Photo Credit: Marcus Thatcher
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Game 16 | March 19, 2019
Wagner College Seahawks (4-11; 2-1 NEC) vs.
Seton Hall University Pirates (3-12; 0-0 Big East)
Staten Island, NY | Richmond County Bank Ballpark
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🎙️: Keith Raad (Play-by-Play)
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Seton Hall leads 33-8 |
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Staten Island, NY – After taking two-of-three against the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers in the Northeast Conference (NEC) opener this past weekend, the Wagner College baseball team will look for its third straight win as the Seahawks welcome the Seton Hall University Pirates of the Big East to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark for the home opener on Tuesday afternoon. First-pitch is slated for 3:00 p.m.
WHERE TO WATCH: Tuesday's contest between the Seahawks and Pirates will be streamed live on NEC Front Row, as Keith Raad will have the call.
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS:
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| March 19, 2019 |
Wagner |
TBA |
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Seton Hall |
TBA |
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// The Series:
» Wagner and Seton Hall will be squaring off for the 42nd time with the Pirates holding a 33-8 series advantage.
» The Green & White took last season's contest, by a 4-2 count, at Owen T. Carroll Field. It marked the first win by Wagner over Seton Hall since April 14, 2010, when the Seahawks were victorious, 7-6.
» In last year's game, recently-graduated outfielder and All-NEC Second-Team honoree,
Kyle Cala, had three of Wagner's five hits while driving in two of the four runs.
» Rising right-hander, sophomore
Mike Pirrotta, made his first collegiate start and recorded his first career win while rising junior
Nick Robino earned the save.
// Head Coach Jim Carone Picks Up Career Win No. 175...
» In Sunday's Northeast Conference (NEC) weekend finale, the Seahawks blanked Mount St. Mary's, 4-0. The win, the fourth of the season for the Seahawks, marked the 175th career coaching victory for two-time NEC Coach of the Year,
Jim Carone.
» Carone is just one of two Wagner bench bosses to ever accumulate 175 or more wins, joining former Seahawk head coach, Joe Litterio, who amassed a program-record 240 career wins in 12 seasons on Grymes Hill.
ALL-TIME CAREER COACHING RECORD
| Coach |
Years |
Wins |
Losses |
Ties |
Pct |
| Joe Litterio |
12 |
240 |
372 |
2 |
.393 |
| JIM CARONE |
8 |
175 |
212 |
1 |
.452 |
| Herb Sutter |
16 |
149 |
128 |
7 |
.537 |
| Rich Vitaliano |
8 |
120 |
208 |
3 |
.367 |
// 350 Conference Wins For Wagner...
» When the Seahawks put the finishing touches on a 4-0 shutout victory over the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers, the triumph gave the program its 350th all-time Northeast Conference (NEC) win.
» In 29 years of conference action, Wagner has posted a 350-357-0 all-time mark.
// Joey Triples....
» In the series opener against the Mount on Friday afternoon, senior outfielder,
Joe Silvestrone, went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. His two hits were both triples.
» Silvestrone became the first Seahawk to record two triples in the same contest since former Seahawk, Ed Sudol, did so against Lafayette back on March 29, 2007.
// Three Out Of Four...
» In Wagner's March 13 contest up at Fordham, senior shortstop
Anthony Pecora came within a home run of completing the cycle while finishing 3-for-5 with a run score in the Seahawk victory.
» The Mamaroneck, NY native led off the game with a double, added a single in the seventh and tripled in the eighth.
» He was one of three Seahawks to score a run in the victory, joining senior CF
Joe Silvestrone and junior 1B
Tyler Sanfillippo.
// About Seton Hall:
» Seton Hall comes into Tuesday's contest with a 3-12 overall record after going 2-3 in the Snowbird Classic, held in Port Charlotte, FL.
» The Pirates dropped a 6-2 decision to Harvard on Saturday in the finale.
» Jerry Huntzinger leads the squad with .359 batting average and is tied for the team-lead with Matt Toke with 14 hits.
» Toke and Casey Dana have combined to hit four of the six home runs thus far for Seton Hall. Dana has swiped three bases.
» Noah Thompson anchors the pitching staff, as he is 2-1 on the year with 27 strikeouts and seven walks.
» Corey Sawyer, who has recorded both saves, has a 1.80 ERA in nine appearances for the Pirates.
Wagner in 2018:
» The Green & White Seahawks are coming off a magical season, in which the ball club rewrote several records, including setting the new benchmark for wins in a single-season (38) and conference victories (21).
» Wagner rattled off two separate, nine-game winning streaks (March 10-25 & March 29-April 11), outscoring its opponents by a combined 151-to-66.
» The Seahawks concluded the 2018 season winning 13 of its final 17 contests to claim a share of the 2018 Northeast Conference (NEC) regular season championship, the first time program has done so since 2009.
» Wagner went 13-1 in home contests (7-0 at Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George) while leading the entire NCAA with 23 road triumphs a season ago.
» In the NEC, Wagner led the circuit in ERA (4.15) while finishing the regular season with a league-best .974 fielding percentage. The club ranked second in hits (505), total bases (751) and stolen bases (61).
» Individually, Wagner had a program-high six all-league selections, four of which being named to the First Team, which includes rising senior left-hander,
Neil Abbatiello, junior reliever,
Nick Robino and classmate,
Freddy Sabido, who returns as the team's leader in most offensive categories.
» Head Coach
Jim Carone, who embarks on his eighth season, was named NEC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career, becoming the first Wagner baseball head coach to win the award multiple times.
» Robino was named
2019 Collegiate Baseball Pre-Season All-American, powered by Diamond Sports and announced by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper back on December 18, 2018.
» Wagner was picked
third in the preseason coaches' poll that was announced back on February 1.
