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! (https://pac-12.com/live/university-oregon)

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.

[Masterofreality]

Yay! No 0-9 start this year!!

[X-band '01]

Kinda surprised they lost 2 of 3 to them last season when they were at home. Would be real nice to get another win or two.

[X-band '01]

Xavier wins 15-3 in the first game of today's DH; now going for the sweep as we speak.

[GoMuskies]

16-12 win in the nightcap. 6 Xavier runs in the ninth to nab the come from behind win.

[X-band '01]

Good thing the nightcap was a 9-inning game; thought it might be 7 innings since it was a DH today.

[Masterofreality]

It appears our pitching is a dumpster fire again.
There are 18 pitchers listed on the roster. 9 of them are Seniors or Grads.
Can they really be this bad on the mound?
Edit. Luke Bell got shelled, and Bosacker gave up 3 runs in one inning.
Need a quality closer. Hope we can find one.

[GoMuskies]

Boyle gave up the three first inning runs. Bosacker has been excellent in his two starts. 1 earned in 5 innings on Friday.

[Masterofreality]

Boyle gave up the three first inning runs. Bosacker has been excellent in his two starts. 1 earned in 5 innings on Friday.

Sorry, my bad. Got my B’s mixed up!!

[X-band '01]

Apparently NKU's DH had quite the day yesterday - hit 2 grand slams in the 1st inning yesterday and ended up hitting for the cycle with 10 RBI in their win yesterday. Xavier and NKU meet up tomorrow.

[GoMuskies]

Apparently NKU's DH had quite the day yesterday - hit 2 grand slams in the 1st inning yesterday and ended up hitting for the cycle with 10 RBI in their win yesterday. Xavier and NKU meet up tomorrow.

Pretty good day for Xavier's midweek pitchers. Beat NKU 5-3, and they're obviously capable of being explosive. 4 game win streak for the good guys as they get back on the plane to the Left Coast. UC Santa Barbara for three this weekend, then one at Cal Poly followed by 4 at St. Mary's the following weekend. Sounds like a fun spring break!

[Masterofreality]

4-5 is much better start than 0-9.
Mathematics tells me that.

[GoMuskies]

The 0-9 start makes last year's 33-27 record seem pretty impressive, honestly.

[bobbiemcgee]

Pretty good day for Xavier's midweek pitchers. Beat NKU 5-3, and they're obviously capable of being explosive. 4 game win streak for the good guys as they get back on the plane to the Left Coast. UC Santa Barbara for three this weekend, then one at Cal Poly followed by 4 at St. Mary's the following weekend. Sounds like a fun spring break!

UCSB swept Oregon in a 3 game set. Should be a challenge.

[Masterofreality]

UCSB swept Oregon in a 3 game set. Should be a challenge.

We blew out Oregon’s pitching staff. No wonder….

[GoMuskies]

Bosacker is a bad man. Xavier 2, UCSB 0. 5 in a row!

[X-band '01]

Potentially winning this series would be a huge morale boost.

[Masterofreality]

Big win last night and a shut out!!
Back to .500.
LETS GOOO!!

[bobbiemcgee]

Gauchos take the series 2-1 with 5-1 win today.

[X-band '01]

2-2 on the West Coast roadie thanks to a win at Cal Poly tonight. Aggressive baserunning paid dividends on a night the Musketeers had great pitching against the Mustangs' ace.

[Masterofreality]

2-2 on the West Coast roadie thanks to a win at Cal Poly tonight. Aggressive baserunning paid dividends on a night the Musketeers had great pitching against the Mustangs' ace.

I’ll take that!
But 4 more with St. Mary’s before coming home.

[X-band '01]

They'll be lucky to get 2 games in - rain has forced cancellation of the first two games. They also have to move today's games to a local high school that has artificial turf field b/c Saint Mary's field is unplayable.

[Masterofreality]

Split a Doubleheader today. Lost game one but took Game 2 5-2.
7-8.

[paulxu]

Thanks to a heads up from 94, I see the Muskie baseball team is escaping the bad weather in Cincinnati, and heading to Spartanburg for the 3 game Wofford series.
Things are finer in the South :)

https://goxavier.com/news/2023/3/15/xavier-baseball-series-with-wofford-moved-to-spartanburgs-c.aspx

[GoMuskies]

I was hoping they'd cancel the series. Wofford is 14-2.

[GoMuskies]

Xavier beat Wofford 9-1 in the first game of today's doubleheader. Wofford is #10 in the RPI and was 14-2 coming into the day.

[bobbiemcgee]

2-2 in the 13th

[bobbiemcgee]

Jack Housinger with a 3 run bomb in 14th. We win 5-2. 8-8 Thought they might have to bring in PaulXU to pitch after a few beers.

[Masterofreality]

Back to .500 9-9.

[paulxu]

Hansen shut the Terriers down in the 14th. I got to continue drinking bourbon.

[GoMuskies]

X is up to #35 in RPI.

[Masterofreality]

I was hoping they'd cancel the series. Wofford is 14-2.

Do you still hope they would have cancelled? :-)

[bobbiemcgee]

Up 7-1 in 1st

[bobbiemcgee]

X sweeps WC 14-10

[Masterofreality]

Over .500 at 10-9.

[X-band '01]

Cold weather in Cincy really helped Xavier's RPI with the road sweep.

[GoMuskies]

Well, not everything this week can be perect. UC Googins are up 16-3 on the Muskies.

[X-band '01]

Is it too late to play the remainder of this game on the road? Hayden has not been home sweet home yet.

