Baseball Gets First Game of Sunday Doubleheader at Butler, 4-1

Sunday, May 1

Indianapolis, Ind.

11 A.M.

Xavier University

18-26, 5-3

Butler

12-30, 3-8

Xavier

Butler

Baseball Gets First Game of Sunday Doubleheader at Butler, 4-1

05.01.16 | Baseball

Box Score

Matt Kent goes five without allowing an earned run as XU gets fourth straight BIG EAST win

By: Brendan Bergen, Xavier Athletics Communication

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Three pitchers combined to hold Butler to just one unearned run as Xavier baseball took game two of its weekend series at Butler, 4-1, on Sunday at Bulldog Park.

With the win, XU improves to 18-26 (5-3 BIG EAST). Butler falls to 12-30 and 3-8 in league play.

XU AT THE PLATE

· Rylan Bannon (2-for-3, 2 R) and David Morton (2-for-4) paced XU with multi-hit efforts at the plate.
· Dan Rizzie (1-for-4, R), Joe Gellenbeck, (1-for-3), Andre Jernigan (1-for-2) and Will LaRue (1-for-4) also collected hits for Xavier.
· Rizzie extended his team-leading hitting streak to five consecutive games.

XU ON THE MOUND

· Matt Kent (2-1) continued to impress in his third turn as a weekend starter, throwing five innings and allowing just one unearned run. The freshman struck out four and scattered four hits to pick up his second straight win.
· In BIG EAST play, Kent has made three starts and recorded a 1.12 ERA in 16.1 innings. His 0.79 ERA overall leads the team.
· After getting the win last Sunday against St. John's, Kent has now helped clinch two straight series with wins on the mound for Xavier.
· Trey Schramm pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Kent, lowering his ERA to 3.65 on the year. The freshman righty struck out two. He has not allowed an earned run since April 2 at Illinois State (12.2 innings).
· Garrett Schilling picked up his ninth save of the season, entering in the eighth inning with two on and no outs. The sophomore coaxed a big double play and then got a fly out before working around two hits in the ninth to close the door.
· With his ninth save, Schilling moves into a tie for fourth in XU single season history.
· Schilling has now earned the win or the save in each of Xavier's last four games.

HOW XU SCORED

THIRD INNING: Rylan Bannon got things started with a one out double down the left field line, advancing to third on a single by Dan Rizzie. Joe Gellenbeck batted next and lofted a sacrifice fly to right field to bring Bannon in to score. One batter later, Andre Jernigan tripled to right center to score Rizzie and make it a 2-0 lead.
EIGHTH INNING: Rylan Bannon worked a leadoff walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Dan Rizzie. Batting next, Joe Gellenbeck singled to right to put runners on the corners. After Andre Jernigan was plunked, Nate Soria lifted a fly ball to right to score Bannon and make it 3-0.
NINTH INNING: David Morton singled with one out, moving to second on a balk before getting thrown out on a fielder's choice play. Rylan Bannon followed with an infield hit, advancing Matt Fallon to third. Fallon then came around to score on a failed pickoff throw by Butler's pitcher.