Fallon Goes 4-for-4 as XU Baseball Drops Series Finale at Troy, 5-2

Sunday, February 19

Troy, Ala.

1 p.m.

Xavier University

2-2

Troy

2-2

Xavier

Troy

Fallon Goes 4-for-4 as XU Baseball Drops Series Finale at Troy, 5-2

02.19.17 | Baseball

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Musketeers split first weekend series of season, head to Cary, N.C. next weekend for four against Penn State

By: Brendan Bergen, Xavier Athletics Communication

TROY, Ala. - Senior Matt Fallon had a career-best four hit day at the plate and Conor Grammes continued his hot start to the season, but XU stranded nine runners in a 5-2 loss to Troy to close the weekend at Riddle-Pace Field.

With the setback, Xavier moves to 2-2 finishing off a four-game split with the Trojans.

XU AT THE PLATE

• Xavier collected 11 hits, marking a third game this weekend with a double-digit hit total, but stranded nine runners on the afternoon.
• Conor Grammes had his fourth straight multi-hit game to begin his college career. The freshman finished the game 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The performance capped a spectacular weekend, which saw Grammes go 8-for-17 (.471) with a homer, three doubles and five RBI. He also threw 2.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, striking out a pair.
• Matt Fallon had a career-best four-hit performance, going 4-for-4 with a run and a double.
• Chris Givin (1-for-5), Joe Gellenbeck (1-for-2, 2 BB), Nate Soria (1-for-4), Blaine Griffiths (1-for-1) and Will LaRue (1-for-4) also collected hits.
• Xavier cut down on the K's in the finale, striking out just six times after going down on strikes 42 times in the first three games.

XU ON THE MOUND

• Greg Jacknewitz (0-1) went 5.2 innings, allowing six hits and three earned runs while striking out five.
• Conor Grammes made his second relief appearance of the weekend, tossing 1.2 innings of scoreless relief and striking out two.
• Taylor Williams made his first appearance of the season, allowing two runs in the seventh.
• XU starting pitchers have combined for a 2.33 ERA through four games, striking out 21 and allowing just 13 hits in 23.2 innings of work.

HOW XU SCORED

FIFTH INNING: Matt Fallon laced a one out double down the left field line, going to third on a ground out and scoring on a throwing error.
EIGHTH INNING: Joe Gellenbeck led off with a double to right center and was followed by Conor Grammes, who doubled down the left field line to make it a 5-2 game.

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action next weekend, traveling to Cary, N.C. for the first of a four-game stretch against Penn State. First pitch of the series is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday.