South Orange, NJ - The Wagner baseball team tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fifth before the Seton Hall University Pirates scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the frame and tacked five more over the seventh and eighth as the Seahawks dropped a 7-1 decision on Wednesday afternoon from Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field. 
 
Wagner (3-19) produced six hits on the afternoon, with Maimu Kobayashi and Lukas Torres each going 2 for 3 with a walk apiece. Mike Ruggiero and AJ Vigliotti each added a hit while Vigliotti recorded his first career RBI on the day. 
 
Seahawk starter Ruben Del Castillo allowed just one earned run on one hit over four innings of work while yielding four walks and striking out a season-high four batters. 
 
Zach Gorman (0-1) was tagged with the loss after giving up four runs on five hits in 2.2 innings of work in relief. The Freehold, NJ native walked two and struck out a personal-best two batters. Nick LePre worked the final 1.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on two hits. 
 
Steve Grober led the way for the Pirates (5-18), going 3 for 3 at the plate. Will Gale had two hits to go along with two runs scored. Status Pokrovsky drove in two RBIs while matching Gale with two runs scored. 
 
Aaron Groller allowed one run on four hits in 4.2 innings of work while walking two and striking out four batters without factoring into the decision. Daniel Frontera (1-3) faced two batters in a third of an inning in picking up the win while Alex Nicolosi earned his first save of the season, throwing four scoreless innings in which he only allowed two hits, two walks, and struck out five batters. 
 
Following a scoreless first inning, Seton Hall scored the game's first run in the bottom of the second. Pokrovsky led off the inning with a walk before advancing to third on a one-out double by Grober. Pokrovsky came into score on Del Castillo's wild pitch, giving Seton Hall the early 1-0 advantage. 
 
The Seahawks evened the game at 1-1 in the top of the fifth. Griffin Selby drew a five-pitch walk. With one out and a 2-2 count, Vigliotti scorched a double to right field that brought in Selby from first, tying the game. 
 

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Seahawks tie the game on AJ Vigliotti's first career RBI

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Wagner threatened for more as a sacrifice bunt by Xavier Baker moved Vigliotti to third. A walk to Kobayashi concluded Groller's day. Frontera issued a four-pitch walk to Torres that loaded the bases but Kobayashi was picked off to end the inning. 
Gorman came on for Del Castillo in the bottom of the fifth. Gale sent a single back up the middle. He would then steal second and third before coming home on the go-ahead RBI ground to second off the bat of Devin Heck, which made it 2-1. 
 
The game remained a one-run deficit until the bottom of the seventh, where Seton Hall tacked on three more runs in building a 5-1 advantage. Hack sent a one-out double down the right-field line before stealing third. 
 
Pat D'Amico reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Hack to score SHU's third run of the contest. With two outs, Pokrovsky sent a two-run home run over the left-field wall, pushing the lead up by four, 5-1. 
 
Seton Hall added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth. Jonathan Luders doubled to left to start the bottom half of the inning before Gale reached on a bunt single and moved to second on a throwing error by Quinn Mimanugh over at third that allowed Luders to score. 
 
The next batter, Hack, reached on a throwing error by LePre, which brought in Gale. LePre was able to settle down and get D'Amico to ground out to Mimnaugh and Collin Sheehan to pop out to third to end the inning. 
 
In the ninth, Brandon Glowacki pinch-hit for Selby and drew a seven-pitch walk before stealing second following the strikeout of Garret Bugarin. Vigliotti walked, giving the Seahawks a pair of runners but Baker popped out to short to end the ballgame. 
 
Wagner resumes Northeast Conference (NEC) play this weekend, as the Seahawks will head to Emmitsburg, MD for a three-game set against the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers on April 1-3. 
 
All three games are scheduled to be streamed live on NEC Front Row.