Baseball Falls at Cincinnati, Splits Season Series with Bearcats

Tuesday, April 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:00 PM

Xavier University

16-22

Cincinnati

25-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Xavier	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	5	0
Cincinnati	4	1	0	2	1	6	1	15	15	1

Baseball Falls at Cincinnati, Splits Season Series with Bearcats

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Musketeers head to New Jersey to face Seton Hall in three-game series this weekend

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier baseball fell, 15-5, in seven innings at Cincinnati on Tuesday evening at UC Baseball Stadium, split the season series with the Bearcats at 1-1.

The Musketeers moved to 16-22 on the season, while the Bearcats moved to 25-14 overall. The loss snapped XU's four-game win streak vs. Cincinnati.

Cincinnati took a 4-0 lead in the first, an added a run in the second to take a 5-0 lead into the fourth. The Musketeers scored four in the fourth, with Clay Burdette getting aboard after being hit by a pitch and Josh Stonehouse getting on with a single. Jonathan Fitz cleared the bases with a three-run home run to get the Musketeers on the board. Peter Johnson and Carter Christenson both got on with a walk and moved into scoring position on a bunt from JD Crisp. Johnson came home on a wild pitch to pull Xavier within one, 5-4.

Bearcat runs in the fourth and fifth extended the lead back out to four, 8-4, and a six-run sixth frame for UC extended the lead to 10, 14-4.

A single for Jorge Valdes and a walk for Burdette put two on for Fitz, who brought in Valdes with a single to cut the lead back to nine, but UC led off the bottom of the frame with a solo home run to put the Bearcats up 10, 15-5, ending the game on a run rule.

Xavier heads to South Orange, N.J. this weekend for a three-game series with Seton Hall, set to get underway on Friday, April 17, and continue through Sunday, April 19.

AT THE PLATE

Jonathan Fitz finished 2-4 with four RBIs after hitting a three-run homer, his fourth of the season, and an RBI single.
Clay Burdette got on with a walk and was hit by a pair of pitches, scoring a run.
Jorge Valdes and Josh Stonehouse each recorded and scored a run.
Peter Johnson got on with a walk and scored a run.
Carter Christenson recorded a hit and got on with a walk.

on the mound

Owen Poole made the start, going 1.2 innings with five runs scoring on six hits, finishing with two strikeouts to one walk.
Michael Murphy entered with two out and the bases loaded in the second, going 2.1 innings, allowing two runs of four hits and a walk.
Jake Hooker faced three batters in the fifth.
Nick Boyle entered with two on and no outs in the fifth, allowing four runs on one hit and three walks, striking out three in 1.2 innings of work.
Jon Wylie entered with two outs in the sixth, allowing three runs on three hits in 0.1 inning of work.

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