.

The Pirates will be back in action today at Owen T. Carroll Field in the final game of the series. The Pirates will be looking for their 4th sweep of the season. The Pitching matchup is LHP Anthony Elia (1-2) for the Pirates facing off against RHP John Chalupa (1-1) for the Knights. We hope to see a big crowd today to cheer on the Pirates as they go for the sweep of the Knights. We will have a full recap of the game when it goes final. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.

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Prevost, Pirates Take Down Knights

The Seton Hall Pirates took on the Farleigh Dickinson Knights in the first game of a three game series on Friday at Owen T. Carroll Field. The Pirates came out on top 3-1 to take the first game of the series. The pitching matchup was RHP Josh Prevost for Seton Hall matching up with RHP Joe Flack for Farleigh Dickinson. The Pirates got on the board first in the third on a sacrifice fly by third baseman Kyle Grimm, which brought home Derek Jenkins. The score remained 1-0 until the 6th inning, when Farleigh Dickinson got on the board with an RBI double from second baseman Dylan Sprague. The Pirates answered in the bottom of the inning with 2 runs to make it a 3-1 game. With runners on second and third, right fielder Chris Selden came through with a single to center which brought home the 2 runs. The 3-1 score would hold, and the Pirates picked up their 13th win of the season. The story of the game though, was Josh Prevost. Prevost picked up the win to improve to 6-0 on the season. Prevost went the distance, scattering 4 hits and only walking 1 while striking out 5. The complete game was the third on the season for the right hander, who’s ERA improved to 1.69 on the season. Prevost has picked up the win in the opening game of every series for the Pirates so far. The loss went to Joe Flack who fell to 0-2. For Seton Hall, designated hitter Tyler Boyd, and left fielder Zack Weigel had 2 hits apiece. Chris Selden went 1-3 and had the biggest hit of the game, the single in the 6th that gave the Pirates the lead for good. For the Knights, Dylan Sprague had the lone RBI, and third baseman Joel Roman scored the only run. With the win, Seton Hall improves to 13-4 while the Knights fall to 6-8.

As an interesting note, a scout for the Chicago Cubs was at the game, and in a brief conversation with him, Blue Beard Army learned that he was there specifically for Prevost, writing down his every pitch with his own speedometer, topping out at 94 MPH.

The Pirates will be back in action today for game 2 of the series. The game will be at Farleigh Dickinson, before the Pirates return to Owen T. Carroll field for the final game on Sunday. The pitching matchup is RHP Conor Krauss (0-0) for Seton Hall going up against RHP Brendan Butler (1-2) for Farleigh Dickinson. We will have a full recap of the game when it goes final. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.

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