Baseball Falls to Creighton in BIG EAST Tournament Elimination Game

Saturday, May 23

Mason, Ohio

6:00 PM

Xavier University

28-30

Creighton

31-25

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Creighton	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	7	14	0
Xavier	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	6	0

Xavier faces Creighton in an elimination game of the 2026 BIG EAST Tournament.

Baseball Falls to Creighton in BIG EAST Tournament Elimination Game

05.23.26 | Baseball

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Michael Murphy collects career-high seven strikeouts in the start

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

MASON, Ohio - No. 3 seed Xavier baseball fell, 7-4, to Creighton in an elimination game of the 2026 BIG EAST Tournament on Saturday evening at Prasco Park.

The Musketeers moved to 28-30 overall on the season, while Creighton moved to 31-25 on year.

Xavier took a 1-0 lead in the second on a solo home run from Jonathan Fitz, taking the one run advantage into the the fifth.

A solo home run for the Bluejays tied it at 1-1 in the fifth, and Creighton moved in front in the sixth, scoring four runs to take a 5-1 lead.

Xavier responded in the bottom of the frame with three runs, with Jorge Valdes getting on with a single and Fitz getting on with a walk to put two on for Luke Hammond.

The third baseman singled to center field to bring in Valdes to cut it to 5-2. Tommy Townsend walked to load the bases, and bases-loaded walks from Peter Johnson and Tanner Thomas brought in two more runs to cut the lead to one, 5-4.

Creighton added a run back to the lead with a solo home run in seventh, and picked up another run in the ninth set the final score at 7-4.

AT THE PLATE

Jonathan Fitz went 1-3 with a walk finishing with an RBI and two runs scored, hitting his fifth home run of the season.
Luke Hammond (1-4) finished with an RBI and a run scored.
Peter Johnson and Tanner Thomas both brought in an RBI with a walk.
Jorge Valdes finished 2-5 with a run scored.
Tommy Townsend finished with a hit (1-2) with a pair of walks.

on the mound

Michael Murphy made the start, going 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and a pair of walks. Murphy finished with a career-high seven strikeouts.
Garrett Helsel entered with two on and one out in the sixth, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk in 1.0 inning of work.
Owen Poole entered with two on and one out in the seventh, allowing one run on three hits in 2.2 innings of work, finishing with two walks and two strikeouts.

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