PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's baseball team used an offensive breakout on Tuesday to take a 12-8 win over Villanova at Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's (18-22) opened the scoring right away as Conlan Wall led off the game with a double and came in to score on a two-out double by Owen Petrich.  Justin Igoe then followed with a single to score Petrich and extend the advantage to 2-0.
 
• Consecutive singles by Ryan Picollo and Brandon Drapeau started the second inning for the Hawks before Jakob Reed was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Wall, who singled home a pair to double the lead.  Reed then came in to score on a wild pitch to make it a 5-0 game before Petrich blooped a double down the right field line to score Wall and push the margin to six after two.
 
• The Hawks tacked one on in the third after Tim Dickinson singled and eventually came in on a squeeze bunt by Brandon Drapeau.  The Wildcats then got on the board in the bottom of the inning to make it 7-1 after three.
 
• Villanova (14-28) cut the deficit again in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Shane Solari, but the Hawks answered in the fifth as Igoe singled, Dickinson doubled, and Ryan Picollo brought them home with a three-run home run to make it 10-2.
 
• The Wildcats clawed back into the game on run-scoring hits by Scott Shaw and Michael Whooley in the fifth and a two-run home run by Cameron Hassert in the sixth.  A sacrifice fly by Josue Valdez and a double by Solari in the bottom of the seventh then closed the gap to 10-8.
 
• In the eighth, one-out singles by Reed and Wall set the table for a Ryan Cesarini RBI single to up the Hawk lead by a run.  Cesarini would then swipe second base and Wall would come home on an errant throw to make it a 12-8 game.
 
• The hosts put a runner on in the eighth, but Matt McShane came on to retire the final four batters of the game to seal the win.
 
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
• Colin Yablonski allowed a run on one hit in three innings to earn his fourth victory of the season for the Hawks.  Jake Francis allowed two runs on three hits in one inning for the Wildcats in what was a bullpen day for both teams.
 
• Wall was 3-for-4 with a walk, three runs scored, and two driven in on the day, while five Hawks rapped out two hits apiece.  Dickinson, Picollo, and Reed each scored two runs, while Picollo drove in three runs and Petrich added two RBI.
 
• All nine hitters in the starting lineup reached base for the Hawks.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks head to The Bronx for a key Atlantic 10 series with Fordham beginning on Friday night.