HookC Beats St. John's, Advance in BIG EAST Champ

Thursday, May 22

Mason, Ohio - Prasco Park

3:30 PM

University of Connecticut

37-20

St. John's University

29-24

St. John's

UConn

5/22/2025 10:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MASON, OHIO - The UConn baseball team (37-20) staved off elimination on Thursday afternoon with a 13-3 win against St. John's at Prasco Park.

The Huskies scored in each of their first six at bats including four runs in the fourth and four in the fifth innings to push the lead to 11-3.

Tied 3-3 entering the fourth, Ryan Daniels launched a two-run home run to center field to give the Huskies the lead back, 5-3.

Aidan Dougherty followed with his second home run of the year, a two-run homer, to make it 7-3. Dougherty finished the day with four hits and three runs batted in.

Sophomore Tyler Minick broke the game open with his 22nd home run of the season, a three-run shot, in the fifth inning to make it 11-3. Minick is now one home run away from tying Mike Olt for the UConn single-season record.

Rob Rispoli, Beau Root and Bryan Padilla all recorded multi-hit efforts with Rispoli and Padilla each driving in a pair of runs.

Greg Shaw III earned his fourth win of the season in relief with 5.0 shutout inning, allowed five hits, zero walks and struck out three.

Next up, the Huskies will face the loser of the Creighton/Xavier game at 5:02 p.m. on Friday, May 23.

PJ Poulin Promoted to MLB With Washington Nationals

Monday, August 04

Daniels, Afthim Selected on Day Two of 2025 MLB Draft

Tuesday, July 29

Daniels & Minick Named NCBWA Second Team All-Americans

Wednesday, June 11

HookC Falls To Creighton In BIG EAST Championship Game

Saturday, May 24

Next Event

Xavier University

W, 11-2

May 23 (Fri)

5:00 PM

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Shaw III, Greg (4-0)

L: Batuyios, Chris (2-1)

St. John's

Batting:

2B: Orbon, Luke 1

3B: LeGrande, Jon 1

HR: Orbon, Luke 1

RBI: McMillan, Shaun 1 ; Orbon, Luke 1 ; LeGrande, Jon 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Tucker, Jackson 1 ; Orbon, Luke 2

SB: Tucker, Jackson 1

HBP: Raifstanger, Jayder 1

UConn

Batting:

2B: Menzel, Evan 1 ; Padilla, Bryan 1

3B: McDowell, Matt 1

HR: Belisario, Anthony 1 ; Minick, Tyler 1 ; Hale, Charlie 1

RBI: Rispoli, Rob 2 ; Taylor, Chase 1 ; Belisario, Anthony 2 ; Minick, Tyler 3 ; Hale, Charlie 3 ; Padilla, Bryan 2

SH: Padilla, Bryan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Rispoli, Rob 3 ; Taylor, Chase 1 ; Belisario, Anthony 1 ; Minick, Tyler 1 ; Menzel, Evan 1 ; Hale, Charlie 2 ; McDowell, Matt 2 ; Padilla, Bryan 1 ; Thomas, Steve 1