Xavier University
24-29
Cincinnati
26-28
Xavier Drops Game Two of Weekend Series With Cincinnati
05.17.19 | Baseball
Matt Warkentin hit his team-leading eighth home run of the season on Friday night
The Musketeers won the series opener versus the Bearcats, 11-2, on Thursday night at Marge Schott Stadium.Â
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 XU AT THE PLATE |
- Matt Warkentin went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a home run. He now has a team-high eight home runs this season.
- Conor Grammes finished the day 1-for-3 with a run and a RBI.
- Jake Shepski and Ryan Altenberger both chipped in one hit.
- Cincinnati posted seven more hits (11-4) than the Musketeers and left three more runners on base (7-4).Â
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 XU ON THE MOUND |
- Conor Grammes retired the first six batters of the game. The junior pitcher went 2.2 innings, throwing two strikeouts and allowing one run and one hit.
- Sam Czabala pitched 1.0 inning of relief, surrendering three runs and three hits.Â
- Trey Schramm threw 1.1 innings of relief, posting two strikeouts. He allowed two hits and one run.
- Trevor Olson threw three strikeouts in 3.0 innings of relief. He surrendered two hits and two runs (one earned).
- Taylor Williams finished the game, allowing three runs and three hits in 1.0 inning of action.Â
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 HOW THEY SCORED |
FIRST INNING | Matt Warkentin hit a two-out, two-run blast over the left field fence - scoring Conor Grammes.
THIRD INNING | Conor Grammes hit a two-out, RBI single to left field - scoring Jack Housinger.
SIXTH INNING | Luke Franzoni hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Chris Givin from third base.Â
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 UP NEXT |
• Game three of the weekend series with Cincinnati is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Great American Ballpark. The Reds and Dodgers play at 4:10 p.m. with the Xavier/Cincinnati game scheduled to begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Reds/Dodgers game.
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 HIGHLIGHTS |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SHAWVER, Evan (3-7)
L: Czabala, Sam (3-2)
S: KULLMAN, AJ (1)
Batting:
2B: BELLINI, Joey 1 ; HOLDING, Mitch 1 ; MERCER, Jace 2 ; MURPHY, Cole 1
HR: HOLDING, Mitch 1 ; BUMPASS, AJ 1
RBI: BELLINI, Joey 1 ; HOLDING, Mitch 4 ; MERCER, Jace 1 ; BUMPASS, AJ 1 ; MURPHY, Cole 2
SF: BELLINI, Joey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BELLINI, Joey 2 ; WIEMER, Joey 1 ; HOLDING, Mitch 2 ; MERCER, Jace 1 ; BUMPASS, AJ 2 ; MURPHY, Cole 2
HBP: BELLINI, Joey 1 ; MURPHY, Cole 1
Batting:
3B: Shepski, Jake 1
HR: Warkentin, Matt 1
RBI: Grammes, Conor 1 ; Warkentin, Matt 2 ; Franzoni, Luke 1
SF: Franzoni, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Grammes, Conor 1 ; Warkentin, Matt 1 ; Givin, Chris 1 ; Housinger, Jack 1
SB: Grammes, Conor 1