[Masterofreality]

Is it too late to play the remainder of this game on the road? Hayden has not been home sweet home yet.

19-6 Final bad guys. Yikes!

[Masterofreality]

Nice win over WVA today 8-3.
Cushing with 3-4 and a Grand Salami!
11-12. Time to come home.

[X-band '01]

Still gotta do 2 more midweek games on the road before they finally get a weekend series at home.

So far, so good at Ohio State - X leading the Bucks 5-0 in the top of the 7th.

[X-band '01]

They'll have the Friday night game at Prasco Park against Northern Illinois before playing the weekend games at Hayden Field.

[X-band '01]

And Xavier defeats An Ohio State University 8-1. Luke Hoskins threw 7 shutout innings to silence the Buckeye bats.

[Masterofreality]

Xavier beats the Buckeyes today 8-1.
12-12.

[X-band '01]

16-8 win against Wright State today. Team better be looking to get the brooms out this weekend against a bad NIU team.

[Masterofreality]

16-8 win against Wright State today. Team better be looking to get the brooms out this weekend against a bad NIU team.

Over .500!!!

[bobbiemcgee]

12 rpi

[X-band '01]

They'll have the Friday night game at Prasco Park against Northern Illinois before playing the weekend games at Hayden Field.

Update: No game at Prasco this weekend; all series games now to be played at Hayden Field. Friday game moved up to 3 PM in lieu of potential severe weather for Friday night.

[GoMuskies]

X 8, NIU 3. Final

[Masterofreality]

X 8, NIU 3. Final

SWEEP, errrf STREAK!!!

[X-band '01]

Depending on the way the wind blows tomorrow, Hayden could become even more of a launching pad than it normally is.

Also the right call to get this game in early with nasty weather projected for overnight.

[Masterofreality]

9-4 winner over NIU.
Keep truckin

[Masterofreality]

SWEEP!!!
3-2 final over NIU.

[X-band '01]

Left a lot of ducks on the pond, but a sac fly in the 8th was the difference. Now the fellas get one more tuneup at Miami before Big East play begins next weekend against Butler.

[GoMuskies]

X is up 14-2 at Miami in the 6th. This will be win #7 in a row and get the Muskies to 17-12.

[X-band '01]

Yeah, I'd say they're ready for conference play to finally begin.

[Masterofreality]

Butler is 7-20.
Never take an opponent for granted…..but….

[GoMuskies]

Don't give up when we play UConn! They led Columbia 12-0 after 1.5 innings yesterday. They lost 19-14.

[bjf123]

Don't give up when we play UConn! They led Columbia 12-0 after 1.5 innings yesterday. They lost 19-14.

Guess both teams wanted to give their batting practice pitchers some real game experience!


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[SkyWalker]

Love this thread. Get the best X baseball info right here. See ya at Prasco in May!

[X-band '01]

Don't give up when we play UConn! They led Columbia 12-0 after 1.5 innings yesterday. They lost 19-14.

Also keep in mind that Georgetown (!) swept UConn the weekend before the Big East Tournament last year.

[X-band '01]

Xavier beat Butler in their 2023 BE opener 8-3 earlier today. Win streak now at 8 and counting.

[Masterofreality]

First place in BE and STREEEEEEEAK!

[bobbiemcgee]

Nine straight 4-2 over bulldogs

[X-band '01]

Starting pitching has been really great of late. Planning on heading to Hayden later this afternoon to catch the finale.

[muskiefan82]

Starting pitching has been really great of late. Planning on heading to Hayden later this afternoon to catch the finale.

We will blame you if the streak ends. Just want you to know. LOL

[X-band '01]

That theory was debunked when I went down to Greensboro for the Pitt game.

[muskiefan82]

Clearly, you were not the issue as the X men complete the sweep

[X-band '01]

You obviously didn't see the start of the game where Butler jumped out in front 3-0 before the wind starting blowing out to right field and homers were coming left and right from both teams. 6-run 5th was the difference.

[X-band '01]

Also guessing this is the first year of the pitch clock for the NCAA; don't remember seeing it during the BE Tournament at Prasco last year.

Only difference from MLB rules is that the pitch clock is at :20 regardless of whether or not there are baserunners.

[X-band '01]

Also turned out to be a weekend where Xavier now has early possession of 1st place all to themselves. UConn won 2 of 3 at St. John's, Seton Hall beat Georgetown 2 out of 3 and Villanova even managed a win at Creighton.

Next weekend is huge with UConn coming to town. Winning that series would give Xavier at a minimum a 2-game lead and a potential tiebreaker.

[GoMuskies]

If Xavier wins 5 more in a row they're officially in at large territory. That 5th win would be over #1 RPI Kentucky.

[Masterofreality]

10 in a row!!
Meanwhile, Scott Googins at Clifton Community is 14-19 while Billy OConner is 20-12.
Fair exchange??

[GoMuskies]

10 in a row!!
Meanwhile, Scott Googins at Clifton Community is 14-19 while Billy OConner is 20-12.
Fair exchange??

I'm not sure how they beat us by 100 runs, but I definitely would not trade places. Googs was great at Xavier, so I've got nothing negative to say about him.

[Masterofreality]

I'm not sure how they beat us by 100 runs, but I definitely would not trade places. Googs was great at Xavier, so I've got nothing negative to say about him.

I agree, no bad things toward Googs but just pointing out…
We must have thrown Hayden Fields groundskeeper at them that day. We did SWEEP Clifton last year though.
I don’t envy Goog’s future tho. There are some bad ass baseball teams in the Big 12.

