Baseball Falls Despite Late Rally in Series Finale at Indiana

Sunday, May 7

Bloomington, Ind.

1:05 p.m.

Xavier University

25-21

Indiana

27-17-2

Xavier

Indiana

Baseball Falls Despite Late Rally in Series Finale at Indiana

05.07.17 | Baseball

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The Musketeers plated seven in the final two innings, but fell 11-7 as IU clinched a weekend sweep

By: Isabel Roberts-Hamilton, Xavier Athletic Communications

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Xavier rallied for seven runs in the last two innings on Sunday, but fell 11-7 at Indiana as the Hoosiers clinched a series sweep at Bart Kaufman Field.

XU fell to 25-21 with the loss, while Indiana improved to 27-17-2.

NEXT UP

• Xavier travels across town to face the Cincinnati Bearcats on Tuesday at Marge Schott Stadium. First pitch is set for 11:00 a.m.

XU ON THE MOUND

• Greg Jacknewitz (3-3) took the loss for the Musketeers after pitching 4.1 innings and giving up 10 earned runs.
• Brad Kirschner threw 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one earned run and four hits.
• Freshman Conor Grammes had a solid finish for the Musketeers, pitching two innings and only giving up two hits with no runs.

XU AT THE PLATE

• Xavier's pinch hitters came up big and scored four of Xavier's eleven runs.
• Nate Monastra (1-for-2, RBI) and Roger Danison (1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI) came off the bench and gave the Musketeers a much-needed offensive boost in the eighth inning.
• Conor Grammes went 1-for-5 with two RBI to conclude a strong weekend at the plate. The freshman went 5-for-13 (.385) with a homer and four RBI on the weekend.
• Chris Givin also wrapped up a strong offensive series, going 2-for-5 with two RBI. The sophomore shortstop concluded the weekend 6-for-13 (.462) with a run and three RBI.
• Blaine Griffiths (1-for-3), Joe Gellenbeck (1-for-2) and Will LaRue (2-for-4) also registered hits for the Musketeers.

HOW XU SCORED

EIGHTH INNING: Sam Flamini doubled to right field to put himself in scoring position and then Nate Monastra doubled to center field to bring Flamini around to make the score 11-1. Chris Givin singled up the middle and Conor Grammes hit a triple to score Monastra and Givin to give the Musketeers two more runs. A two run homer by pinch hitter Roger Danison made the score 11-5.
NINTH INNING: Will LaRue got things going for the Musketeers with a triple and then Flamini followed with a single and a stolen base. Chris Givin singled to left field to score LaRue and Flamini making the score 11-7.

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Cincinnati

L, 8-10

May 9 (Tue)

11 a.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Milto, Pauly (4-3)

L: Jacknewitz, Greg (3-3)

Xavier

Batting:

2B: Monastra, Natale 1

3B: Grammes, Conor 1 ; LaRue, Will 1

HR: Danison, Roger 1

RBI: Givin, Chris 2 ; Grammes, Conor 2 ; Danison, Roger 2 ; Monastra, Natale 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Givin, Chris 1 ; Grammes, Conor 1 ; Danison, Roger 1 ; LaRue, Will 1 ; Flamini, Sam 2 ; Monastra, Natale 1

Indiana

Batting:

2B: Butler, Tony 1 ; Lloyd, Matt 1 ; Miller, Luke 1 ; Sowers,Logan 3

HR: Dedelow,Craig 1

RBI: Butler, Tony 2 ; Lloyd, Matt 3 ; Dedelow,Craig 4 ; Matheny, Jake 1 ; Houston, Jeremy 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Krupa, Alex 2 ; Butler, Tony 1 ; Lloyd, Matt 1 ; Miller, Luke 1 ; Dedelow,Craig 1 ; Sowers,Logan 1 ; Cangelosi,Austin 1 ; Matheny, Jake 2 ; Houston, Jeremy 1