Saturday, May 28
Mason, Ohio / Prasco Park
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Musketeers Advance with Shootout Victory over Georgetown
05.28.22 | Baseball
MASON, Ohio - Xavier baseball was locked in a battle with Georgetown to keep their season alive, and they prevailed in a thriller. While they did surrender a seven run inning, the persistent Musketeer bats scored in six of eight innings to put the Hoyas away 16-8. Xavier is now set to face the loser of No.1 UConn and No.2 Creighton tonight, with the winner to advance to the BIG EAST Championship Games.
Justin Loer was phenomenal to start the game. In just his third career start, the freshman threw five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits in his longest outing to date. He struck out three, and was forced to exit in the sixth inning after being hit by a comeback line drive in the leg. However, he was able to walk off the field under his own power.
Meanwhile, Xavier built up a good lead, scoring on a Luke Franzoni sac fly in the first, a Lane Flamm solo home run in the fourth, and they scored four more in the fifth with the highlight being a Jack Housinger two-run shot.
With the Musketeers in full command 6-0, Georgetown came alive with a seven-run sixth inning, capped with a grand slam to take the lead. Undeterred, Xavier got it right back with a two-out two-strike Tyler DeMartino two-run homer. Georgetown tied it in the seventh with an RBI fielders choice, but after the seventh-inning stretch, Housinger hit his second homer of the day to give Xavier the 10-8 lead.
It was a lead they wouldn't relinquish, as they scored six more runs in the eighth inning behind RBI singles from Grant Stephenson and Matt DePrey and then an Andrew Walker grand slam.
Up 16-8, Miles Halligan slammed the door for Xavier in the ninth to advance in the tournament.
The Musketeers next game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm ET tonight, but first pitch will likely be pushed back due to the length of this morning's game. They will face the loser of UConn and Creighton, who play this afternoon.
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Baseball vs. Georgetown - BIG EAST Championship by Xavier Musketeers on Exposure
Justin Loer was phenomenal to start the game. In just his third career start, the freshman threw five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits in his longest outing to date. He struck out three, and was forced to exit in the sixth inning after being hit by a comeback line drive in the leg. However, he was able to walk off the field under his own power.
Meanwhile, Xavier built up a good lead, scoring on a Luke Franzoni sac fly in the first, a Lane Flamm solo home run in the fourth, and they scored four more in the fifth with the highlight being a Jack Housinger two-run shot.
With the Musketeers in full command 6-0, Georgetown came alive with a seven-run sixth inning, capped with a grand slam to take the lead. Undeterred, Xavier got it right back with a two-out two-strike Tyler DeMartino two-run homer. Georgetown tied it in the seventh with an RBI fielders choice, but after the seventh-inning stretch, Housinger hit his second homer of the day to give Xavier the 10-8 lead.
It was a lead they wouldn't relinquish, as they scored six more runs in the eighth inning behind RBI singles from Grant Stephenson and Matt DePrey and then an Andrew Walker grand slam.
Up 16-8, Miles Halligan slammed the door for Xavier in the ninth to advance in the tournament.
The Musketeers next game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm ET tonight, but first pitch will likely be pushed back due to the length of this morning's game. They will face the loser of UConn and Creighton, who play this afternoon.
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  AT THE PLATE |
- Xavier scored 16 runs on 19 hits today, overcoming a rough seven-run sixth inning on the mound.
- Jack Housinger led Xavier with four hits, including two two-run homers.
- Lane Flamm went 3-4 including a solo home run in the fourth inning, and he totaled two runs scored.
- Garrett Schultz went 3-6, scoring a run as well.
- Andrew Walker bat lead off, and got on base five times today. He had two hits including an eighth-inning grand slam to put the dagger in Georgetown.
- Tyler DeMartino went 2-3 with a two-run shot in the fifth to help push Xavier out to an initial 6-0 lead.
- Grant Stephenson was 2-4 with two RBIs and a run scored this afternoon.
- Matt DePrey also had two hits, two RBIs and a run.
- Luke Franzoni had one hit, one RBI, and one run in this afternoon's action.
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  ON THE MOUND |
- Justin Loer got the ball in an elimination game, and he delivered with his best outing of his career to date. He last 5.0 innings, allowing just two hits and one run while striking out three.
- Jonathan Kelly entered the game and ran into a buzzsaw, getting one out and allowing four runs to cross.
- Jerry Huntzinger pitched a 1.0 innings, but allowed three runs as the Georgetown rally continued.
- Trevor Olson came on in a tied game in the seventh, and slammed the door by getting five outs without allowing a hit.
- Miles Halligan finished off the ball game with a two-strikeout ninth inning.
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  HIGHLIGHTS |
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Baseball vs. Georgetown - BIG EAST Championship by Xavier Musketeers on Exposure
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Olson, Trevor (4-3)
L: Sapienza, Matthew (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Carapellotti, Owen 1
HR: Hyde, Jake 1 ; Meyer, Cam 1 ; Ciufo, Andrew 1
RBI: Hyde, Jake 2 ; Meyer, Cam 1 ; Ciufo, Andrew 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Hyde, Jake 1 ; Meyer, Cam 1 ; Stern, Ethan 1 ; Ficca, Christian 1 ; Lopez, Ubaldo 1 ; Carapellotti, Owen 1 ; Ciufo, Andrew 1 ; Eze, Michael 1
HBP: Hyde, Jake 1 ; Stern, Ethan 1 ; Lopez, Ubaldo 1 ; Carapellotti, Owen 1 ; Matsko, Nolan 1
Batting:
HR: Walker, Andrew 1 ; Housinger, Jack 2 ; DeMartino, Tyler 1 ; Flamm, Lane 1
RBI: Walker, Andrew 4 ; Housinger, Jack 4 ; Franzoni, Luke 1 ; DeMartino, Tyler 2 ; Flamm, Lane 1 ; Stephenson, Grant 2 ; DePrey, Matthew 2
SF: Franzoni, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walker, Andrew 4 ; Housinger, Jack 2 ; Franzoni, Luke 1 ; DeMartino, Tyler 3 ; Schultz, Garrett 1 ; Flamm, Lane 2 ; Stephenson, Grant 1 ; DePrey, Matthew 1 ; Cushing, Jared 1
HBP: Flamm, Lane 1 ; Cushing, Jared 1
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