Pirates Drop Both Ends of Doubleheader At St. John's

Saturday, April 14

Queens, N.Y.

12 p.m.

Seton Hall University

18-24, 4-7

St. John's

14-21, 5-3

Seton Hall

St. John's

Photo by: Jeff Huehn

Pirates Drop Both Ends of Doubleheader At St. John's

4/14/2018 4:15:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 GAME 1 BOX GAME 2 BOX

QUEENS, N.Y. – The Seton Hall softball team (18-25, 4-8 BIG EAST) dropped both ends of a doubleheader at St. John's (15-21, 6-3 BIG EAST) on Saturday at Red Storm Field. With the two results the Red Storm clinched the weekend series after The Hall won game one on Friday.

Game 1 – St. John's 9, Seton Hall 0 (Five Innings)

How it Happened

St. John's scored twice in the first inning, loading the bases before bringing home two runs on fielder's choices
The Red Storm expanded their lead with three in the third and two in the fourth to go up 7-0
St. John's would walk-off in the bottom of the fifth, using a two-run home run to put the run-rule into effect

Notes and Numbers

The Pirates were out-hit 10-1 in the setback and committed the game's lone error
Sara Foster (Laguna Beach, Calif.) reached twice, going 1-for-1 with a walk
The Pirates also got bases on balls from Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) and Darby Pandolfo (Massapequa, N.Y.)
Mo Sobel (Newbury Parks, Calif.) notched three strikeouts in a 1.1 inning relief stint

Game 2 – St. John's 6, Seton Hall 5

How It Happened

In game two of the day it was The Hall taking an early lead, with Alexis Walkden (Cibolo, Texas) punching an RBI single up the middle in the opening frame to give the Pirates a 1-0 advantage
The Pirates tacked on three more in the top of the third by way of a clutch two-out, two-strike bases-clearing double from Payton Beaver (Lake Stevens, Wash.)
St. John's would pull even in the bottom of the fourth, using a solo home run to get on the board before a pair of run-scoring singles with two outs made it 4-4
The tie was short-lived as Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) delivered a go-ahead RBI single in top of the fifth
That lead held until the bottom of the sixth, when St. John's took its first lead of the day with a two-run home run to make it 6-5
The Hall loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh, but St. John's escaped the jam and held onto their lead with a pop-up and a pair of strikeouts

Notes and Numbers

The Pirates were out-hit 13-11, while the Red Storm had the game's lone two errors
Walkden finished her day going 4-for-4 with two runs scored
Foster and Allender both went 2-for-4, with the former scoring twice
Beaver finished 1-for-3 with three RBIs
Brianna Wallace (Fort Worth, Texas) stole her team-high 14^th base in the fourth inning
The four-hit day for Walkden was her first of the season and third game of three hits or more
The Hall finished with double-digit hits in a game for the seventh time this year

What's Ahead
The Pirates are back in action on Thursday, heading to Lehigh for a midweek match-up.