MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team scored 10 runs on 12 hits for the second consecutive game on Saturday, topping Seton Hall by a 10-5 score at Smithson Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's (5-8) went ahead right away as Carson Applegate and Tim Dickinson singled and Owen Petrich walked to load the bases in the bottom of the first; two batters later, Joey Pagano singled home a pair to give the Hawks the lead.
 
• Dickinson was hit by a pitch to lead off the third before stealing second; he then scored on a double by Petrich to extend the lead.  Petrich would come in on a single by Blake Primrose to make it a 4-0 game.
 
• Duda was hit by a pitch and Pagano walked to start the fifth; two batters later, Primrose singled home Duda before Joey Gale singled to load the bases.  Applegate then walked to force home a run before Dickinson was hit by a pitch again to force in another and extend the lead to 7-0.
 
• Seton Hall (4-9) got on the board in the seventh through a solo home run from Aiden Robbins, a wild pitch, and an RBI groundout by Frankie Scrivanic.
 
• The Hawks got the runs back in the eighth as a walk to Duda and singles by Pagano and Primrose loaded the bases with one out.  Gale followed with an RBI single before a walk to Alex Kelsey forced home another run; Applegate then hit a sacrifice fly to restore the seven-run lead at 10-3.
 
• The Pirates scored a pair of unearned runs in the ninth on a double by Scrivanic, but that would be all as the Hawks secured the victory.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Colton Book turned in another strong outing in his final start before conference play, allowing three runs on four hits while fanning five in six and a third innings to improve to 3-1 on the season.  Ryan Reich fell to 0-3 for the Pirates after allowing four runs on five hits and four walks in three innings.
 
• Primrose led the Hawks with three hits on the day and added two runs scored and two runs batted in.  Pagano added a pair of runs scored to go with two hits and two RBI as well.
 
• For the second day in a row, each hitter in the Hawk lineup reached base safely in the game.
 
• Dickinson was hit by a pitch three times, tying the school record for a single game that had been set on three previous occasions.
 
UP NEXT
The teams will wrap up the series at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday at Seton Hall's Owen T. Carroll Field.