CINCINNATI – Xavier baseball closes out the regular season at home, hosting the Georgetown Hoyas for three games, starting on Thursday, May 18 at 3:00 p.m. Game two is set for Friday at 1:00 p.m. and the series concludes on Saturday, also set for a 1:00 p.m. start.
All three games are set to be live streamed on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports. Xavier will hold its Senior Day ceremony on Saturday prior to the regular season finale.
The Musketeers are 33-19 overall and 13-5 in BIG EAST play and enter the final weekend of the regular season on a three-game win streak, after taking two of three games at St. John's last weekend and a midweek game at Michigan. The Musketeers currently sit in second place in the BIG EAST standings, half a game back from first place UConn, and are receiving votes in the NCBWA Poll for a sixth-straight week.
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- Georgetown is 27-24 overall on the season and 8-9 in BIG EAST play, sitting in fifth place in the league standings.
- The Hoyas took two of three against Creighton and Villanova, and took wins against Seton Hall, UConn, St. John's and Butler.
- Georgetown went 32-24 last season with an 11-10 record in BIG EAST play, earning the No. 4 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament.
- GU was eliminated from the league tournament after falling to UConn and Xavier.
- Xavier is 19-8 all-time against the Hoyas after taking the regular season series 2-1, and topping Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship.
- Shortstop Jack Housinger has 38 hits for the season, with 20 going for extra bases, including 11 home runs. Housinger has 31 RBI and 44 runs scored on the season. Housinger leads the BIG EAST and is fifth in the nation with 53 walks.
- Catcher Matthew DePrey has a .285 average at the plate on the season, with 10 doubles and 12 home runs among his 63 hits. He's driven in 34 RBI and scored 43 runs.
- Left fielder Andrew Walker is batting .327 on the season, is leading the team in hits with 72, most in the BIG EAST, and also leads Xavier in runs scored at 50, and stolen bases, going 23-26 on attempts. Among his hits are 18 doubles, a triple and seven home runs, with 47 RBIs. Walker also has 29 walks for the season and brings a 19-game reached safely streak into the weekend.
- Tyler DeMartino returned from injury to make his first appearance against Michigan on March 15 and has started in 34 games since that point, primarily at DH. He's batting .266 with 29 RBI and 26 runs scored, and has 10 home runs on the season.
- Matt McCormick has made 51 starts, primarily at first base, with a .332 average at the plate, best among Xavier's everyday players. Among his 52 hits are 24 for extra bases, including nine doubles and a team-high 13 home runs.
- Carter Hendrickson has made 47 starts, primarily in the outfield, with a .255 average at the plate. Among his 40 hits are 13 for extra bases, including five home runs. Hendrickson has 23 RBI and 34 runs scored on the season.
- Second baseman Jared Cushing has a .296 average at the plate, with nine doubles, a triple and and a team-high 14 home runs after hitting two in the seventh inning against Michigan. He leads the Musketeers with 48 RBIs and has scored 40 runs. He enters the weekend with a team-best seven game hitting streak.
- Alex Helmin has played in 33 games, starting in 25, with .303 batting average. He has 23 RBIs and 15 runs scored.
- Garrett Schultz has 28 starts in center field, and has played in 29 this season, with a .265 average at the plate. He has 15 walks for the season, has driven in 17 RBI and scored 15 runs. He's reached base in each of the last 28 games he played in.
- Third baseman Grant Stephenson is batting .238 on the season, including 10 hits for extra bases . He has 24 RBIs and 21 runs scored and enters the weekend with a 10-game reached safely streak.
- Teddy Deters has played in 16 games this season, starting in six, including three starts last week. Deters has 10 hits on the season, four for extra bases, has scored 10 runs and driven in 10 RBIs.
- Connor Misch has played in 27 games, starting in six, posting a .267 batting average with 12 hits, 12 RBIs and eight runs scored.
- Luke Hammond has played in 24 games, making six starts, with a .290 average the plate. He has three RBI and six runs scored.
- Aedan Anderson has played in 24 games, has four hits and five walks on the season and has come around to score six times.
- Xavier's offense has 85 home runs this season, a number that leads the BIG EAST and ranks No. 31 in NCAA DI.
