Xavier University Athletics
Xavier University
2-1
East Carolina
1-2
Xavier Falls in Game Three at ECU, Wraps Up Series with the Pirates at 2-1
02.14.26 | Baseball
Musketeers head to Louisville for midweek match up on Tuesday
Xavier moves to 2-1 on the year, while the Pirates improved to 1-2.
ECU took the 1-0 lead in the second, but the Musketeers responded in the next frame after Eddie Peters led off with a double, moved to third on a sac bunt from JD Crisp and came home on a ground ball from Luke Hammond.
The Pirates retook the lead in the bottom of the third, scoring three runs on two hits and two errors for the 4-1 advantage.Â
The Musketeers picked up another run in the fourth on a solo home run from Peter Johnson to cut the lead to two runs. A two-run frame in the bottom of the inning for the Pirates extended the lead back to four.
The 6-2 score held into the seventh where the Pirates added three to take a seven-run lead.
Xavier got a pair back after Josh Stonehouse hit a two-run homer in the eighth, bringing in Donavan Canterberry who got aboard with a walk.
The Pirates added three more runs in the bottom of the frame to lead 12-4, and a solo home run from Eddie Peters in the ninth set the final score at 12-5.
The Musketeers return to action at Louisville on Tuesday, Feb. 17. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.
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- Josh Stonehouse knocked in a pair of RBI with his first home run of the season. He finished opening weekend batting .500 with six hits and five runs scored.
- Peter Johnson went 3-of-4 at the plate in game three, driving in an RBI with a solo home run, his first of the season. He batted .429 through the weekend with six hits and three RBI.
- Eddie Peters went 2-of-4 in the series finale, hitting his first home run of the season to pick up an RBI, and scored a pair of runs
- Luke Hammond finished with an RBI.
- Jonathan Fitz recorded a hit (1-2) and got on with a pair of walks.
- JD Crisp and Donavan Canterberry each got on with a walk as well, with Canterberry coming around to score a run.
- Jack DeTienne made the start, going 3.1 innings, allowing six runs, three earned, on five hits and a walk.
- Michael Murphy entered in the fourth, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one without issuing a walk.
- Joey Young came in for the seventh inning, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk.
- Trevor Geddes entered for the final out of the seventh, getting the Musketeers out of the inning with a strikeout. He went the final 1.1 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and a walk.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Weber, Colby (1-0)
L: DeTienne, Jack (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Peters, Eddie 1
HR: Peters, Eddie 1 ; Stonehouse, Josh 1 ; Johnson, Peter 1
RBI: Peters, Eddie 1 ; Hammond, Luke 1 ; Stonehouse, Josh 2 ; Johnson, Peter 1
SH: Crisp, JD 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Peters, Eddie 2 ; Stonehouse, Josh 1 ; Johnson, Peter 1 ; Canterberry, Donavan 1
Batting:
2B: Lenahan, Grady 1 ; Irby, Austin 2 ; Barron, Walker 1
RBI: Lenahan, Grady 3 ; Irby, Austin 3 ; Barron, Walker 1 ; Burress, Braden 1 ; Bachman, Brayden 1
SH: Parham, Nick 1
SF: Lenahan, Grady 1 ; Bachman, Brayden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jacome, Carlos 1 ; Lenahan, Grady 1 ; Irby, Austin 1 ; Barron, Walker 2 ; Burress, Braden 2 ; Bachman, Brayden 1 ; Parham, Nick 1 ; Herring, Jack 3
HBP: Wallace, Colby 1 ; Parham, Nick 1 ; Herring, Jack 1
