Baseball Picks Up 8-4 Win at Indiana

Wednesday, February 26

Bloomington, IN

2 PM

Xavier University

5-3

Indiana

3-5

Xavier

Indiana

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Musketeers head to Palo Alto for four-game series with Stanford this weekend

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Xavier baseball picked up an 8-4 win over Indiana on Wednesday afternoon, moving to 2-0 against the Hoosiers on the season. The Musketeers stand at 5-3 overall with the win.

Aedan Anderson got the Musketeers on the board in the first with a solo home run, his second of the season, and then following a Connor Misch walk, Landon Mensik made it a 3-0 lead with his second homer of the season. IU picked up a run in the bottom of the frame, and the 3-1 score held into the fifth.

Carter Hendrickson got on after being hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the fifth, the moved to third as Isaac Wachsmann reached on an error. Connor Misch hit into a fielder's choice to bring Hendrickson in to make it a 4-1 lead. IU again answered in the bottom of the inning, tying the game with three runs.

Xavier retook the lead, 5-4, in the sixth after Clay Burdette got on with an error, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single to right from Jason Jelic. Jake Lambdin walked and Carter Hendrickson was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Anderson, who hit a sac fly to left to bring in another run, 6-4.

Two more runs scored for the Musketeers in the eighth after Eddie Peters led the inning off with a double and Jason Jelic singled. Peters scored on an error after Jake Lambdin reached on a fielder's choice, and Jelic came home on another sac fly from Anderson.

Luke Hoskins came in for the final two innings, facing the minimum to keep the Hoosiers off the board and seal the win.

Xavier heads to Palo Alto, California, to take on the Stanford Cardinal for a four-game series, set to get underway ton Friday, February 28 at 5:05 p.m. ET. The series continues with a double head

AT THE PLATE

Landon Mensik (1-4) had a pair of RBI and a run scored after second home run of the season.
Aedan Anderson (1-3) finished with three RBI and a run scored after his solo home run and a pair of sac flies.
Jason Jelic (2-5) drove in an RBI and scored a pair of runs.
Eddie Peters went 2-5 with a pair of doubles, scoring a run
Carter Hendrickson was hit by a pitch three times, scoring a run.
Connor Misch got on with a walk, scoring a run.
Clay Burdette (1-5) also scored a run.

ON THE MOUND

Ben Weber made the start, going 3.0 innings, allowing one earned run on five hits, striking out one and walking a pair.
Ashton Chronister entered for the fourth, allowing three runs on three hits, going 1.0 inning and facing three batters in the fifth. He finished with one strikeout to one walk.
Joseph Chavana came on with no outs in the fifth inning, pitching 1.0 scoreless innings, allowing a pair of hits. Chavana picked up the win, his first of the season.
Logan Schmidt entered in the sixth, going 1.1 innings without allowing a run. He gave up one hit and picked up a strikeout.
Trevor Geddes entered with one on and one out in the seventh, going 0.2 innings without allowing a run or a hit, walking one and striking out one.
Luke Hoskins entered for the eighth, posting 1-2-3 innings for the final two frames, striking out four in in his 2.0 innings of work.