- Ethan Bosacker has made 13 starts, with 3.58 ERA through 78.0 IP with 31 earned runs allowed on the season. Bosacker leads the BIG EAST with 87 strikeouts, while allowing 23 walks. He has a WHIP of 1.10, second best in the BIG EAST behind Brant Alazaus, and is 6-2 on the season.
- Brant Alazaus has made 13 starts, with a 3.97 ERA in 79.1 innings pitched and a WHIP of 0.95, best in the BIG EAST. He's 7-3 on the season, leading the BIG EAST in wins. Alazaus has allowed 35 earned runs on the season, and has 81 strikeouts to just eight walks, for a BIG EAST-best 10.12 strikeout-to-walk ration, which ranks second in the NCAA DI. Alazaus ranks in the top five in the country with a BIG EAST-best 0.91 walks allowed per nine innings.
- Luke Hoskins has made 17 appearances, including 12 starts, and has a 4.48 ERA through 62.1 innings pitched. He's allowed 31 earned runs on 60 hits, with 43 Ks to 14 walks and has a record of 6-2 on the season.
- Luke Bell has made 14 appearances, including seven starts, with a 7.36 ERA in 47.2 innings pitched with 38 Ks to 19 walks.
- Jonathan Kelly has a 4.65 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched, making a team-high 27 appearances including one start. Kelly has 35 strikeouts to 14 walks.
- Justin Loer has made 24 appearances, including one start, posting a 2.08 ERA through 47.2 innings, allowing 11 earned runs on 30 hits, with 53 Ks to 17 walks. He's 5-3 on the season with three saves.
- Nick Boyle has made 10 appearances, including four starts, with a 8.62 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched, allowing 15 runs on 16 hits with 16 strikeouts to 17 walks.
- Jack Niedringhaus has made nine appearances, including making his first collegiate start against EKU. He has a 2.45 ERA through 14.2 innings pitched, with four earned runs allowed on 13 hits and nine strikeouts to five walks issued. He picked up the win at Michigan to mvoe to 2-0 on the season.
- Connor Bailey has 13 appearances on the season, including one start with a 5.19 ERA through 17.1 innings pitched, allowing 10 earned runs on 15 hits, with 10 strikeouts to nine walks.
- Clay Schwaner has made 18 appearances out of the bullpen, with a 6.26 ERA through 27.1 innings pitched, and has five saves on the season.
- Creighton Hansen has a 4.32 ERA through 8.1 IP in 10 appearances, allowing four earned run on three hits, and has nine strikeouts to 14 walks.
- Jake Zicka (3.0 IP) has an ERA of 6.00 after making his third appearance of the season, allowing two runs on two hits with three strikeouts to four walks.
- Nathan Stahl has a 9.00 ERA through 4.0 innings of work across five appearances, with four Ks to four walks.
- Ryan Rumsey made his first appearance of the season against UC, allowing three earned runs on four hits and a walk in 1.0 IP.
- Carter Hendrickson made his first appearance on the mound during the NIU series, allowing two runs on three hits with a pair of strikeouts in 1.0 inning of work.
- Xavier's pitching staff leads the BIG EAST with an ERA of 4.58 and team WHIP of 1.28, the eighth best mark in the country. Xavier also leads the conference in hits allowed per nine innings (8.16), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.39), and walks allowed per nine innings (3.36) all top-50 marks in NCAA DI.
- After helping Xavier to a win in game three at St. John's, righty Luke Hoskins was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
- Hoskins, sophomore from Arvada, Colo., went 7.0 scoreless innings in the start at St. John's on Sunday, allowing just five hits along the way. Hoskins had four strikeouts with no walks in the eventual 5-1 Xavier victory, picking up the win to move to 6-2 on the season.
- The 7.0 inning outing matched his career-long appearance as a Musketeer, set earlier this season at Ohio State (3/28).Xavier returns home to close out the regular season, hosting Georgetown for a three-game series, starting on Thursday
- Xavier secured its bid to the four-team BIG EAST Championship in Mason, Ohio, over the weekend, Xavier's fourth-straight appearance in the conference tournament and the seventh time the Musketeers have made the BIG EAST Tournament in the nine years its been held since Xavier joined the conference.
- UConn has also secured a bid to the 2023 BIG EAST Tournament.
- The 2023 BIG EAST Baseball Championship presented by Jeep will be co-hosted by Xavier baseball at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, during Memorial Day Weekend.