[X-band '01]

UConn will be coming in this weekend ranked #20 in the polls.

However, they do get Wright State in the Joe Nuxhall Classic at UC's stadium tomorrow. Not sure why they never play any of those games at Hayden.

[muskiefan82]

11 in a row with the win over Wright State 6-2 today. Love it

[Masterofreality]

Rolling like the Blue Blob!

[X-band '01]

Also interesting that UConn is playing 2 midweek games before this weekend series. Would love to get into UConn's bullpen early in the series.

Gonna be a fun weekend.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Never been to an XU baseball game, would maybe take my oldest son this weekend. When are the games? Fri, Sat, Sunday? Can buy tickets there?

[X-band '01]

Tickets are $5 at the door - this weekend they'll have the Friday game at 3 PM, Saturday at 1 PM and Sunday at 11 AM. Guessing Sunday's time is for travel reasons for UConn.

[X-band '01]

UPDATE:

Saturday will now have a doubleheader starting at noon b/c of inclement weather on Sunday. Admission will be good for both games.

[X-band '01]

As for today's game, Xavier up 6-5 in the middle of the 6th. Alex Helmin had a 3-run HR in the 4th and Jack Housinger had a solo HR in the 4th.

[bobbiemcgee]

Streak over 7-6 uconn

[X-band '01]

UConn hit back-to-back homers to take the lead in the 7th; Xavier stranded 5 runners (including a bases-loaded 7th) in the final 3 innings.

Oh, and Sean Miller to throw out the first pitch tomorrow before the first game. Gotta pull out all the stops for tomorrow.

[bobbiemcgee]

Home run derby ends with uconn up 11-9.

[X-band '01]

Ended up being a split doubleheader, but Xavier's pitcher in the 9th took a liner off his shoulder and ended up getting a fielder's choice. He stayed in the game but ended up giving up a pair of 2-run homers after that.

Now the team goes on the road for the week with a midweek game at Kentucky and a 3-game series at Villanova. Could really use a sweep after this weekend.

[X-band '01]

Elsewhere in the Big East over the weekend:

Seton Hall won 2 of 3 against St. John's; the Pirates are now in a 3-way tie for 1st with X and UConn.

Georgetown won 2 of 3 at home against Creighton. Hoyas now tied with Nova for 4th at 5-4. Bluejays now 3-3 in the Big East and 6th place.

And yes, Nova swept a road series at Butler. Xavier better not overlook them this weekend.

[Masterofreality]

Elsewhere in the Big East over the weekend:

Seton Hall won 2 of 3 against St. John's; the Pirates are now in a 3-way tie for 1st with X and UConn.

Georgetown won 2 of 3 at home against Creighton. Hoyas now tied with Nova for 4th at 5-4. Bluejays now 3-3 in the Big East and 6th place.

And yes, Nova swept a road series at Butler. Xavier better not overlook them this weekend.

Butler is abjectly horrible. In baseball and everything else. Totally in over their head

[GoMuskies]

Kentucky snapped us back to reality 13-2.

[Masterofreality]

Kentucky snapped us back to reality 13-2.

UConn Hangover

[X-band '01]

Regardless of what happened against UConn, winning at Kentucky would have been a huge reach for this team. Granted, that's potentially the kind of game they'd be playing should they advance to the NCAA Tournament.

On to Villanova - time to send them back to the Stone Age.

[X-band '01]

Weekend series against Villanova being streamed on FloSports - so far, off to a good start with a 2-run 1st inning on the strength of 1 hit and 4 Nova walks.

[X-band '01]

Only 2 hits - Xavier should be slacking.

But it's 6-0 because 1) the 2nd hit was a 3-run homer and 2) Villanova has walked an astounding 9 batters and hit another batter through 4 innings.

[Masterofreality]

Only 2 hits - Xavier should be slacking.

But it's 6-0 because 1) the 2nd hit was a 3-run homer and 2) Villanova has walked an astounding 9 batters and hit another batter through 4 innings.

Seems as if their pitchers throw just about the same amount of strikes as the basketball team made 3 pointers this year

[bobbiemcgee]

8-3 x bot 7th

[X-band '01]

And an 8-4 victory. Ethan Bosacker threw a complete game and saves the bullpen for the final 2 games.

[GoMuskies]

14-1 today. The weekend is going to plan so far!

[X-band '01]

Big East contenders win series like these, NCAA Tournament contenders sweep series like these.

Guessing Brent Alazaus gets the ball tomorrow; today was a bullpen game with both Luke Hoskins and Luke Bell making appearances on the mound.

[X-band '01]

Meanwhile, Georgetown did salvage 1 win at UConn this weekend, so a Xavier win tomorrow puts the Musketeers back in 1st place by a full game.

Seton Hall has dropped their first two at HOME to Butler and needs a win to avoid a sweep tomorrow.

Creighton won their opener against St. John's last night.

[X-band '01]

Xavier ain't messing around - put up a 5-spot in the 2nd inning and now up 6-0 through 3 innings.

[bobbiemcgee]

9-1 X 8th

[X-band '01]

9-3 win and now a full game ahead of UConn in the Big East. Outscored Villanova 31-8 for the entire weekend.

Now the lads come home for a midweek game against Eastern Kentucky and a struggling Seton Hall team for the weekend.

[Masterofreality]

SWEEP!!
Rolling!!

[Masterofreality]

Gonna be in Cincy this weekend and catch one or two games. Let’s SWEEP THE HALL!!

