Xavier University Athletics
Saturday, March 9
Baton Rouge, La.
6:00 PM ET
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Baseball Falls in Game Two at No. 2 LSU
03.09.24 | Baseball
Series finale set for 1 PM ET on Sunday
BATON ROUGE, La. - Xavier baseball fell in game two at No. 2 LSU, 8-2, on Saturday evening at Alex Box Stadium. The Musketeers moved to 7-8 on the season.
LSU took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, adding runs in the second, fourth and fifth to build the lead to 8-0.
In the sixth, Hayden Christiansen hit a one-out single, followed by a single from Isaac Wachsmann to put two aboard. Christiansen moved to third when Jared Cushing reached on a fielders choice, putting runners on the corners for Matthew DePrey.
DePrey singled into right, his third hit of the day, to drive in Christiansen, and Garrett Schultz followed with a single up the middle to score Cushing, cutting the LSU lead to six.
Neither team scored a run in the final three innings to set the final score at 8-2.
The series finale with the Tigers is set for Sunday, March 10, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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Baseball at LSU - Game 2 by Xavier Musketeers on Exposure
LSU took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, adding runs in the second, fourth and fifth to build the lead to 8-0.
In the sixth, Hayden Christiansen hit a one-out single, followed by a single from Isaac Wachsmann to put two aboard. Christiansen moved to third when Jared Cushing reached on a fielders choice, putting runners on the corners for Matthew DePrey.
DePrey singled into right, his third hit of the day, to drive in Christiansen, and Garrett Schultz followed with a single up the middle to score Cushing, cutting the LSU lead to six.
Neither team scored a run in the final three innings to set the final score at 8-2.
The series finale with the Tigers is set for Sunday, March 10, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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AT THE PLATE
- Matthew DePrey finished 3-of-4 at the plate, driving in a run in the sixth with a single.
- Hayden Christiansen went 2-of-4, scoring a run in the sixth.
- Garrett Schultz (1-of-4) drove in an RBI with his sixth-inning single.
- Isaac Wachsmann (1-of-4) finished with a hit, Grant Stephenson recorded a walk and Matt McCormick got aboard on a hit-by-pitch.
ON THE MOUND
- Nolan Hughes made the start, going 1.2 innings with four runs scored, only one earned, on two hits, finishing with three strikeouts to four walks.Â
- Logan Schmidt entered for the final out of the second, going 3.1 innings with four runs allowed on six hits and two walks, finishing with three strikeouts.
- Connor Bailey entered for the sixth, pitching 1.0 scoreless inning, allowing one hit and one walk with one strikeout.
- Ashton Chronister came in out of the bullpen for the seventh, pitching the final 2.0 inning without allowing a run and giving up a pair of hits.
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