- The tournament opens on Wednesday, May 24 and is scheduled to run through Saturday, May 27. The opening day of the tournament has been moved up a day from previous years.
- The BIG EAST announced on Wednesday, May 17, that Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio will be the home of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship through 2028, extending their partnership an additional five years. The tournament has been held at Prasco since 2018.
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DEPREY ON POSEY WATCH LIST |
- Xavier junior catcher Matthew DePrey was listed on the most recent Watch List for the 2023 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year award, released by the Wichita Sports Commission on May 10. DePrey is one of three from the BIG EAST, joined by Tate Ballestero of St. John's and Owen Carapellotti of Georgetown.
- The watch list will be narrowed down to the semifinalists, announced on May 22, 2023. Ballots will be sent to the national voting committee at the end of May for a vote to determine the three finalists. The finalists will be announced June 6, 2023.
- A final vote among the national committee will occur during the College World Series. All finalists will be brought to Wichita and the winner will be announced on June 29, 2023.
- After helping Xavier rewrite several records last season, BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year shortstop Jack Housinger is positioned to make moves in the Xavier career record books.
- Housinger currently stands at 233 appearances, the most all time by a Musketeer. Housinger broke the previous school record of 225 during the Creighton series.
- Last season, Housinger moved into Xavier's top five for career doubles, with 52 for his time as a Musketeer, second most in program history, and just 10 shy of matching the school record of 62.
- After setting the single season school record of 68 runs scored last season, Housinger has 44 runs scored this season and now has a career total of 185, second-most in program history. The current school record is 211.
- He also had 47 walks on the season for 2022, the sixth most in a single season in program history. Housinger has 53 walks for 2023, tied for third most walks in a single season, with his current career total standing at 185, second most career walks for a Musketeer. The current school record is 188.
- With 826 career at-bats, Housinger has the third most in program history, with the school record standing at 833.
- Xavier opened the season on the road, playing 18 away games before opening the home portion of the schedule on Wednesday, March 15 against Michigan.
- Overall, Xavier will play 36 games on the road, playing games in 11 different states and facing opponents from 12 different conferences, including the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.
- Among Xavier's 25 scheduled opponents are six teams that competed in last season's NCAA Tournament.
- The Musketeers return a strong core from last season's bullpen which posted a new school record of 482 strikeouts.
- RHP Ethan Bosacker returns to the rotation after sitting out last season due to injury. Prior to 2023, Bosacker was last in action in 2021, making 12 appearance, including 10 starts, with an ERA of 3.34 through 62.0 innings pitched and 53 strikeouts.
- Lefty Brant Alazaus, a transfer from Walsh University, started in 12 games last season at Walsh, pitching a total of 78.1 innings in 15 appearances. He finished had 2.88 ERA, had 100 strikeouts and only seven walks, and finished with a 6-1 record.
- Justin Loer made 15 appearances, including three starts, in 2022 finishing with an ERA of 3.55 through 25.1 innings pitched and a record of 2-0, with 18 strikeouts.
- Among the returners, Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Luke Bell's 59 strikeouts from last season leads the way. Bell made 25 appearances for the Musketeers, including a team-high 10 starts, posting a 4-0 record. He had a 4.31 ERA through 56.1 innings pitched.
- Bryce Barnett (40), Jared Gadd (38) and Jonathan Kelly (32), key contributors to last season's strikeout record, also return for Xavier.
- Xavier also returns contributors from last season Conner Bailey and Luke Hoskins, as well as letterwinners Ryan Rumsey, Jake Zicka. Nick Boyle and Carter Hendrickson
- Off the transfer portal, Xavier added righties Clay Schwaner (Wofford), Creighton Hansen (Wichita State) and Nathan Stahl (Indiana).
- The Musketeers also added freshman Jack Niedringhaus (LHP) to the bullpen.
- The Musketeers bring back seven every-day position players and eight contributors from last season's school-record breaking offensive lineup. Xavier is coming off a season where they drove in a school record 425 RBI, score a program-best 450 runs, and had 100 home run season, crushing the previous school record of 68.
- Among the returners, Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year and the league's Preseason All-BIG EAST selection at shortstop, Jack Housinger, led the way with 16 home runs last season. The mark tied the previous school record and trails only Luke Franzoni's 29 home run season in 2022 in Xavier's single season records. last season, Housinger started at shortstop in all 60 games, batting .311 for the season, with 30 of his 71 hits going for extra bases for a .588 slugging percentage.
