Michael Whooley
12
Winner Saint Joseph's STJOES 18-22
8
Villanova VU 14-28
Winner
Saint Joseph's STJOES
18-22
12
Final
8
Villanova VU
14-28
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Joseph's STJOES 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 12 15 2
Villanova VU 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 8 12 1

W: YABLONSKI, Colin (4-3) L: Francis, Jake (3-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Villanova Loses Midweek Matchup Against Saint Joseph's, 12-8

PLYMOUTH MEETING– Villanova is outlasted by Saint. Joseph's at home.  The Hawks took the midweek victory 12-8.
 
Saint Joseph's got the game started fast with two runs in the first and four in the second to take an early 6-0 lead.  After an RBI bunt scored another for The Hawks in the third, Villanova was able to get on the bored in the bottom of the inning. 
 
Cam Hassert recorded the team's first hit in the bottom of the third. After AJ Hansen walked and stole second, Hassert's double brought in Hansen to put the Wildcats on the board. Another run for Villanova in the fourth cut the lead to 6-2. However, The Hawks responded in the fifth.
 
Ryan Picollo hit a three-ru home run to left field to take the lead to 10-2 for Saint Joseph's. With an eight-run deficit, Villanova did not give up.  An RBI-single and RBI-double in the fifth by Scott Shaw and Michael Whooley, began the comeback.
 
In the sixth down 10-4, Cam Hassert goes yard for the second game in a row to bring the score to 10-6 after six. After a sac fly by Josue Valdez scored O'Reilly and an RBI-double by Shane Solari scored Neff, The Wildcats cut the lead to two after eight.
 
The momentum for Villanova came to an end in the top of the eighth after The Hawks added two runs to give us our final score of 12-8,
 
Nova Notes How It Happened
 
  • In the first Owen Petrich doubled down the left field line, scoring Conlan Wall, 1-0 Hawks.
  • Justin Igoe singled up the middled, scoring Petrich in the first, 2-0.
  • In the second, Conlan Wall singled to right field, scoring Brandon Drapeau and Ryan Picollo, 4-0.
  • Jakob Reed scored in the second inning after a wild pitch, 5-0.
  • Petrich doubled to right field, Wall scored in the second, 6-0.
  • In the third inning, Tim Dickinson scored after a bunt by Drapeau, 7-0.
  • Cam Hassert doubled to right field scoring AJ Hansen in the third, 7-1.
  • In the fourth, Shane Solari singled through the left side, Jason Neff scored 7-2.
  • Ryan Picollo hit a three-run home run in the fifth, 10-2.
  • In the fifth Scott Shaw singled to left field, scoring Hansen, 10-3.
  • Michael Whooley scored Scott Shaw after he hit a double to left field in the fifth, 10-4.
  • Cam Hassert hit a two-run home run in the sixth, 10-6.
  • In the seventh O'Reilly scored on a sac fly by Valdez, 10-7.
  • Solari doubled to left field, scoring Neff, 10-8 in the seventh.
  • In the eighth, Cesarini singled up the middle, Reed scored, 11-8.
  • Wall scored on an error by the catcher in the eighth, 12-8.
 
Up Next
The Wildcats host Iona for a three-game series this weekend with first game scheduled for Friday at 3 pm.
 
 
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