Baseball Wins 8-1 in Game Three at St. John's to Take Series

Sunday, April 14

Queens, N.Y.

12 PM

Xavier University

St. John's

Baseball Wins 8-1 in Game Three at St. John's to Take Series

04.14.19 | Baseball

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Conor Grammes goes 1-of-2 at the plate with four walks, allows one run in 5.2 innings on the mound

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

QUEENS, N.Y. - Xavier jumped in front in the fourth inning at St. John's and never trailed, winning 8-1 in the series finale to take the series win. Xavier is now 14-22 overall and 5-1 in BIG EAST play with a pair of conference series wins.

A three-run fourth inning would prove to be all the Musketeers needed to claim the win. The Red Storm scored a single run in the bottom of the fourth, but a three-run eighth and a pair of runs in the ninth sealed the win for Xavier.

The Musketeers return to the road this week, playing at Ohio State on Tuesday for a midweek match-up before hosting Butler for a three-game series beginning on Thursday.

XU AT THE PLATE

Conor Grammes finished 1-of-2 at the plate, collecting a season-high four walks. Grammes scored a run and contributed an RBI with his eighth-inning triple.
Natale Monastra went 2-of-4 on the day, collecting two RBIs and scoring a pair of runs.
Kody Darcy went 2-of-4 at the plate with a walk, scoring a run in the eighth inning.
Jake Shepski, Luke Franzoni, Jack Housinger, Matt Warkentin and Chris Givin each contributed a hit. Shepski and Housinger each scored a run and collected an RBI.
Xavier finished with 10 hits and seven walks on the day.

XU ON THE MOUND

Conor Grammes went 5.2 innings in the start, striking out four and allowing just one run on two hits and four walks. Grammes earned his second win of the season.
Trey Schramm came in to get the final out of the sixth, pitching a scoreless 3.1 innings with one strikeout and two hits allowed. Schramm picked up his first save of the season.

HOW THEY SCORED

FOURTH INNING | Chris Givin hit a one-out double down the left field line. Jack Housinger singled to the left side to bring Givin home, putting Xavier ahead 1-0. Natale Monastra hit a two out single up the middle to score Housinger, making the score 2-0. A Kody Darcy single and Conor Grammes walk loaded the bases and a wild pitch brought Housinger in for the third run of the inning, giving Xavier a 3-0 lead.

EIGHTH INNING | After a lead-off walk by Kody Darcy, Conor Grammes hit a triple to right center to add a run to Xavier's lead, 4-1. Jake Shepski doubled to right field to send Grammes home to make the score 5-1. Shepski advanced to third on a sac bunt by Allbry Major, and then came home after Matt Warkentin put the ball into play, making the score 6-1.

NINTH INNING | Luke Franzoni got aboard after being hit by a pitch and Andrew Sexton came in to pinch run. Natale Monastra hit a single to center field, scoring Sexton, and an error on SJU's centerfielder allowed Monastra to score, setting the final score of 8-1.

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