[X-band '01]

Sweet. Will definitely be there Saturday; probably going to be late for the Sunday game b/c of morning Mass.

As a heads-up, they DO sell beer at the baseball games now. Concessions are cashless, though.

[X-band '01]

And go ahead and add a 7-3 victory against Eastern Kentucky today. 5-run 1st innings gave the Musketeers a cushion they'd never relinquish.

[Masterofreality]

Sweet. Will definitely be there Saturday; probably going to be late for the Sunday game b/c of morning Mass.

As a heads-up, they DO sell beer at the baseball games now. Concessions are cashless, though.

Will hopefully see ya there Band!!

[bobbiemcgee]

Xavier 7-2 .778 26-15 .634 11-4 15-11 0-0 W4
UConn 6-3 .667 29-11 .725 11-3 14-6 4-2 L1
Creighton 6-3 .667 18-14 .562 12-3 6-11 0-0 W3
Seton Hall 5-4 .556 21-18 .538 10-7 9-10 2-1 W2
Georgetown 6-6 .500 23-18 .561 12-4 9-13 2-1 W1
Villanova 5-7 .417 10-28 .263 3-11 6-14 1-3 L3
St. John's 2-7 .222 19-18 .514 9-6 10-12 0-0 L3
Butler 2-7 .222 9-31 .225 2-5 5-22 2-4 L2

Uconn one game behind X is top 25 in D1

[X-band '01]

Yup, Creighton finally woke up last weekend with 2 come-from-behind wins against St. John's. Would love to see Xavier take advantage of regaining that 1-game lead now that UConn owns the head-to-head tiebreaker.

[Masterofreality]

A question for Band and Go since you guys follow this team more than anyone.

Are most of these kids on this team Billy O recruits or are there some left over from Googins?
This is a pretty damn good team and if Billy is recruiting them, we are set for a good long time.

[GoMuskies]

I follow the scores but not the roster movements, etc. that closely. But Googs has been gone since before Covid (he was from the before time!), so you can safely assume this is Billy O's team.

[GoMuskies]

Baseball America has Xavier as the 2nd team out in its latest NCAA Tournament projection. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-ncaa-tournament-projected-field-of-64-42623/

I think it's pretty safe to say that Xavier has NEVER been in the at-large discussion for the NCAA Baseball Tournament before.

[X-band '01]

If there are still Googins recruits in Year 6 of the Billy O'Conner regime, there's going to be quite a different discussion.

But as far as the at-large talk, it's the first time in the modern Xavier era that they'd be in the at-large discussion. (There was a season back in the 60s where they were invited but turned it down because of a final exam conflict.)

Now the new Big East did get 2 teams back in 2017 in the field; Xavier won the auto bid and St. John's got an at-large that year.

[X-band '01]

Now looking at the bracket that Go posted, it's noteworthy to point out that Xavier is 0-5 against potential Top 16 teams - Xavier went 0-4 against Oregon (#12) and 0-1 against Kentucky (#11).

Also:
1-2 vs. UConn (#2 seed in the Boston College regional)
3-0 vs. Wofford (#3 seed in the South Carolina regional)
1-2 vs. UC-Santa Barbara (#3 seed in the Stanford regional)
0-1 vs. Louisville (#3 seed in the Indiana regional)
2-0 vs. Wright State (#4 seed in the Indiana regional)

If you also look at WarrenNolan.com , you'll also see that Xavier is 6-12 against Quad 1 teams and 20-3 against everyone else.

[Masterofreality]

Now looking at the bracket that Go posted, it's noteworthy to point out that Xavier is 0-5 against potential Top 16 teams - Xavier went 0-4 against Oregon (#12) and 0-1 against Kentucky (#11).

Also:
1-2 vs. UConn (#2 seed in the Boston College regional)
3-0 vs. Wofford (#3 seed in the South Carolina regional)
1-2 vs. UC-Santa Barbara (#3 seed in the Stanford regional)
0-1 vs. Louisville (#3 seed in the Indiana regional)
2-0 vs. Wright State (#4 seed in the Indiana regional)

If you also look at WarrenNolan.com , you'll also see that Xavier is 6-12 against Quad 1 teams and 20-3 against everyone else.

“There’s only one answer.. Win the whole damn thing!!”

[GoMuskies]

Getting hammered so far today. Down 6-0 to the Hall. Will be very important to win both tomorrow and Sunday now.

[Masterofreality]

13-2. Bad guys.
Today was not fun

[X-band '01]

This is what happens when you take fucked up shots, right Sean?

[X-band '01]

What really hurt today was Bosacker leaving his start early due to injury. Not sure what his status is yet. Luke Bell got absolutely hammered, but the Pirate starter only allowed 2 hits in his 7 innings of work. Just one of those days.

[94GRAD]

13-2. Bad guys.
Today was not fun

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

[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 (https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/series-media/creighton-baseball-video/standalone-video-15991/xavier-vs-creighton-50021090/)

[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

[noteggs]

Live Feed - Saturday Game vs. Creighton (https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/series-media/creighton-baseball-video/standalone-video-15991/xavier-vs-creighton-50021090/)

Thanks for the feed! Fun to watch

[X-band '01]

Pitching has been superb in the first two games of this series. Only real mistake that Bosacker made was a leadoff walk in the 4th that ended up leading to a run with a 2-out single.

Time to go for the sweep tomorrow.

[X-band '01]

Break out your finest brooms!

