Xavier Baseball 2023

[Masterofreality]

I blame MOR! You have 2 games to redeem yourself! ;)

All on me!!
I sucked today. Even the Muskie Burger couldn’t turn my ass around!

[X-band '01]

Another tough loss today 3-2. Literally 3 breaks that all went the Pirates way:

1) Line drive in the 8th innings lands a couple inches fair and scores the go-ahead run on an RBI double;

2) Deep fly by DeMartino that was caught by the CF robbing him of a home run (would have put X up 4-3);

3) Line drive caught by the 3rd baseman in the 9th that would have tied the game.

Xavier has only had 5 hits in the first 2 games against the Pirates. Not good.

[X-band '01]

They did salvage this weekend with an 8-7 win. After a grand slam by Jared Cushing in the 3rd inning to give X a 5-2 lead, both teams were tied on 3 separate occasions. Hall had a 7-6 lead going into the 8th inning and had their closer on the mound, but Jack Housinger and Andrew Walker both homered to give the Musketeers a win and back to a full-game lead over the Pirates.

[X-band '01]

Turns out Xavier and Seton Hall were the only teams not to be affected by weather this weekend. UConn won 2 games at Villanova but couldn't get a third one in today because of rain. Georgetown split a pair of games with St. John's; they also couldn't get in a game today in DC. (Games will not be made up).

Butler and Creighton had a pair of rain delays today, but Creighton did win in extra innings to get the 3-game sweep. Going into next weekend where Xavier travels to Creighton, here are the standings:

Creighton 9-3 (+2.0 GA)
UConn 8-3 (+1.5 GA)
Xavier 8-4 (+1.0 GA)
Seton Hall 7-5 (0.0 GB)
Georgetown 7-7 (-1.0 GB)
Villanova 5-9 (-3.0 GB)
St. John's 3-8 (-3.5 GB)
Butler 2-10 (-5.0 GB)

Butler goes to Georgetown for 3, Villanova goes to St. John's for 3 and Seton Hall goes to UConn for 3 next weekend.

[X-band '01]

Late addition to the schedule - Xavier will now host Indiana on Wednesday, May 10 at Hayden Field at 3 PM. There were a couple open slots because of 2 games getting cancelled against Saint Mary's.

[X-band '01]

Getting off to a fantastic start for the weekend so far - a 6-run 4th inning has put Xavier ahead 7-0 at Creighton. The inning has featured a solo home run by Matt McCormick, a perfect suicide squeeze bunt by Grant Stephenson and another rare 1-2-3 sacrifice bunt where the Jays were caught out of position.

Brent Alazaus is starting tonight; he has 4 strikeouts through 3 innings.

[X-band '01]

11-0 win in the opener; Alazaus finished with a complete-game shutout and 9 Ks.

Ethan Bosacker will start tomorrow night; he was pushed back a game because of a tweaked hamstring that he suffered in his last outing against Seton Hall.

[X-band '01]

Live Feed - Saturday Game vs. Creighton

[X-band '01]

Xavier up 4-1 in the 5th on the strength of a 480-ft homerun by Matt McCormick.

That may have been the longest homer in the history of Charles Schwab Field/TD Ameritrade Park.

[GoMuskies]

Winner, winner