Baseball Takes 13-4 Win at Ohio State

Wednesday, March 4

Columbus, Ohio

3:00 PM

Xavier University

5-7

Ohio State

5-6

Xavier

Ohio State

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By: Xavier Athletic Communications

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Xavier baseball picked up a midweek win at Ohio State, topping the Buckeyes 13-4 at Bill Davis Stadium on Wednesday evening.

After a scoreless first, Ohio State took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Xavier responded with a four-run frame to take the lead in the top of the third and never relinquished it.

In the third, JD Crisp took a two-out walk to put a runner on for Jonathan Fitz, who drove him in with a double. Eddie Peters was hit by a pitch to put two on for Clay Burdette, who cleared the bases and put Xavier in front with his first home run of the season.

The Buckeyes picked up a run in the bottom of the frame to cut the lead to 4-3, but Xavier got it back in the fourth after Peter Johnson got on with a walk, moved to third on a single from Donavan Canterberry, and scored on a single from Crisp for the 5-3 lead.

Ohio State picked up another run in the fourth to cut Xavier's lead to one, 5-4, before Xavier added runs in each of the next four innings to stretch the lead to lead 13-4.

Burdette got on with a one-out walk in the fifth, and Josh Stonehouse brought him in with his sixth home run of the season. Luke Hammond followed with a single, moved to second on a Johnson walk, advanced to third on a Canterberry single, and scored on a throwing error to make it 8-4.

Fitz led off the sixth with a walk, moved to second on a single from Peters, and scored on a double from Burdette. A sac fly from Hammond brought in Peters to make it a 10-4 Xavier lead.

Tommy Townsend led off the seventh with a triple, and Joey Arend, pinch running for Townsend, scored on a ground ball from Fitz to make it 11-4.

Xavier added two more runs in the eighth, getting a walk from Stonehouse and a single from Hammond to put two on with one out. Stonehouse scored on a single to right center from Johnson, and after moving to third on a double steal, Hammond came home as Canterberry reached on an error to make it a 13-4 lead headed into the ninth.

After the Buckeyes scored the fourth, Xavier's pitchers kept Ohio State off the board the rest of the way. With the Musketeers holding the nine-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, Ohio State got the first two runners aboard but were unable to get a run across to set the final score at 13-4.

Xavier now heads back to the west coast for six games, starting with a four-game series at Oregon State, running March 6-9. The Musketeers will then face Oregon for a pair of games on March 10 and 11.

AT THE PLATE

Clay Burdette finished 2-4 with a walk, hitting a double and his first home run of the season. He drove in a career-high matching four RBIs and scored two runs.
Josh Stonehouse (1-4, 1 BB) hit his team-high sixth home run of the season, finishing with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Jonathan Fitz (1-5, 1 BB) finished with two RBI and two runs scored.
Luke Hammond went 2-4 at the plate, driving in an RBI and scoring two runs.
Peter Johnson finished 1-2 with three walks for the game, finishing with an RBI and a run scored.
JD Crisp (1-4) also had an RBI and a run scored for the evening.
Eddie Peters (1-4) scored a pair of runs.
Tommy Townsend hit a triple as a pinch hitter. Joey Arend scored a run pinch running for Townsend.
Donavan Canterberry recorded a pair of hits on a 12-hit day for Xavier.

on the mound

Ashton Chronister made the start, allowing one run on one hit and one walk in 1.0 inning of work.
Jack DeTienne faced three batters in the second, allowing one run on three hits in 0.1 inning.
Jon Wylie entered with one on and one out in the second, picking up a strikeout. Wylie picked up the win, his first of the season.
Joey Young came in for the third, allowing two runs on tow hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 1.1 innings of work.
Owen Poole pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit.
Michael Murphy picked up a strikeout in a 1-2-3 sixth inning.
Jake Hooker entered for the seventh, going 1.0 scoreless innings, walking one.
Trevor Geddes pitched the eighth, not allowing a run or a hit and issuing one walk.
Roger Niedermaier came in to start the ninth, facing a pair of batters and issuing a pair of walks.
Evan Vasiliou entered with two on and no outs in the ninth, and pitched the final 1.0 inning without allowing a hit or a walk, picking up a strikeout to end the game.