[Masterofreality]

Sweeeeeeeeeepppp!

[X-band '01]

Standings through yesterday:

UConn 11-3 (+4.5 GA)
Xavier 11-4 (+4.0 GA)
Creighton 9-6 (+2.0 GA)
Seton Hall 7-8 (0.0 GB)
Georgetown 8-9 (0.0 GB)
Villanova 7-10 (-1.0 GB)
St. John's 4-10 (-2.5 GB)
Butler 4-11 (-3.0 GB)

UConn also ended up sweeping Seton Hall but needed a 6-run comeback on Friday and a walk-off on Saturday to win that series. Georgetown shot themselves in the balls by losing 2 of 3 to Butler, including a 20-7 loss yesterday.

After Xavier goes to UC and hosts Indiana for midweek games, the Musketeers travel to St. John's this weekend for their final Big East road trip in 2023. Creighton travels to Seton Hall for a pivotal series and Butler travels to UConn. Georgetown is idle this weekend; Nova plays a pair of games against noncon foe BC.

[X-band '01]

Xavier at Cincinnati - ESPN+ (https://t.co/JprtsoAGEm)

Did I mention the baseball team is at UC tonight? Crank it up!

[paulxu]

Are there any penises on the field?

[bobbiemcgee]

8-7 penises

[X-band '01]

Are there any penises on the field?

Nope, just a night of horrible defense. Glad they didn't showcase that against the Jays over the weekend.

[X-band '01]

Xavier at St. John's (https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/e5d2bde8-b0ea-4c35-b351-cd6b9be96066#bucketId=1)

All games this weekend being streamed on ESPN3/WatchESPN

[X-band '01]

Game 1 ended up being an 8-6 loss; it was the 2nd blown save this week for Jonathan Kelly (along with the game at UC).

One of the bright spots was Teddy Deters going 3-4 as the DH; he was in the lineup in place of regular DH Tyler DeMartino. DeMartino hasn't played since the UC game; he must have gotten hurt on a HBP in that game.

[X-band '01]

Rebounded today with a 4-2 win against St. John's; the game also officially clinched a spot in the Big East Tournament for X and eliminated the Johnnies.

X is 1.5 games back of UConn after the Huskies hit a walk-off HR to escape against Butler. Seton Hall is now tied with Creighton for 3rd after the Pirates beat the Bluejays today.

[X-band '01]

5-1 win today; Xavier finishes road play in the Big East at 8-1. Seton Hall finished a sweep of Creighton today, so the Pirates are now a game ahead of the Jays for the #3 seed next week. In fact, the only reason Creighton would make the field as of today is because Georgetown couldn't get their 3rd game with St. John's in b/c of a rainout.

We'll know later today whether or not Xavier will be a half game behind UConn or 1.5 GB; they're leading Butler 8-7 in the 6th. Creighton finishes at home against UConn, so there's still a chance X could get the Big East regular season championship.

Xavier finishes the regular season with a Tuesday game at Michigan and then finishes Big East play against Georgetown from Thursday through Saturday.

[X-band '01]

Updated standings - Butler did beat UConn today which helps bigtime this weekend:

UConn 13-4 (+4.5 GA)
Xavier 13-5 (+4.0 GA)
Seton Hall 10-8 (+1.0 GA)
Creighton 9-9 (0.0 GA)
Georgetown 8-9 (-0.5 GB)
Villanova 7-10 (-1.5 GB)
St. John's 5-12 (-3.5 GB)
Butler 5-13 (-4.0 GB)

X plays Georgetown at home, Creighton plays UConn at home and Villanova hosts Seton Hall.

[muskiefan82]

Whipped Michigan today 14-2.

[X-band '01]

Garrett Schultz returned to the lineup today after missing 6 weeks with an injury relating to a line drive against Miami. He went 2-4 with a walk, so having his bat back in the lineup only makes the offense even more potent.

Today was also more of a bullpen game for the staff, but also an indication that we'll likely see Luke Bell as the 4th starter depending on how far Xavier advances in the Big East Tournament next week.

[bobbiemcgee]

Cushing hit 2 homers in the same inning.

[Xville]

Would they have a chance at an at large if they don’t win the conference tourney?

[GoMuskies]

Would they have a chance at an at large if they don’t win the conference tourney?

I think they're just short of that. RPI is VERY respectable, but I don't think a Big East team gets an at-large bid with Xavier's profile. They're so close that they may be two wins over UC away from getting in, which would hurt.

3-13 against Quad 1 opponents doesn't help.

[Masterofreality]

I think they're just short of that. RPI is VERY respectable, but I don't think a Big East team gets an at-large bid with Xavier's profile. They're so close that they may be two wins over UC away from getting in, which would hurt.

3-13 against Quad 1 opponents doesn't help.

It seems as if Billy lined up his pitching to be the best rotation for the Big East games. I know they need games to stay sharp between weekends, but I’m not a fan of sorta big Non Con games after the League season starts. I think they really don’t help, but I could be wrong.

[X-band '01]

Would they have a chance at an at large if they don’t win the conference tourney?

Winning the Big East regular season crown would be a huge ace in the hole on their profile. Having a nice road record will help, but their record against Q1 is going to be a minus.


It seems as if Billy lined up his pitching to be the best rotation for the Big East games. I know they need games to stay sharp between weekends, but I’m not a fan of sorta big Non Con games after the League season starts. I think they really don’t help, but I could be wrong.

