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Baseball Drops Game Two of Friday Doubleheader at UC
03.25.16 | Baseball
Musketeers fall 9-2 in second game, will cap series tomorrow at 1 p.m.
CINCINNATI – Xavier baseball fell 9-2 to UC in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday at Marge Schott Stadium.
The loss dropped the Musketeers to 7-15 overall, while Cincinnati improved to 11-11 with its 10th straight win – the longest winning streak for the Bearcats since 1990.
UC's pitching was solid again in the night cap, as starter J.T. Perez struck out four in six innings of two-run ball. Jarod Yoakam and Colton Cleary pitched the final three innings, holding XU scoreless to cap the win.
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• Xavier got collected nine hits as a team and received multi-hit efforts from Will LaRue (2-for-4, R), Daniel Rizzie (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) and Rylan Bannon (2-for-4).
• Nate Soria (1-for-4), Ethan Schmidt (1-for-4) and Matt Fallon (1-for-3) also added hits for the Musketeers.
• Rizzie gave XU both its runs, delivering an RBI ground out in the third and a solo home run – his third of the season – in the sixth.
• Xavier now has 13 homers in its last seven games.
• Rizzie has turned it on at the plate in the last six games, going 9-for-23 (.391) with three homers, seven runs scored and six RBI. Â
• LaRue turned in his third straight game with two hits and – with his 4-for-7 overall line today – is 17-for-35 (.486) with 12 stolen bases in his last nine games.
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• Starter Greg Jacknewitz lasted five innings, allowing seven earned runs and striking out three.
• Trey Schramm worked two innings in relief, surrendering two earned runs on three hits with one strikeout.
• Freshman Matt Kent made his career debut, setting down the Bearcats in order in the eighth with one strikeout.
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THIRD INNING: Will LaRue smoked a leadoff double down the left field line, advancing to third on a grounder by David Morton and scoring on another by Dan Rizzie.
SIXTH INNING: Dan Rizzie led off the frame with his third homer of the season, a towering shot to left center.
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• Xavier returns to action on Saturday, wrapping up the series against the Bearcats at Hayden Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The loss dropped the Musketeers to 7-15 overall, while Cincinnati improved to 11-11 with its 10th straight win – the longest winning streak for the Bearcats since 1990.
UC's pitching was solid again in the night cap, as starter J.T. Perez struck out four in six innings of two-run ball. Jarod Yoakam and Colton Cleary pitched the final three innings, holding XU scoreless to cap the win.
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 | Â XU AT THE PLATE |
• Xavier got collected nine hits as a team and received multi-hit efforts from Will LaRue (2-for-4, R), Daniel Rizzie (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) and Rylan Bannon (2-for-4).
• Nate Soria (1-for-4), Ethan Schmidt (1-for-4) and Matt Fallon (1-for-3) also added hits for the Musketeers.
• Rizzie gave XU both its runs, delivering an RBI ground out in the third and a solo home run – his third of the season – in the sixth.
• Xavier now has 13 homers in its last seven games.
• Rizzie has turned it on at the plate in the last six games, going 9-for-23 (.391) with three homers, seven runs scored and six RBI. Â
• LaRue turned in his third straight game with two hits and – with his 4-for-7 overall line today – is 17-for-35 (.486) with 12 stolen bases in his last nine games.
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| Â XU ON THE MOUND |
• Starter Greg Jacknewitz lasted five innings, allowing seven earned runs and striking out three.
• Trey Schramm worked two innings in relief, surrendering two earned runs on three hits with one strikeout.
• Freshman Matt Kent made his career debut, setting down the Bearcats in order in the eighth with one strikeout.
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| Â HOW THE MUSKETEERS SCORED |
THIRD INNING: Will LaRue smoked a leadoff double down the left field line, advancing to third on a grounder by David Morton and scoring on another by Dan Rizzie.
SIXTH INNING: Dan Rizzie led off the frame with his third homer of the season, a towering shot to left center.
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| Â NEXT UP |
• Xavier returns to action on Saturday, wrapping up the series against the Bearcats at Hayden Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: PEREZ, J.T. (2-1)
L: Jacknewitz, Greg (0-4)
Batting:
2B: LaRue, Will 1 ; Schmidt, Ethan 1
HR: Rizzie, Daniel 1
RBI: Rizzie, Daniel 2
Base Running:
RUNS: LaRue, Will 1 ; Rizzie, Daniel 1
Batting:
2B: NODA, Ryan 1
HR: NODA, Ryan 2 ; WALLACE, Woody 1
RBI: RODRIGUEZ, Manny 1 ; ALLDRED, Cam 1 ; NODA, Ryan 5 ; WALLACE, Woody 1
SH: McVEY, Connor 1
SF: RODRIGUEZ, Manny 1 ; NODA, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RODRIGUEZ, Manny 2 ; McVEY, Connor 1 ; NODA, Ryan 2 ; WALLACE, Woody 1 ; THOMPSON, R.J. 1 ; HABERKORN, Treg 1 ; MOTTICE, Kyle 1
SB: RODRIGUEZ, Manny 1 ; McVEY, Connor 1
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