Baseball Takes Game One Of Doubleheader Against Georgetown

Saturday, April 6

Hayden Field

12 PM

Xavier University

11-19, 0

Georgetown

8-23, 0

Georgetown

Xavier University

Baseball Takes Game One Of Doubleheader Against Georgetown

04.06.19 | Baseball

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Ryan Altenberger batted in season-high four runners in 9-4 victory over the Hoyas

By: Laura Topp, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier baseball took game one of Saturday's doubleheader with a 9-4 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas. The Musketeers improve to 11-19 (2-0 BIG EAST) and capture the weekend series after earning a 7-4 win on Friday night.

Griffin Lanoue earned his third win of the season., moving to 3-2 on the year.

Conor Grammes' lead off-triple to right followed by a Georgetown throwing error, allowed Grammes to advance home to give the Musketeers an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Hoyas responded in the third inning with solo homerun, tying the game at one.

Xavier took the lead back in the fourth with a one-out rally starting with Jack Housinger drawing a walk. Housinger advanced to third on a Chris Givin double down the left field line. With two on, Ryan Altenberger had a base-clearing double to right, scoring Givin and Housinger to extend the lead to 3-1.

Georgetown brought Xavier's lead back to one, 3-2, crossing home plate on a wild pitch in the top of the sixth. Ryan Altenberger responded for the Musketeers with a solo blast to right field to make the score 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth.

Xavier's four-run seventh inning started with Allbry Major's lead-off walk and advancing to second on a Matt Warkentin single. Jack Housinger grounded out, resulting in Major advacing to third. Major crossed home when Altenberger drew a walk to give Xavier their first run of the inning. The Musketeer's rally continued with Luke Franzoni's two RBI single to left, to give Xavier it's biggest lead of the game, 7-2. Xavier's lead extended to 8-2 when Jake Shelpski drew a walk, scoring Ryan Altenberger.

Warkentin led off the eighth with a walk and advanced to second on Jack Housinger's single to center. Chris Givin's single through the left side which allowed Warkentin to round the bases and extend Xavier's advantage, 9-2.

The Hoyas' brought Xavier's lead to five, ending the game 9-4.

Game two of Saturday's doubleheader against the Hoyas is scheduled for first pitch at approximately 3:40 p.m. ET.

XU AT THE PLATE

Conor Grammes went 2-for-3 with one run.
Jake Shepski went 1-for-4 and earned one RBI for Xavier.
Chris Givin was productive at the plate, batting 3-for-4. Givin had double in the fourth and scored two runs.
Ryan Altenberger connected on two hits, tallying a season-high four RBI for the Musketeers.
Allbry Major found contact, going 1-for-3 from the plate.
Matt Warkentin had two hits and one walk.
Luke Franzoni had a big double in the seventh that scored two runs for Xavier.
Jack Housinger's single in the eighth gave Xavier baserunners for the four-run inning.
Overall, the Musketeers had eight RBIs on 13 hits.

XU ON THE MOUND

Griffin Lanoue got the start for Xavier, finishing the day with three strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched.
Lane Flamm threw three relief innings, allowing two runs and three hits with one strikeout.
Evan Miller finished the game for Xavier, facing two batters in the ninth to secure the win.

HOW THEY SCORED

FIRST INNING | Conor Grammes tripled to right field and a throwing error from Georgetown allowed Grammes to advance home, giving the Musketeers an early 1-0 lead.
FOURTH INNING | Ryan Altenberger double down the right field line, scoring Jack Housinger and Chris Givin, 3-1.
SIXTH INNING | Altenberger connected for his third home run of the season down the right field line to give Xavier a 4-2 boost.
SEVENTH INNING | Allbry Major drew a walk to lead-off the seventh, Major rounded the bases and scored on an Altenberger walk.
SEVENTH INNING | Luke Franzoni's two RBI single to left scored Chris Givin and Matt Warkentin, giving Xavier the 7-2 edge.
SEVENTH INNING | Ryan Altenberger crossed home when Jake Shepski drew a walk when the bases were loaded, 8-2.
EIGHTH INNING | Chris Givin's single to left scored Matt Warkentin to extend the lead 9-2.