Baseball Falls in Game Three at Fullerton, Finishes Series at 2-1

Sunday, March 1

Fullerton, Calif.

4:00 PM ET

Xavier University

4-7

Cal State Fullerton

4-7

Xavier

Cal State Fullerton

Baseball Falls in Game Three at Fullerton, Finishes Series at 2-1

03.01.26 | Baseball

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Musketeers head to Ohio State on Tuesday

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

FULLERTON, Calif. - Xavier fell in game three at Cal State Fullerton, 16-7, to wrap up the series against the Titans at 2-1 on Sunday at Goodwin Field.

Cal State Fullerton took a 4-0 lead after the first, and added four in the second to take an 8-0 lead.

Xavier led off the third with back-to-back singles from Donavan Canterberry and JD Crisp. Jonathan Fitz hit an RBI double to bring in Canterberry, and Crisp scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 8-2. Clay Burdette singled up the middle to bring in Fitz to make it 8-3.

The Musketeers picked up two more runs in the fifth when Fitz got on with another double and moved to third on a single from Eddie Peters. Burdette was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Landon Mensik brought in Fitz and Peters to cut Fullerton's lead to 8-5.

The Titans scored a pair in the fifth and and added another in the sixth to lead 11-5 headed into the seventh.

Xavier got a pair back on a two-run home run from Josh Stonehouse, bringing in Burdette who led off the seventh with a walk. Fullerton added three runs in the seventh and a pair in the eighth to set the final score at 16-7.

Xavier travels to Columbus to take on Ohio State on Tuesday, March 3, set for a 3:00 p.m. start.

AT THE PLATE

Jonathan Fitz finished 2-5 with a pair of doubles, scoring a pair of runs and driving in an RBI. Fitz finished with a .385 average at the plate for the weekend, with three doubles among his five hits.
Landon Mensik (1-5) drove in a pair of RBIs with a single.
Clay Burdette went 1-3 with a walk, driving in an RBI and scoring a run. He batted .375 for the series, driving in three RBIs.
Josh Stonehouse (1-2) hit his team-high fifth home run of the season, finishing with two RBI and a run scored.
Donavan Canterberry went 3-5, scoring a run.
JD Crisp finished 2-4 at the plate with a run scored. He batted .500 for the series, finishing the weekend with four hits and four runs scored.
Eddie Peters went 2-5, scoring a run.
Tommy Townsend got aboard with a walk.

on the mound

Jack DeTienne made the start, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk, striking out one in 1.0 inning.
Evan Vasiliou entered for the second inning, going 1.0 inning with four runs allowed on five hits and walk.
Michael Murphy came in with one on and no outs in the third, going 2.2 innings with two runs allowed on two hits, walking one and striking out a pair.
Owen Poole went entered for the final out of the fifth, going 1.1 innings with one run allowed, unearned, on one hit, striking out one and walking one.
Eli Bridenthal faced three batters in the seventh, issuing three walks.
Jake Hooker entered with the bases loaded in the seventh, pitching the final 2.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, finishing with one K.