ABERDEEN, Md. – In the first elimination game of the 2016 BIG EAST Baseball Championship presented by Jeep, fourth-seeded St. John’s sent home local foe Seton Hall, 4-1. St. John’s scored two runs in the fourth, added one in the fifth and eighth, while junior righty Ryan McAuliffe pitched seven innings and held the Pirates to one run at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
With the win, St. John’s moves on to Saturday’s 3 p.m. game against the loser of Friday night’s Creighton-Xavier contest. Seton Hall has finished his run in the tournament, with a loss last night to Creighton and Friday’s loss to the Red Storm.