The Seton Hall Pirates will be back in action this weekend as they take on their in state rival, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The series will begin today when RHP Zach Prendergast takes the mound for the Pirates. He will be squaring off with LHP Mark McCoy of Rutgers at Owen T. Carroll Field. Game 2 of the series on Saturday will be played at Bainton Field. The pitching match up will be RHP Shane McCarthy for the Pirates against LHP Howie Brey of the Scarlet Knights. The final game of the series on Sunday will be played at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. The pitching match up will feature RHP Zach Schellenger for the Pirates vs RHP Gaby Rosa for Rutgers.

Rutgers enters with a record of 13-26-1, while the Pirates come in at 19-15. We will have a full recap of this rivalry all weekend. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.

The Seton Hall Pirates kicked off a 3 game weekend series against their Big East foe, the Butler Bulldogs at Owen T. Carroll Field. The pitching matchup was RHP Zach Prendergrast vs LHP Jeff Schank for Butler. The Pirates got on the board in the 1st on an RBI groundout by Kyle Grimm which plated Zack Weigel and made it a 1-0 lead for Seton Hall. The Pirates added another run in the 2nd when Zack Weigel walked with the bases loaded to force in a run. The score remained 2-0 until the top of the 4th when Butler would answer with 4 runs and take a 4-2 lead. An RBI single by Garrett Christman and a 3 run homer by Austin Miller put Butler up 4-2.

The Pirates answered in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI groundout by Joe Poduslenko. In the 6th, Poduslenko hit a sac fly which scored Derek Jenkins and tied the score at 4-4. The Pirates would retake the lead in the 7th on an RBI groundout by Ryan Ramiz. Kyle Grimm added to the lead in the 8th with an RBI single to make the score 6-4. Anthony Elia came on in the 9th and recorded his 2nd save of the season and the Pirates took the 1st game of the series with a 6-4 win.

Zach Prendergrast worked 7 innings while allowing 6 hits and 4 runs. Prendergrast struck out 7 and walked only 1. His record improved to 5-3 on the season. Matt Leon came on and worked a perfect 8th inning and gave way to Anthony Elia who picked up his 2nd save. Danny Pobereyko took the loss for Butler. His record fell to 1-1.

The Pirates were led by Tyler Boyd and Ryan Ramiz who had 2 hits apiece. Kyle Grimm and Joe Poduslenko each had 2 RBI’s. The Bulldogs were led by Garrett Christman and Tyler Houston with 2 hits apiece. Austin Miller homered and plated 3 RBI’s.

The Pirates are back in action for game 2 of the series against Butler on Saturday at 1 PM. The Pitching matchup will be RHP Shane McCarthy (4-2) for the Pirates vs LHP Peter Nyznk (1-2) for Butler.

We will have a full recap of the 2nd game of the series. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.

The Seton Hall Pirates opened up this weekend with a 3-0 win over Cornell. Seton Hall came within 2 outs of a no hitter. The pitching match up was RHP Zach Prendergrast for Seton Hall against LHP Michael Byrne for Cornell. Seton Hall struck first in the second inning with an RBI single by Mike Caputo. The Pirates tacked on 2 more runs in the 5th with an RBI single from Kyle Grimm that plated 2 runs. The score would hold and the Pirates picked up their first win of the young season.

The Pirates were led by Kyle Grimm and Mike Caputo who had 2 hits apiece. Jordan Winawer had the lone hit for Cornell in the 9th inning. The story of the game though, was the pitching performances for Seton Hall. Prendergrast was masterful, going 7 innings while allowing 0 hits and striking out 6. Sam Burum came in and threw another 1.1 scoreless innings, and Anthony Elia came through with the final 2 outs. Prendegrast picked up the win to improve his record to 1-0, and Michael Byrne dropped to 0-2.

The Pirates are back in action today for a double header. They will take on the #1 ranked Virginia Cavaliers at 3, and the Hartford Hawks at 7. In the first game it will LHP Anthony Pacillo for the Pirates against RHP Connor Jones for the Cavaliers. In the nightcap, it will be RHP Luke Cahill for Seton Hall against RHP Sam McKay for Hartford. We will have a full recap of the games. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.

This weekend’s series between the Pirates and the Old Dominion Monarchs has been cancelled due to weather conditions. The Pirates will be back in action next weekend when they will take on Hartford and #2 Virginia. We will have full coverage of all of the games. Until then, Hazard Zet Forward.