St. John's University Athletics
Thursday, May 19
Cincinnati, Ohio (Hayden Field)
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St. John’s Falls to Xavier, 3-0, in Series Opener
5/19/2022 7:10:00 PM | Baseball
Jackson Tucker extended his on-base streak to 16 games
CINCINNATI- The St. John's baseball team dropped the series opener, 3-0, to the Xavier Musketeers at Hayden Field on Thursday afternoon.
Jackson Tucker and Kevin Michaels each tallied a hit against the Musketeers on Thursday. With his base hit, Tucker extended his on-base streak to a team-high 16 games.
Tate Ballestero and Nick Cirelli both drew one walk, their 29th and 28th walks of the season, respectively.
On the mound, Joe Joe Rodriguez allowed only two earned runs in 5.0 innings of work, but the senior righthander was tagged with the loss for St. John's (22-30-1, 7-10-1 BIG EAST). Tim Cunningham and Jude Zern combined to allow only one hit in 3.0 relief innings.
Xavier's Luke Bell and Jack Lynch combined to shutout the Red Storm, piling up 10 cumulative strikeouts.
Xavier (29-25, 11-8 BIG EAST) struck for one run in the bottom of the first to take the lead, 1-0. Jerry Huntzinger singled to lead off the frame before quickly advancing into scoring position off a single by Jack Housinger. A Red Storm error on a failed pickoff attempt allowed Huntzinger to come around and score the opening run of the afternoon.
After two scoreless innings, the Musketeers extended their lead with two runs to make the score 3-0 in the bottom of fourth. Two straight batters reached to start the frame before Andrew Walker singled to right and advanced to second on the throw to make it a 2-0 game in favor of the home team. After advancing to third on a fielder's choice groundout, Walker scored on a sacrifice fly to right field to extend the Musketeers' advantage to three runs.
Bell gave way to Lynch in the top of the fifth, who proceeded to retire 15 of the 16 batters he faced over the final five frames to secure the series-opening win for Xavier.
The Red Storm and Musketeers will resume the three-game series tomorrow afternoon. First pitch from Hayden Field is set for 1 p.m.
Jackson Tucker and Kevin Michaels each tallied a hit against the Musketeers on Thursday. With his base hit, Tucker extended his on-base streak to a team-high 16 games.
Tate Ballestero and Nick Cirelli both drew one walk, their 29th and 28th walks of the season, respectively.
On the mound, Joe Joe Rodriguez allowed only two earned runs in 5.0 innings of work, but the senior righthander was tagged with the loss for St. John's (22-30-1, 7-10-1 BIG EAST). Tim Cunningham and Jude Zern combined to allow only one hit in 3.0 relief innings.
Xavier's Luke Bell and Jack Lynch combined to shutout the Red Storm, piling up 10 cumulative strikeouts.
Xavier (29-25, 11-8 BIG EAST) struck for one run in the bottom of the first to take the lead, 1-0. Jerry Huntzinger singled to lead off the frame before quickly advancing into scoring position off a single by Jack Housinger. A Red Storm error on a failed pickoff attempt allowed Huntzinger to come around and score the opening run of the afternoon.
After two scoreless innings, the Musketeers extended their lead with two runs to make the score 3-0 in the bottom of fourth. Two straight batters reached to start the frame before Andrew Walker singled to right and advanced to second on the throw to make it a 2-0 game in favor of the home team. After advancing to third on a fielder's choice groundout, Walker scored on a sacrifice fly to right field to extend the Musketeers' advantage to three runs.
Bell gave way to Lynch in the top of the fifth, who proceeded to retire 15 of the 16 batters he faced over the final five frames to secure the series-opening win for Xavier.
The Red Storm and Musketeers will resume the three-game series tomorrow afternoon. First pitch from Hayden Field is set for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: LYNCH, Jack (9-0)
L: Rodriguez, Joe Joe (2-6)
Base Running:
SB: Tucker, Jackson 1
Batting:
2B: WALKER, Andrew 1
RBI: WALKER, Andrew 1 ; STEPHENSON, Grant 1
SF: FLAMM, Lane 1 ; STEPHENSON, Grant 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HUNTZINGER, Jerry 1 ; DEMARTINO, Tyler 1 ; WALKER, Andrew 1
SB: WALKER, Andrew 2 ; FLAMM, Lane 1
Game Leaders
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