Outfield Wall at Plymouth
13
Winner SAINTJOHN'S SJU 20-5-1
7
Villanova VU 7-19
Winner
SAINTJOHN'S SJU
20-5-1
13
Final
7
Villanova VU
7-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SAINTJOHN'S SJU 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 4 13 14 1
Villanova VU 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 7 12 6

W: KOLHOSSER, Xavier (7-1) L: Schwede, Rian (1-3) S: BOYLE, Jed (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Wildcats Drops BIG EAST Home Opener To St. Johns

Six errors by Villanova prove to be costly

 
PLYMOUTH – Villanova drops their conference home opener at Villanova Ballpark to St. John's 13-7.
 
When you look at the box score you see similar hitting numbers as the Wildcats recorded 12 hits and the Red Storm had 14. The difference came with extra base hits and errors.  Six errors by the Wildcats and three home runs by St. John's proved costly for Villanova.
 
St. John's began the game on hot as they scored in five straight innings leading 9-1 after the top of the fifth inning.  However, at the start of the bottom of the fifth the Wildcats began to inch away at the lead.  An RBI single and a two RBI double in the fifth gave Villanova some life heading into the sixth inning down 9-4.  Good relief pitching helped silence the Red Strom to three straight scoreless innings form the sixth to the eighth.
 
The Wildcats started to gain momentum adding in two more runs in the sixth from a single to cut the lead to 9-6 and another in the eighth to make it 9-7.  That door closed quickly as timely hitting and multiple errors in the ninth cost Villanova to give up for more runs in the ninth.  Saint John's held on to win the game 13-7.
 
Nova Notes
  • Ryan Mintz pitched in relief for 2.2 innings.  The pitcher held Saint John's to one hit allowing no runs and striking out four.
  • Two Wildcats tallied two RBI on the day.  Jack O'Reily went 2-5 with a double and two. Jason Neff recorded a triple and two RBI.
  • Dylan Dennis slashed three hits and an RBI on four at bats. Dennis extends his hit streak to five games.
 
How It Happened
  • Jackson Tucker scored in the first on throwing error by pitcher, 1-0 Red Storm in the first.
  • Paul Orbon scored on a SAC fly by Jackson Tucker in the second, 2-0.
  • Villanova gets on the board from a Cam Hassert single scoring Micheal Whooley in the bottom of the second, 2-1.
  • An error by the catcher and the second basemen scored Blaek Mayberry and Luke Orbon in the third inning, 4-1.
  • Garrett Scavelli homered to right field in the fourth inning, 5-1.
  • Back-to-back two-run home runs from Jimmy Keenan and Aries Samek in the top of the fifth give St. Johns a 9-1 lead.
  • In the bottom of the fifth, an RBI single by Dylan Dennis scored Cam Hassert, 9-2.
  • Two more runs were scored by Villanova in the fifth on a triple by Jason Neff, 9-4.
  • Jack O'Reilly singled to center field in the sixth, scoring Shane Solari and Trent Toole, 9-6.
  • A sac fly by Scott Shaw scored Dylan Dennis in the eighth to cut the lead 9-7.
  • In the ninth St. John's added four runs. AJ Lausten scored on an error by the shortstop, Aries Samek scored on an RBI single by Jackson Tucker and an error by the left fielder on a single scored Tucker and Garrett Scavelli, 13-7.
 
Up Next
The Wildcats will look to turn it around for game two set for tomorrow (April 6) at 1:00pm.
 
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