Baseball Takes Game Three at Seton Hall, 3-1, for the Series Sweep of the Pirates

Sunday, April 19

South Orange, N.J.

12:00 PM

Xavier University

19-22, 9-3

Seton Hall

11-20, 0-9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Xavier	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	1
Seton Hall	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	2

Baseball Takes Game Three at Seton Hall, 3-1, for the Series Sweep of the Pirates

04.19.26 | Baseball

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Musketeers face Vanderbilt on Tuesday evening in Nashville

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Xavier picked up a second-straight weekend sweep on Sunday, taking a 3-1 win over Seton Hall on Sunday afternoon to move to 3-0 in the series.

The Musketeers improved to 19-22 (9-3 BIG EAST) on the season, while the Pirates dropped to 11-20 (0-9 BIG EAST).

Xavier took a 1-0 lead in the first on a solo home run from Clay Burdette, his team-high matching 12th of the season. He added another run in the third after Jorge Valdes took a lead-off walk, stole second, moved to third on an error and came home on a single from Josh Stonehouse

Ashton Chronister made the start, going 5.0 innings with only one run allowed, matching his career-high with six strikeouts. Owen Poole and Garrett Helsel combined for the final 4.0 innings, allowing just one Pirate hit the rest of the way.

The Musketeers took a 3-0 lead in the top of the sixth, with Peter Johnson and Luke Hammodn getting aboard on walks, and Landon Mensik loading the bases with a single. Tommy Townsend singled to left field to bring in Johnson for the three-run lead.

The Pirates responded with a run in the bottom of the frame, but were unable cut into the deficit any further, setting the final score at 3-1.

Xavier returns to action on Tuesday, April 21, traveling to Nashville, Tenn., to face Vanderbilt, set for a 7:00 p.m. ET start on SEC Network+.

AT THE PLATE

Clay Burdette finished 2-4 with a walk, collecting an RBI and a run scored after he hit his team-high matching 12th home run of the season in the first.
Josh Stonehouse (1-5) drove in an RBI with a single.
Tommy Townsend went 1-1, hitting an RBI single as a pinch hitter.
Jorge Valdes and Peter Johnson both got aboard with a walk and scored a run.
Donavan Canterberry recorded a hit on a six-hit day for the Musketeers.
Luke Hammond and Carter Christenson each got on with a walk, the Musketeers finished the day with five bases on balls.

on the mound

Ashton Chronister made the start, allowing one run on three hits in 5.0 innings of work. The junior lefty matched his career high with six strikeouts to two walks and picked up the win, his second of the season.
Owen Poole entered with two on and no outs in the sixth, recording one out, a strikeout.
Garrett Helsel entered with two on and one out in the sixth, going the final 3.2 innings, not allowing a run, and giving up just one hit. Helsel finished with four strikeouts to two walks and picked up his fifth save of the season.

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