PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Pa. – A pair of Saint Joseph's baseball program records were matched on Wednesday afternoon as the Hawks rallied from an early seven-run deficit and used a seven-run ninth inning to stun Villanova, 14-9, at Villanova Ballpark.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Villanova (17-22-1) opened the scoring with a run in the first inning, but an RBI single from
Travis Rinker tied it in the top of the second.
• The bottom of the third saw the Wildcats plate seven on the back of four hits, three errors, and two walks to take an 8-1 lead.
• Saint Joseph's (25-17) began to chip away immediately, scoring three times in the fourth as
Brendan Hueth drove home
Andrew Cossetti with a double before
Brett Callahan and
Jake Artz drew consecutive bases-loaded walks to make it 8-4.
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Brandon Drapeau hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth but the Wildcats got one back in the sixth to restore their four-run lead. Artz and
Nate Thomas would add sac flies in the eighth to get the Hawks back within a pair to set up the dramatic ninth.
• A pair of one-out walks and a single loaded the bases, and after a strikeout left the Hawks down to their final out, Thomas drew a four-pitch walk to force in a run.  Cossetti was then hit by a pitch to bring home the tying run.
• Hueth followed with a two-run single to give Saint Joseph's its first lead of the game before singles by Drapeau and
Tim Cavanaugh plated three more to cap off the seven-run ninth.
• The Wildcats got the leadoff man aboard in the ninth, but a strikeout and a double play ended the ballgame and sealed the comeback victory.
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
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Sam Davies tossed a shutout inning for his first collegiate victory, while Danny Wilkinson was charged with the loss.
• Hueth went 6-for-6 on the day, tying the program record for hits in a game set by Collin Forgey in the 2014 Liberty Bell Classic championship game. He added three runs scored and three runs batted in.
• Cossetti's RBI in the ninth was his 56th of the season, tying Jason Hamilton's single-season program best set in 1991. He also scored three times while extending his program-record on-base streak to 47 games.
• Wednesday's game is the 10th this season in which the Hawks have rapped out 15 hits or more and the 17th time that SJU has reached double digits in runs scored.
UP NEXT
The Hawks will host Saint Louis in a key Atlantic 10 series set to begin on Friday.
