Baseball Falls in Game One Against Indiana State

Friday, March 15

Cincinnati, Ohio

3:00 PM

Xavier University

8-10

Indiana State

13-3

Indiana State

Xavier

Baseball Falls in Game One Against Indiana State

03.15.24 | Baseball

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Musketeers and Sycamores return to Hayden Field at 1:00 PM on Saturday

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier baseball fell in the first of three games with Indiana State at Hayden Field this weekend, with the Sycamores taking the 16-5 win on Friday afternoon. Xavier moved to 8-10 on the season.

ISU took a 2-0 lead in the first on a two-run homer, adding another run to the advantage in the fourth with a solo homer to lead 3-0 in to the bottom of the fourth.

In that frame, Jared Cushing took a one-out walk, moved to third on a single from Luke Hammond and scored on a ground ball from Jake Lambdin to cut the lead back to 3-1. The Sycamores added a run in the fifth, but solo home runs from Matt McCormick in the fifth and Hammond in the sixth pulled the Musketeers within one, 4-3, going into the seventh.

In the top of the seventh, the Sycamores plated seven runs to move in front 11-3. Back-to-back solo home runs for Hayden Christiansen and Isaac Wachsmann put two more Xavier runs on the board to make it a 11-5 deficit. A five-run eighth for ISU gave the Sycamores a 16-5 advantage, ending the game with the 10-run rule after the Musketeers did not score in the bottom of the inning.

Game two with Indiana State is set for Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

AT THE PLATE

Isaac Wachsmann finished 3-of-4 at the plate with a triple and his team-high matching fifth home run of the season, finishing with an RBI and a run scored.
Matt McCormick went 2-of-4, hitting his team-high matching fifth home run of the season for an RBI and a run scored.
Luke Hammond went 2-of-2 with a walk, hitting his fourth home run of the season for an RBI and run scored.
Hayden Christiansen finished 2-of-4 at the plate, driving in an RBI and scoring a run with his second home run of the season.
Jared Cushing went 1-of-2 at the plate, and also got aboard with a walk, coming around to score a run.
Jake Lambdin drove in an RBI with a ground out.
Aedan Anderson also recorded a hit in his lone at-bat.

ON THE MOUND

Luke Hoskins made the start, going 6.0 innings, allowing four earned runs on eight hits with six strikeouts.
Alex Vera entered for the seventh, allowing five earned runs on four hits with a walk and a pair of strikeouts in 0.2 innings.
Terry Murray came in for the final out of the seventh, allowing a pair of runs on three hits.
Jack Niedringhaus came out for the eighth, allowing one earned run on two hits in 0.2 innings.
Nathan Stahl entered with one on and two outs in the eighth, facing five batters, allowing four runs on a walk and four hit batsmen.
Jimmy Starnes came in for the final out of the eighth, not allowing a run, giving up one hit and striking out one.