Xavier University Athletics
Xavier University
2-3
Liberty
5-0
Xavier Falls in Game One at Liberty
02.21.25 | Baseball
Musketeers and Flames return to the field on Saturday at 2 PM
Xavier moved in front, 2-0, in the second inning after Landon Mensik got aboard with a single and Eddie Peters drove him in with an RBI double. Peters scored on a single from Jake Lambdin to cap the two-run, three hit inning.
The Musketeers added three more runs in the third, with Isaac Wachsmann and Landon Mensik getting on with singles, and Clay Burdette clearing the bases with his second home run of the season to make it a 5-0 Xavier lead. The Musketeers extended it out to a 7-0 lead in the fourth, where Jason Jelic and Jake Lambdin took back-to-back walks to lead off the inning, both coming home on an RBI double from Aedan Anderson.
Jake Hooker went 4.1 innings in the start and held the Flames off the board until the fifth inning, when Liberty scored three runs. The Flames added three more runs in the sixth to cut the lead to one, 7-6. A four-run frame for Liberty in the eighth inning put the Flames in front, 10-7, headed into the ninth. Xavier got a lead-off walk from Eddie Peters in the ninth inning, but the Musketeers were unable to get a run across, setting the final score at 10-7.
Game two of three against the Flames is set for Saturday, February 22, at 2:00 p.m.
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- Clay Burdette (1-5) hit his second home run of the season, finishing with three RBI and a run scored.
- Landon Mensik went 2-3 at the plate with a walk, scoring a pair of runs.
- Aedan Anderson went 2-5 with a double, driving in two RBI.
- Eddie Peters went 2-3 with a double, had two walks and finished with an RBI and a run scored.
- Jake Lambdin finished 2-3 at the plate with a pair of walks, driving in an RBI and scoring a run.
- Isaac Wachsmann (1-3, 1 BB) and Jason Jelic (2 BB) both scored a run.
- Jake Hooker went 4.1 innings in his second start of the season, allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits, striking out three and walking one.
- Ashton Chronister entered with one out and the bases loaded in the fifth, allowing two hits and a walk in 0.2 innings.
- Logan Schmidt came in from the bullpen for the sixth, allowing three runs on four hits in 1.0 inning.
- Ben Weber entered from the bullpen for the seventh, going 1.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out one.
- Trevor Geddes entered with one out and a runner on third in the eighth, facing one batter and allowing one run.
- Luke Hoskins entered with two on and one out in the eighth, allowing one run on one hit and striking out one in 0.2 innings of work.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McCusker, Josh (1-0)
L: Weber, Ben (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Anderson, Aedan 1 ; Peters, Eddie 1
HR: Burdette, Clay 1
RBI: Anderson, Aedan 2 ; Burdette, Clay 3 ; Peters, Eddie 1 ; Lambdin, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wachsmann, Isaac 1 ; Mensik, Landon 2 ; Burdette, Clay 1 ; Peters, Eddie 1 ; Jelic, Jason 1 ; Lambdin, Jake 1
CS: Peters, Eddie 1
HBP: Wachsmann, Isaac 1
Batting:
2B: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Sorenson, Jaxon 1 ; Scilley, Landon 1
3B: Barone, Nick 1
RBI: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Sorenson, Jaxon 3 ; Barone, Nick 2 ; Scilley, Landon 3
Base Running:
RUNS: DeCandido, Riley 1 ; Marsh, Tanner 2 ; Sorenson, Jaxon 1 ; Barone, Nick 1 ; Troyer, Camden 1 ; Scilley, Landon 1 ; Moore, Tucker 1 ; Robertson, Michael 2
SB: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Moore, Tucker 1
HBP: Troyer, Camden 1 ; Moore, Tucker 1