- Garrett Schultz joined Housinger on the Preseason All-BIG EAST squad. Last season he played in 58 games, starting in 56, primarily in center field, batting .322, with 66 hits, including 14 for extra bases, and took 23 walks. Schultz drove in 33 RBI and came around to score 28 times.
- Andrew Walker played in 57 games in 2022, starting in 56, all in left field. Walker batted .309 for the season, with hits 23 going for extra bases for a .505 slugging percentage. Among the extra base hits, he had 15 doubles and five home runs. He took 35 bases on balls, and finished with a career-best .437 on-base percentage.
- Tyler DeMartino appeared in 57 games last season, making 55 starts, including 44 at center field and 11 at DH. DeMartino batted .309 for the season, driving in 47 RBI and scoring 40 runs on 63 hits. He had a .564 slugging percentage, collecting 27 hits for extra bases, including 14 doubles and 12 home runs.
- Jared Cushing appeared in 58 games, starting in 54, making 34 starts at third base and 20 starts at second base. He Batted .290 for the season knocking in 31 RBI and scoring 33 runs on 60 hits. Of those hits, 20 went for extra bases including 10 home runs.
- Matthew DePrey appeared in 42 games, starting in 26 last season, making 20 starts at catcher and six at DH. DePrey batted .266 with 29 hits, scoring 20 runs and driving in 16 RBI.
- Alex Helmin appeared in 39 games in 2022, making 16 starts, primarily in right and center field. He finished with a .253 average at the plate, with 19 hits, including three doubles, and seven walks.
- Grant Stephenson appeared in 27 games last season, starting in 26, all at third base, batting .310 for the season, with 27 hits, driving in 19 RBI and coming around to score 14 runs.
- The Musketeers have made the four-team BIG EAST Tournaments six times since joining the conference for the 2013-14 season.
- Xavier has advanced to the conference championship series in each of it's six trips to the league tournament, claiming the tournament championship three times (2014, 2016, 2017), as well as winning the regular season title in 2016.
- The Musketeers have advanced to the championship series and finished runners-up in each of the last three tournaments held (2019, 2021, 2022).
- A pair of Musketeers were selected in the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft, with junior Jack Lynch going to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 18th round, and senior Luke Franzoni selected in the 19th round by the Los Angeles Angels.
- The two selections in 2022 makes it 20 total Musketeers selected in the MLB Draft since 2005.
- At least one Xavier player has been selected in seven of the last nine years, and the 2022 draft marked the fourth time in that period that multiple Musketeers were picked.
- Ahead of the 2023 season, Xavier was picked the finish third in BIG EAST by the league coaches
- Graduate student Jack Housinger was named the Preseason Player of the Year, and was the coaches' preseason All-League pick at shortstop.
- Senior outfielder Garrett Schultz and Senior RHP Luke Bell were also selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.
2023 Preseason Baseball All-BIG EAST Team and Awards
Preseason Player of the Year
Jack Housinger, Gr., SS, Xavier
Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Ian Cooke, So., RHP, UConn
Preseason All-BIG EAST Team*
C – Owen Carapellotti, So.., Georgetown
1B – Ben Huber, Gr., UConn
2B – Andrew Meggs, Sr., Creighton
3B – Kevin Michaels, RJr., St. John's
SS – Jack Housinger, Gr., Xavier
DH – Jack Grace, Sr., Creighton
OF – Korey Morton, Jr., UConn
OF – David Glancy, RJr., St. John's
OF – Will Gale, RJr., Seton Hall
OF – Garrett Schultz, Sr., Xavier
SP – Ian Cooke, So., UConn ^
SP – Cade Lommel, Jr., Creighton
SP – Dominic Cancellieri, Jr., Creighton
SP – Luke Bell, Sr., Xavier
RP – Tommy Steier, Gr., Creighton
^ - denotes unanimous selection
* due to a tie in voting, there is an extra member on the preseason all-conference team.
Preseason Coaches' Poll
First place votes in ( )
1. UConn (7) – 49
2. Creighton (1) – 43
3. Xavier – 36
4. Georgetown – 30
5. Seton Hall – 23
6. St. John's – 21
7. Villanova – 15
8. Butler – 7
