Xavier University
4-7
Northern Kentucky
0-13
Xavier Dominates South of the Ohio River
03.04.20 | Baseball
Musketeers win 24-15 in a hit parade
Next, the Musketeers will travel to California for a three-game series against Long Beach State starting on Friday, March 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET
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 XU AT THE PLATE |
- Jack Housinger extended his hit streak to six games with a 1-3 day in the leadoff spot with an RBI and two runs.
- Luke Franzoni was 3-5 with two home runs, five RBIs and four runs.
- Natale Monastra was 3-5Â with four runs, two walks and a double.
- Ryan Altenberger hit cleanup and blasted a homer as part of a five-RBIÂ day.
- Garrett Schultz was 3-4Â with a home run and four runs.
- Andrew Walker had the biggest swing of the day, a grand slam in the 2nd to give Xavier the 9-7 lead that they wouldn't surrender as part of a four-RBI, three-run day.
- Eddie Rivero went 1-3 with an RBI and a run.
- Luke Stephenson tallied two RBIs and two runs with a double.
- Kody Darcy didn't start, but he came in and went 1-3 with a solo home run in the 9th.
- Andrew Sexton pinch-hit in the 9th and hit a two-RBI double for Xavier 23rd and 24th runs of the day.
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 XU ON THE MOUND |
- Jack Lynch relieved Trevor Olson in the first and pitched a clean 2.1 innings with three strikeouts, no runs and allowing only two hits.
- Evan Miller pitched 1.1 innings, allowing just one hit and getting a strikeout.
- Sam Czabala earned the win with 1.1 innings of work and striking out two.
- Xander Rojahn recorded three strikeouts in 2.1 innings while only allowing two hits.
- Trey Schramm pitched a clean 9th inning to secure the victory.
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 HOW THEY SCORED |
1st INNING |Â Luke Franzoni hit a solo home run to straight-away center to give Xavier the early lead.
2nd INNING | Franzoni started things in the second with a two-out two-RBI single to left. Ryan Altenberger followed with a two-out two-strike two-RBI single two right. Last but not least, Andrew Walker cleared the bases with a grand slam to cap off the eight-run inning.
4th INNING |Â Eddie Rivero hit a sac fly with runners on the corners to extend the lead, then Lane Flamm pinch-hit and reached on an error to pick up two-RBIs. Housinger finished the inning with the 12th unanswered run by hitting an RBI single to right.Â
5th INNING |Â Luke Franzoni hti a two-RBI double to give Xavier the lead at 15-8.
7th INNING |Â Garrett Shultz hit a solo homer to center to give Xavier a two-run lead.
8th INNING |Â Ryan Altenberger hit a three-run homer to right to give Xavier a four-run cushion late in the ball game.
9th INNING |Â Kody Darcy hit a solo home run, followed by a walk and a two-run shot for Luke Franzoni, his second of the day. Then, Andrew Sexton had a pinch-hit double to give Xavier the 24-15 lead.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Czabala, Sam (1-0)
L: OLLIER (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Monastra, Natale 1 ; Schultz, Garrett 1 ; Stephenson, Luke 1
HR: Franzoni, Luke 2 ; Altenberger, Ryan 1 ; Schultz, Garrett 1 ; Walker, Andrew 1 ; Darcy, Kody 1
RBI: Housinger, Jack 1 ; Franzoni, Luke 5 ; Altenberger, Ryan 5 ; Schultz, Garrett 3 ; Walker, Andrew 4 ; Rivero, Eddie 1 ; Stephenson, Luke 2 ; Flamm, Lane 2 ; Darcy, Kody 1
SF: Rivero, Eddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Housinger, Jack 2 ; Franzoni, Luke 4 ; Monastra, Natale 4 ; Altenberger, Ryan 3 ; Schultz, Garrett 4 ; Walker, Andrew 3 ; Rivero, Eddie 1 ; Stephenson, Luke 2 ; Darcy, Kody 1
SB: Altenberger, Ryan 1
CS: Housinger, Jack 1
HBP: Housinger, Jack 1 ; Monastra, Natale 1 ; Stephenson, Luke 1
Batting:
2B: J. MURRAY 1 ; BACON 1 ; DOERSCHING 2 ; HAAS 1
3B: HAAS 1
HR: BACON 2 ; DOERSCHING 1 ; HAAS 1 ; FISHER 2
RBI: BACON 7 ; DOERSCHING 2 ; HAAS 1 ; LUTY 1 ; FISHER 3 ; HEDGES 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MOSS 1 ; J. MURRAY 2 ; BACON 3 ; DOERSCHING 2 ; HAAS 2 ; LUTY 1 ; FISHER 2 ; HEDGES 1 ; WAKEHAM 1
SB: LUTY 1 ; HEDGES 1
HBP: HAAS 1 ; HEDGES 3
