
Baseball Clinches Series Victory Over Memphis
02.16.20 | Baseball
Xavier takes Game Three behind Flamm and Franzoni home runs
Xavier will look to extend the two-game win streak on Friday, February 21, at Ole Miss with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 pm ET from Oxford.
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 XU AT THE PLATE |
- Eight different Musketeers recorded a hit on the afternoon, with Housinger and Flamm each tallying two to bring the Xavier total to 10.
- As part of his multi-hit day, Flamm connected on an important two-run homer to right field in the third inning that gave Xavier their first lead.
- Luke Franzoni accumulated 3 RBIs with two coming on a go-ahead two-run homerun in the 7th to help secure the win for the Musketeers.
- Garrett Shultz also hit for 2 RBIs today, both coming on a single in the 8th to pad Xavier's late lead.
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 XU ON THE MOUND |
- Xavier deployed six pitchers today, with Griffin Lanoue drawing the start and striking out the side.
- Sam Czabala came in for the largest workload, going 2.2 innings and struck out four.
- Jack Lynch only pitched .1 innings, but he earned the win due to the late heroics of Franzoni.
- Trey Shramm came on in relief in the 8th to preserve the Xavier lead, and he delivered with two scoreless innings to earn the save.
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 HOW THEY SCORED |
- Jonathan Kelly put the first Xavier run on the board in the 2nd with an RBI double to score Stephenson.
- In the third, Luke Franzoni hit a sac fly to score Schultz from third, and Monastra singled to score Housinger and tie the game.
- Later in the inning, Lane Flamm connected on a two-run shot to clear the bases.
- After Memphis retook the lead in the 6th, Franzoni took it back in the 7th with a two-run homer to left that scored Housinger.
- In the 8th, Schultz singled home Darcy and Kelly for the final two runs of the afternoon, putting Xavier in front by the final score of 9-6.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lynch, Jack (1-0)
L: GREEN, Brayden (0-1)
S: Schramm, Trey (1)

Batting:
2B: Housinger, Jack 1 ; Stephenson, Luke 1 ; Kelly, Jonathan 1 ; Darcy, Kody 1
HR: Franzoni, Luke 1 ; Flamm, Lane 1
RBI: Schultz, Garrett 2 ; Franzoni, Luke 3 ; Monastra, Natale 1 ; Flamm, Lane 2 ; Kelly, Jonathan 1
SH: Darcy, Kody 1
SF: Franzoni, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Schultz, Garrett 1 ; Housinger, Jack 2 ; Franzoni, Luke 1 ; Monastra, Natale 1 ; Stephenson, Luke 1 ; Flamm, Lane 1 ; Kelly, Jonathan 1 ; Darcy, Kody 1
SB: Schultz, Garrett 1 ; Housinger, Jack 1
CS: Schultz, Garrett 1
HBP: Schultz, Garrett 2 ; Stephenson, Luke 1

Batting:
2B: TRELA, Alec 1
HR: GOODMAN, Hunter 1
RBI: BROOKS, Ben 1 ; GOODMAN, Hunter 1 ; TRELA, Alec 1 ; BASKIN, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BROOKS, Ben 1 ; GOODMAN, Hunter 2 ; TRELA, Alec 1 ; BASKIN, Austin 1 ; WILBON, Jaylen 1
HBP: BELL, Evan 1