Xavier is in a much better position to win the conference tournament this year; the starting pitching is much improved. Depending on the matchups in the opening round, they have two aces in Ethan Bosacker (RHP) and Brent Alazaus (LHP). They are both capable of long outings which is huge in a conference tournament setting. Luke Hoskins has evolved into a nice #3 starter and already has wins in the bag against teams like Creighton and St. John's (along with Ohio State in the noncon). Luke Bell is the #4 starter that can go long if need be.

UConn has the best overall offensive lineup in the Big East, but their pitching has been very questionable of late. They've got a couple of studs in their bullpen, but they're in trouble if they have to burn them early in the tournament.

Seton Hall is the one team I get nervous about matching up with, but they are not unbeatable.

[X-band '01]

And on another side note, the Big East Tournament will continue to be played at Prasco Park through 2028. Thought they might play a season or two in Hartford, but not happening.

[X-band '01]

3-2 win for Xavier in the opener against Georgetown; the Musketeers are tied for 1st for a few hours until the UConn-Creighton game. That game will be at 7 PM on FS1, so X could potentially be in 1st place in the Big East at the end of the day.

[noteggs]

Creighton up 6-0 thru 5. Let’s go Jays!

[Masterofreality]

Creighton hangs on to beat UConn 7-6!
FIRST PLACE BABY!!

[X-band '01]

Barely being the key word.

Now it's all in Xavier's hands to wrap up the regular season crown. Could be as early as tomorrow with a Xavier win and a Creighton win.

[Masterofreality]

Today sucked.
11-5 loss. Need help from Creighton after that mess.

[X-band '01]

Creighton will be motivated to help themselves - if they lose both games against UConn and Georgetown wins another game, then the Hoyas get the 4th and final spot in the BE Tournament. Now if Creighton wins another game against UConn, then we're back to seeing Xavier playing for a chance to win the BE regular season title tomorrow.

I definitely think we can pencil in Alazaus as the #1 pitcher for the BE Tournament next week. If Luke Hoskins has a great outing tomorrow, he might have a case for being the #2 starter next week.

[X-band '01]

If posters haven't already done so, I would highly recommend setting up a FloSports account to watch tomorrow's game as well as the Big East Tournament next week. Tonight's UConn-Creighton game will also be streamed on FloSports.

[Masterofreality]

If posters haven't already done so, I would highly recommend setting up a FloSports account to watch tomorrow's game as well as the Big East Tournament next week. Tonight's UConn-Creighton game will also be streamed on FloSports.

For free or pay?
I’m not paying for FloSports. I pay enough for content already- especially $12 for this dumpster fire site! ;-)

[Masterofreality]

Creighton will be motivated to help themselves - if they lose both games against UConn and Georgetown wins another game, then the Hoyas get the 4th and final spot in the BE Tournament..

You’d a think WE would have been motivated today…

[X-band '01]

It's $12.50/month, unless you have an .edu email address (in which case it would be $7/month).

Would have been nice to get a discount as a season ticket holder for baseball.

[X-band '01]

And UConn wins 6-3.

Now Xavier has to win tomorrow and hope Creighton wins as well to get the #1 seed. The kicker here is that 2 Creighton players were ejected and will miss tomorrow's game per Big East rules. Their fans and skipper were livid at the strike zone late in the game when their bullpen went up in smoke.

[bobbiemcgee]

tied up in sixth. blue jays losing 8-0 in sixth.

[Masterofreality]

GTown wins. Creighton loses.
UConn plays GTown. X plays Seton Hall at Prasco.

[X-band '01]

Literally a game of inches. X had the bases loaded in the 9th and 1 but hit into a game-ending double play. Had the Hoyas played the infield in, they would have been SOL.

Was nearly a full house at Hayden today with the Gtown fans making the weekend (and now 2-week) trip.

[Masterofreality]

X takes the WIN! 6-5 over Seton Hall!
Plays UConn in winners bracket at 6:30 tomorrow night!

[GoMuskies]

Let's go!!!!

[X-band '01]

Georgetown blew a golden opportunity today to advance to the winners' bracket; I arrived for the bottom of the 8th in their game against UConn and they failed TWICE to cover first base on soft ground balls hit to the first baseman (who was not in position to touch the bag).

As for Xavier's game tonight, Alazaus saved most of the bullpen by going 8.1 innings on 109 pitches. Jack Housinger had 3 doubles and drew an intentional walk to lead the offense.

[GoMuskies]

Presumably Bosacker tomorrow night?

[X-band '01]

There's an outside chance they could go straight to Luke Hoskins; he's really come on strong at the end of the year and there has been some inconsistency out of Bosacker in his last 4 starts (his start against Seton Hall got short-circuited by a bad hammy). I still think Bosacker gets the call tomorrow, though.

[X-band '01]

BTW, there were 3 Xavier players named 1st-team All-Big East (SP Brent Alazaus, LF Andrew Walker and C Matthew DePrey) and 5 players named to the 2nd team (SP Ethan Bosacker, RP Justin Loer, 1B Matthew McCormick, 2B Jared Cushing and 3B Grant Stephenson).

[Masterofreality]

How did Matt McCormick not make first team??
Dude rakes!!!

I mean, .310 average , .990 OPS, 13 homers.
That’s all star quality, right??

[GoMuskies]

First teamer at 1B is Ben Huber from UConn:

61-184 (.332), 19 2b, 14 HR, 56 RBI. Slash of .427/.663/1.090

No shame losing out to Huber.

[Masterofreality]

I guess not! Wow!!

