Xavier University Athletics
Friday, February 16
Clemson, S.C.
4:00 PM
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Baseball Falls at No. 9 Clemson in Season Opener
02.16.24 | Baseball
Musketeers and Tigers play game two of three on Saturday at 2 PM
CLEMSON, S.C. - Xavier baseball dropped the 2024 season opener at No. 9 Clemson, falling, 14-3, to the Tigers on Friday evening at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
Xavier took a 2-0 lead in the first inning after getting the first four batters aboard, with Garrett Schultz scoring on a passed ball and Matthew DePrey coming home on a sac fly from Connor Misch.
The Tigers responded with a seven-run bottom of the frame, and added runs in the third and fourth to take a 12-2 lead. After Clemson stretched the lead to ten, Xavier's defense didn't allow another Tiger hit until the eighth, when Clemson added a pair of runs to the lead. The Musketeers drove another run across in the top of the ninth, with Aedan Anderson scoring on a Grant Stephenson single to set the final score at 14-3.
The three-game series continues on Saturday, with game two set to begin at 2:00 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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Xavier took a 2-0 lead in the first inning after getting the first four batters aboard, with Garrett Schultz scoring on a passed ball and Matthew DePrey coming home on a sac fly from Connor Misch.
The Tigers responded with a seven-run bottom of the frame, and added runs in the third and fourth to take a 12-2 lead. After Clemson stretched the lead to ten, Xavier's defense didn't allow another Tiger hit until the eighth, when Clemson added a pair of runs to the lead. The Musketeers drove another run across in the top of the ninth, with Aedan Anderson scoring on a Grant Stephenson single to set the final score at 14-3.
The three-game series continues on Saturday, with game two set to begin at 2:00 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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AT THE PLATE
- Grant Stephenson drove in an RBI on a ninth-inning double.
- Connor Misch picked up an RBI with a sac fly in the first inning.
- Matthew DePrey went 2-4 at the plate, scoring a run in the first inning.
- Garrett Schultz finished with a run scored after getting on base on an error in the first.
- Aedan Anderson also scored a run, coming home in the ninth inning after getting on with a walk.
- Tyler DeMartino got aboard every time he came to the plate, going 1-1, with a double, and getting on twice with a hit by a pitch.
ON THE MOUND
- Luke Hoskins made the start, allowing seven runs on nine hits in 2.0 innings, finishing with a pair of strikeouts.
- Terry Murray entered in the third, going 2.0 innings, allowing five runs on four hits, walking three and striking out two.
- Eli Bridenthal came in the fifth, not allowing a hit or a run in 2.0 innings of work. He finished with two strikeouts to one walk.
- Ashton Chronister pitched the seventh inning, going 1.0 scoreless inning in his collegiate debut, not allowing a hit or a walk and picking up a strikeout.
- Eric Podgorny entered for the eight inning, allowing tow runs on one hit and a pair of walks in 0.1 inning.
- Jack Niedringhaus entered with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth, getting the Musketeers out of the inning with a 6-4-3 double play.
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