Xavier Baseball 2023

[X-band '01]

Figure it's time to fire up this thread for the upcoming season as well. The baseball team opens up the following weekend with a 4-game series at Oregon starting on Friday the 17th.

Season tickets are going for $35 this year; there's also a complimentary admission game when they play against Northern Illinois at Prasco Park on Friday, March 31 at 5 PM. The Musketeers were picked to finish 3rd in the Big East behind UConn and Creighton; Georgetown was picked 4th.

I believe this is also the final year that the Big East Tournament is committed to Prasco Park; not sure what their future plans are after this season. I imagine UConn is going to make a push to have that tournament played in Hartford at some point.

[paulxu]

No real Southern swing. 12 games on the Left Coast which should be fun time in SoCal.
And Wofford goes to Hayden field.

[X-band '01]

They originally had a West Coast trip scheduled in 2020 until Covid interrupted those plans.

The road starts at UC-Santa Barbara with a single game at Cal Poly and finishes with a series at Saint Mary's.

As for Wofford, I'd expect most Xavier fans to be preoccupied with another team that weekend.

[paulxu]

For sure. There is supposedly a St X guy coming down next year to play at Wofford.

[X-band '01]

Play Ball!

Oregon gets a run in the 1st inning after a 2-out walk by Xavier.

[GoMuskies]

Promising stuff from Ethan Bosacker. Better if it had come in a win, but you can't have it all.

[GoMuskies]

Hate to jinx it, but Xavier is currently leading a top 15ish Louisville team 6-5 in the 7th inning. It WAS 6-2, but Louisville got 3 in the 6th.

[GoMuskies]

I get the sense that Xavier's pitching is still going to be an issue this year.

[X-band '01]

Their pitching at Oregon was decent at times, but the bats failed them during the 4-game sweep.

Not surprised they're losing home run derby games at this stage.

[GoMuskies]

Winless no more! The Muskies played their first unranked opponent today in Western Carolina and came away with their first win, 9-4. Two more games in the series, tomorrow and Sunday.