[Masterofreality]

Georgetown knocks out Seton Hall and will play loser of UConn Xavier tomorrow.

[paulxu]

Up 8-2, bottom of the 6th.

[paulxu]

Muskies win 10-2 !

[Masterofreality]

LETS F-ing GO!!!!!

[X-band '01]

First teamer at 1B is Ben Huber from UConn:

61-184 (.332), 19 2b, 14 HR, 56 RBI. Slash of .427/.663/1.090

No shame losing out to Huber.

White Rhino (as UConn fans call him) was very quiet tonight.


LETS F-ing GO!!!!!

One more win to a Big East title. Pitching is ready to go with Luke Hoskins now in line for the 2:30 game and Luke Bell should they need the 6:00 game on Saturday.

Man did UConn kill themselves with walks. Xavier made them pay just about every time early on and burned their bullpen in the process.

[X-band '01]

Also looking at the attendance for the first 2 nights - Xavier/Seton Hall drew 4,010 fans and Xavier/UConn drew 4,824. That's pretty close to capacity for Prasco Park; think they'll easily get to 5K for Championship Saturday.

Tomorrow will be a different story as Xavier awaits the winner of Georgetown/UConn in the 5 PM game.

[muskiefan82]

Winners bracket feels so good

[Masterofreality]

One more win to a Big East title. Pitching is ready to go with Luke Hoskins now in line for the 2:30 game and Luke Bell should they need the 6:00 game on Saturday.
.

I don’t know, man. A 4.63 ERA for Hoskins and a 7.00 plus run ERA for Bell doesn’t make me very comfortable. Especially how UConn can mash.
That game (trying to stay positive about 1 win only) might be a 13-12 slugfest.

[X-band '01]

Clay Schwaner looked like he was struggling early in the bottom of the 9th as well, but UConn was foolish enough to try to steal off of him and ended up short-circuiting any chance they had of putting together a rally. If you're talking about the top two guys in the bullpen, Justin Loer only faced 2 batters on Wednesday and Jonathan Kelly faced 1 batter last night. They are ready in case either Hoskins or Bell has to leave the game early.

And as for UConn, keep in mind they were fortunate to get by Georgetown in their opener. They can rake but their pitching has a lot of question marks right now. Their best pitcher from last year is unavailable due to injury and even last night a reliever had to leave the game in the midst of a 3-0 count. They are more than capable of winning 3 straight games but it's not going to be easy.

[Masterofreality]

I just have a feeling that this will be a “bullpen game” not named a bullpen game.

[X-band '01]

Last night COULD have been a bullpen game - Hoskins was getting a little "just in case" work in from the 2nd through the 4th inning; Jonathan Kelly was keeping warm from the 5th inning on until he was finally called in the bottom of the 8th.

That said, the odds of Hoskins at least getting into the 5th or 6th inning are a lot higher than Luke Bell; he's been more relegated to weekday starter of late. Would love to see Georgetown pull the upset today; I can't imagine they have pitching depth to get 3 wins in 2 days.

[X-band '01]

At this point we can probably rule out Georgetown advancing to the championship tomorrow. UConn's opened a six-pack on the Hoyas' pitching staff.

[bobbiemcgee]

"Xavier all of a sudden is now on the right side of the bubble as a projected three-seed and while a Big East championship would clinch an NCAA Tournament berth for the Musketeers, they can feel pretty good about their resume thanks to their 36 wins, top-50 RPI and a non-conference strength of schedule of 57."

- Baseball America

[X-band '01]

I would leave nothing to chance tomorrow. I just feel fortunate that UConn used their one-time ace against Georgetown instead of against Xavier.

[Masterofreality]

I just have a feeling that this will be a “bullpen game” not named a bullpen game.

Unfortunately Xavier’s pitching is proving out my fears. 3 pitchers. Down 5-3 after 6.
C’mon bats, get hot.

[Masterofreality]

And UCon wins 6-4.
One game for the ship to come.

[GoMuskies]

Today still?

[Masterofreality]

Today still?

Starting in 5 minutes.
Brant Alazaus will start Game 2 after throwing 109 pitches vs Georgetown on Wednesday.
Praying for youthful resilience!

[GoMuskies]

One last shot. Fingers crossed!

[GoMuskies]

Yes! Let's get some insurance and three more outs.

[SkyWalker]

Housinger!!!

[GoMuskies]

Champions!

[X-band '01]

Was there ever a doubt? Housinger showed why he was MVP for the tournament.

Could have also had Alazaus named co-MVP; he helped keep the UConn bats quiet at the beginning when Xavier was getting handcuffed at the plate by UConn's bullpen lefty.

[X-band '01]

And now we wait to see if Xavier gets to go to the Lexington regional (where they've already played UK this year) or travel elsewhere.

UConn will likely go up north to the BC/Brighton regional.

[paulxu]

Congrats to the Muskie batsmen !

[GoMuskies]

Lexington would be great. Kentucky will be one of the weaker hosts.

[X-band '01]

Here were some notable points during today's doubleheader (btw Big East, how did today's games not end up on FS2?):

Game 1:
UConn got runs in each of the first 3 innings, but Xavier was able to get Nick Boyle out of the bullpen to induce a double play in the 4th inning when UConn loaded the bases and threatened to blow the game open early. X tied it in the 5th, but UConn would get runners at 2nd and 3rd the following inning and scored 2 runs on a botched pickoff attempt by DuPrey throwing towards 3rd base. Ben Huber (aka Albino Rhino) hit a solo homerun an inning later and pretty much sealed that game.

