Baseball Takes Walk-Off Win Over Northern Kentucky

Wednesday, April 24

Cincinnati, Ohio

3:00 PM

Xavier University

21-20

Northern Kentucky

24-16

Northern Kentucky

Xavier

Baseball Takes Walk-Off Win Over Northern Kentucky

04.24.24 | Baseball

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Anderson homers twice, Vera and Hughes combine to strikeout last seven Norse batters in 7-6 win

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - A pair of Aedan Anderson home runs and seven-straight strikeouts from Musketeers pitchers to close out the game helped Xavier baseball to a walk-off 7-6 win over Northern Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon at Hayden Field. The Musketeers moved to 21-20 on the season with the win.

The Norse took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run homer, but the Musketeers responded immediately, cutting the lead in half on Aedan Anderson's lead-off home run in the bottom of the first to cut it to 2-1.

After Anderson's homer, Isaac Wachsmann and Matt McCormick each took a one-out walk, with Wachsmann scoring on a a double from Connor Misch to tie the game at 2-2. Matthew DePrey continued the first with a single up the middle, driving in McCormick and Misch to put the Musketeers in front 4-2.

NKU added runs in the fourth and sixth to retake the lead at 6-4 going into the bottom of the sixth. In the bottom half of the inning, Grant Stephenson was hit by a pitch to put a runner on for Anderson, who homered again to tie the game at 6-6, marking his second multi-home run game of the season (4/13 vs. Creighton).

After the Musketeers tied the game, Alex Vera and Nolan Hughes combined on the mound to face the minimum in the last three innings, striking out the last seven Norse batters to take the 6-6 tie into the bottom of the ninth.

Misch led off the final frame with a single, with Donavan Canterberry coming in to pinch run. Canterberry stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch before coming home on a ground ball from Carter Hendrickson to give the Musketeers the walk-off 7-6 win.

The Musketeers remain at home for the weekend series, hosting St. John's for three games at Hayden Field. Game one with the Red Storm is set for Friday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m.

AT THE PLATE

Aedan Anderson went 2-of-4 with a walk, hitting a pair of home runs to give him 12 for the season, matching Matt McCormick for team high. Anderson drove in a team-high three RBI.
Matthew DePrey went 1-of-4 with a walk, driving in a pair of of RBI in the first inning.
Connor Misch went 2-of-4 with a walk, driving in an RBI and scoring a run.
Carter Hendrickson (1-5) drove in the game-winning RBI.
Matt McCormick finished with a pair of hits (2-3) and a pair of walks, scoring a run.
Isaac Wachsmann, Grant Stephenson and Donavan Canterberry each came around to score a run.
Luke Hammond and Jared Cushing each recorded a hit.

ON THE MOUND

Connor Bailey made the start, allowing two runs on two hits in 3.0 innings of work, finishing with one strikeout to one walk.
Eli Bridenthal entered in the fourth, going 0.2 innings, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk, striking out one.
Nick Boyle entered for the final out of the fourth, pitching 1.1 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, striking out a pair.
Alex Vera came in for the the sixth inning, allowing two runs, both unearned, on one hit and three walks, striking out three in 2.2 innings of work.
Nolan Hughes entered for the final out of the eighth and struck out all four batters he faced in the final 1.1 innings, earning the win to move to 3-3 on the season.

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