Evansville Uses Big Eighth Inning to Secure Series Finale

Sunday, March 28

Evansville, Ind.

2:00 PM ET

Xavier University

6-12

Evansville

12-11

Xavier

Evansville

Evansville Uses Big Eighth Inning to Secure Series Finale

03.28.21 | Baseball

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Ethan Bosacker strikes out a career-high 10 in 6.0 innings

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Xavier took Evansville to the seventh inning in a 2-2 tie, but the Purple Aces scored seven in the seventh and eighth to take a 9-2 win in game four, securing the series victory for Evansville, 3-1. Xavier moves to 6-12 on the season.

Xavier scored a pair in the second inning to take the lead. Evansville responded in the bottom of the inning, then added another in the fourth inning to send the game to the Ethan Bosacker went 6.0 innings in the start, striking out a career-high 10 strikeouts, exiting the game in a 2-2 tie. The tie held through the seventh inning, when the Purple Aces added a run to take the 3-2 lead, then Evansville broke the game open with a six-run eighth, taking a 9-2 lead into the final inning.

The Musketeers return home to host Dayton for a pair of game on Thursday and Friday, both starting at 3:00 p.m. Xavier will then head up to Dayton for a double-header with the Flyers on Saturday, April 3, with game one set to begin at 12:00 p.m.

XU AT THE PLATE

Grant Stephenson went 1-4 at the plate, scored a run and picked up an RBI.
Eddie Rivero (1-3) picked up an RBI and a stolen base.
Natale Monastra went 1-2 at the plate with a walk, scoring a run.
Tyler DeMartino (1-4) picked up a hit to extend his on-base streak to four games.
Garrett Schultz (1-4) picked up a hit during game four, his fifth of the series. Schultz reached safely in three of four outings with the Purple Aces and finish the weekend batting .357 (5-14) for the series.
Jack Housinger and Andrew Walker each recorded a hit in game four.
For the Evansville series, Ryan Altenberger went 5-7 at the plate (.714) with two walks, scoring a pair of runs.

XU ON THE MOUND

Ethan Bosacker went 6.0 innings in the start, matching his season high, and finished allowing two runs, one earned on four hits and four walks. Bosacker struck out 10 batters along the way, a new career high.
Jonathan Kelly entered in the in seventh, facing five batters in 0.2 innings of work, allowing one earned run on two hits and walk.
Trey Schramm entered for the final out of the seventh, getting a strikeout to end the inning. Schramm went 1.0 inning total, facing nine batters in the eighth before Xander Rojahn entered to pick up the final out. Schramm finished allowing six runs, but just two earned, on five hits, striking out a pair.
Rojahn picked up the final out of the eighth, facing two batters, walking on then striking one out.

HOW THEY SCORED

2ND INNING | Natale Monastra was hit by a pitch to get on base with no outs. Grant Stephenson doubled to send Monastra home and put Xavier up, 1-0. With one out Eddie Rivero hit a single to left center to bring Stephenson home and put Xavier up 2-0.