Xavier University Athletics
Xavier University
20-27, 9-4
Seton Hall
22-22, 6-5
Baseball Falls to Seton Hall In Game Two
05.04.19 | Baseball
Matt Warkentin scored two of Xavier's three runs.
The Musketeers jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Matt Warkentin led-off after being hit by a pitched before advancing to second on a Chris Givin single to center. Warkentin reached home on a sacrifice fly out from Luke Franzoni to give Xavier the first edge of the game.Â
Warkentin advanced home on a balk, extending Xavier's lead, 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth.Â
The Pirates evened the game with a two-run homerun in the top of the fifth. Seton Hall continued it's fifth-inning rally with a triple to center, leading to another run scored on a wild pitch, 3-2.Â
Ryan Altenberger and Natale Monastra drew a back-to-back walks to start the seventh. A Conor Grammes double to right, scoring Altenberger, tied the game at three.Â
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Seton Hall responded with a two-RBI double to center, to reclaim the lead 5-3. Another RBI double extended the Pirate lead, 6-3. Seton Hall's eighth inning rally continued with a third straight RBI double, 7-3. A base-clearing triple gave SHU an 8-3 advantage.Â
Seton Hall added three more runs in the top of the ninth, 11-3.
The series finale and Senior Day will be Sunday, May 5 at Hayden Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m., moved back from the originally scheduled starting time of 12 p.m.
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 XU AT THE PLATE |
- Jack Housinger double down the left field line in the fourth inning. Housinger also had a single to left center, finishing the day 2-2 from the plate with a walk.
- Matt Warkentin went 1-3 from the plate, scoring two runs for the Musketeers.
- Conor Grammes' seventh-inning RBI double scored Ryan Altenberger. Grammes went 1-4Â from the plate.Â
- Chris Givin went 1-4 on the day, with a single to center.Â
- Natale Monastra had a leadoff double to center in the fifth, going 1-2 at the plate witha walk.
- Luke Franzoni collected an RBI on the day with a sac fly.
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 XU ON THE MOUND |
- Conor Grammes took the mound for Xavier striking out five batters, two looking, with two earned runs against him.
- Trevor Olson entered the game in the top of fifth, delivering 3.1 innings with three strikeouts on four hits.
- Evan Miller added 0.2 innings pitched, giving up three runs on two hits.
- David Williams came in for the final tw outs fo the ninth inning, holding the Pirates scoreless to close out the game.
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 HOW THEY SCORED |
- SECOND INNING | After being hit b a pitch, Matt Warkentin advanced to second on a Chris Givin single to center. Luke Franzoni's sacrifice flyout advanced Warkentin home for a 1-0 Xavier lead.Â
- FOURTH INNING | Matt Warkentin had a lead off single and advanced to third on a Jack Housinger double down the left field line. Warkentin advanced home on a balk, extending Xavier's lead, 2-0
- SEVENTH INNING | After drawing back-to-back walks, Natale Monastra was thrown out at second but Ryan Altenberger was safe at third. Altenberger scored on a Conor Grammes double to right field tying the game at three.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: WALDIS, Hunter (3-0)
L: Olson, Trevor (1-1)
Batting:
2B: HUNTZINGER, Jerry 1 ; SHEDLER-MCAVOY, Tyle 1 ; GROBER, Steve 1 ; VILLA, Chris 1
3B: SHEDLER-MCAVOY, Tyle 1 ; DEL CASTILLO, Christ 1
HR: SHEDLER-MCAVOY, Tyle 1 ; HOOD, Connor 1
RBI: HUNTZINGER, Jerry 1 ; SHEDLER-MCAVOY, Tyle 3 ; HOOD, Connor 3 ; GROBER, Steve 2 ; VILLA, Chris 1
SH: SANTORELLI, Sebastia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HUNTZINGER, Jerry 2 ; SHEDLER-MCAVOY, Tyle 1 ; DEL CASTILLO, Christ 1 ; DANA, Casey 1 ; TOKE, Matt 1 ; SANTORELLI, Sebastia 2 ; HOOD, Connor 1 ; GROBER, Steve 1 ; VILLA, Chris 1
CS: HUNTZINGER, Jerry 1
HBP: TOKE, Matt 1 ; SANTORELLI, Sebastia 1
Batting:
2B: Grammes, Conor 1 ; Housinger, Jack 1 ; Monastra, Natale 1
RBI: Grammes, Conor 1 ; Franzoni, Luke 1
SH: Housinger, Jack 1
SF: Franzoni, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Warkentin, Matt 2 ; Altenberger, Ryan 1
CS: Monastra, Natale 1
HBP: Warkentin, Matt 1 ; Altenberger, Ryan 1
