Baseball Drops Game Two with Evansville

Saturday, March 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

2:00 PM

Xavier University

Evansville

03.14.26 | Baseball

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Rubber match set for Sunday at 1 PM at Hayden Field

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier dropped the second of three games with Evansville, 6-4, on Saturday afternoon at Hayden Field to even the series at 1-1 with the finale set for Sunday.

The Musketeers moved to 6-14 on the year, while the Purple Aces improved 4-13.

After two scoreless innings, Evansville got on the board first, scoring three in the top of the third frame, then posting another three-run frame in the fifth to take a 6-0 lead.

Xavier got on the board in the bottom of the fifth, with Donavan Canterberry leading off the inning with a single, moving to second on an error and coming home on a double from Clay Burdette.

Landon Mensik led off the sixth with a walk and moved to second on a single from Peter Johnson and third on a walk from Jason Jelic. Canterberry took a bases-loaded walk to bring in Mensik, cutting Evansville's lead to 6-2. Jorge Valdes followed Canterberry's walk with a ground ball to bring in Johnson to make it 6-3.

Xavier made it four unanswered runs in the seventh with Tommy Townsend leading off with a single, moving to second after Tanner Thomas was hit by a pitch and third on a ground out from Johnson. A sac fly from Luke Hammond brought Townsend in to cut the Purple Aces' advantage to 6-4 but the Musketeers were unable to get any closer, falling by the two-run margin.

Xavier wraps up the series with the Purple Aces on Sunday afternoon, with first pitch set for 1 p.m. from Hayden Field on ESPN+.

AT THE PLATE

Clay Burdette went 3-4 with a walk, driving in an RBI with a double.
Luke Hammond finished with a hit (1-3) and picked up an RBI on a sac fly.
Donavan Canterberry finished 1-3 with a walk, driving in an RBI and scoring arun.
Jorge Valdes drove in an RBI with a ground ball.
Peter Johnson went 2-5 with a run scored.
Tommy Townsend finished 2-5 at the plate and scored a run.
Landon Mensik got aboard with a walk, scoring a run.
Josh Stonehouse finished with a hit (1-5) as the Musketeers out-hit the Purple Aces, 10-7, for the day.
Jason Jelic recorded a walk, one of four on the day for the Musketeers.

on the mound

Jack Nobe made the start, going 5.0 innings, allowing six runs, four earned, on six hits and four walks, striking out six.
Jack DeTienne entered for the sixth, going a career-long 4.0 innings without allowing a run and giving up just one hit and one walk while striking out a pair.

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