The Seton Hall baseball team split a doubleheader Saturday with Big East conference leader Creighton on Senior Day at Owen T Carroll Field, falling 4-3 in game one, but picking up an emotional 1-0 victory in game two. With the late afternoon result the Pirates, now 24-20 and 7-8 in the Big East, maintain that pivotal fourth spot in the conference.
The offense was at a premium in both games. The Pirates had just ten hits over the two games, five in each, and the two teams combined for just eight runs throughout the doubleheader.
In game one Seton Hall struggled mightily on the offensive end until late in the game, when sophomore Chris Villa lifted a two-run home run over the right field fence, his first collegiate home run, and one which would help pull the Pirates to within one at 3-2.