Game 2:
Xavier got a 1st-inning run but was running in quicksand when UConn brought Garrett Coe out of the bullpen. Coe was the same guy that shut down X in last year's championship game as well; he outlasted Alazaus before exiting in the 8th inning. Xavier managed to get a run across in the 7th and had the bases loaded with 1 out, but Andrew Walker lined out to the pitcher and led to a 1-4 double play. UConn hit back-to-back doubles in the 7th to take the 3-2 lead going into the 9th.

From there, their closer promptly hit Hendrickson and walked Stephenson - that led to Housinger's 2-run triple in the top of the 9th. A DuPrey sac fly extended the lead to 5-3 and Xavier tacked on two more runs after Willis and the following two UConn pitchers lost their command.

Justin Loer had one tough inning in the 7th, but he otherwise slammed the door and Xavier wins their 4th Big East title in 10 years. UConn had multiple opportunities to break the game open, but couldn't get many hits with runners in scoring position. They did hit 2 homeruns today, but both were bases-empty deals.

[X-band '01]

And the All-Tournament Team:

Owen Carapellotti, Georgetown, So., C
Pat D’Amico, Seton Hall, So., INF
David Smith, UConn, R-So., OF
Garrett Coe, UConn, R-Jr., P
Paul Tammaro, UConn, Gr., INF
Ben Huber, UConn, Gr., INF
Carter Hendrickson, Xavier, So., OF
Jack Housinger, Xavier, Gr., INF (Jack Kaiser Award - MVP)
Tyler DeMartino, Xavier, Sr., DH
Andrew Walker, Xavier, Gr., OF
Brant Alazaus, Xavier, Gr., P

[UCGRAD4X]

And the All-Tournament Team:

Owen Carapellotti, Georgetown, So., C
Pat D’Amico, Seton Hall, So., INF
David Smith, UConn, R-So., OF
Garrett Coe, UConn, R-Jr., P
Paul Tammaro, UConn, Gr., INF
Ben Huber, UConn, Gr., INF
Carter Hendrickson, Xavier, So., OF
Jack Housinger, Xavier, Gr., INF (Jack Kaiser Award - MVP)
Tyler DeMartino, Xavier, Sr., DH
Andrew Walker, Xavier, Gr., OF
Brant Alazaus, Xavier, Gr., P

Huskies and Muskies dominated. Did anybody else from the BE bother to show up?

[GoMuskies]

D1 Baseball (which projected Xavier OUT with a loss to UConn in the late game) indeed has the Muskies traveling to Lexington as a #3 seed. Kentucky is rated 13th of the 16 hosts, so it's a good draw. Geographically, there's also a chance Xavier gets sent to Terre Haute, where Indiana State might be host 16 of 16. That would be the dream.

[Masterofreality]

Pretty amazing 9th inning comeback. John Fanta called Jack Housinger “Mr. Xavier”.
In baseball, that would be correct!

[X-band '01]

We could end up seeing the Trees in Lexington should they not get selected as a regional host. They did win the Missouri Valley auto-bid, so that chance is still alive for them.

And Go, what happened to Louisville this year? Noticed they didn't even qualify for the 12-team ACC Tournament.

[GoMuskies]

Complete collapse. They were ranked #2 at one point.

[X-band '01]

D1 Baseball (which projected Xavier OUT with a loss to UConn in the late game) indeed has the Muskies traveling to Lexington as a #3 seed. Kentucky is rated 13th of the 16 hosts, so it's a good draw. Geographically, there's also a chance Xavier gets sent to Terre Haute, where Indiana State might be host 16 of 16. That would be the dream.

Indiana State will get to host a regional; the other non-Power 5 host will be Coastal Carolina.

As for UConn, their road got harder by virtue of Boston College not getting to host a regional.

SEC (8)
Auburn
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
LSU
South Carolina
Vanderbilt

ACC (4)
Clemson
Miami
Virginia
Wake Forest

Big 12 (1)
Oklahoma State

Pac-12 (1)
Stanford

Missouri Valley (1)
Indiana State

Sun Belt (1)
Coastal Carolina

[bobbiemcgee]

Omaha Omaha!

[X-band '01]

Not gonna be the Lexington regional.

[X-band '01]

Also getting a feeling the pairings won't be exclusively regionally based; I'd have thought Ball State (and Indiana if they got in) would have been natural choices for the Indiana State regional.

[Xville]

Yikes. Brutal region

[X-band '01]

3rd trip for Xavier to the Vandy regional, but at least they don't have to open up against the Dores.

Still, Oregon swept a 4-game series at the beginning of the year against X.

[bourbonman]

Vandy announced it is sold out. Only 3,700 seats were available. Hopefully I can grab something for that game since host team isn’t in it.

[X-band '01]

There's a few outfield seats that will go on sale Tuesday, but wouldn't surprise me in the least that they'll sell out the place.

[Masterofreality]

Looks like a 2pm EDT Friday afternoon start vs Oregon.

[paulxu]

Still, Oregon swept a 4-game series at the beginning of the year against X.


Looks like a 2pm EDT Friday afternoon start vs Oregon.

I wonder if someone planned that? At least the coach knows what's coming.

[noteggs]

Yikes. Brutal region

Yes indeed

[X-band '01]

Looks like a 2pm EDT Friday afternoon start vs Oregon.

Actually seeing 1 PM EDT/12 PM CDT on the official NCAA Tournament homepage. At least the game will be on ESPN+ along with whiparound coverage.

[GoMuskies]

This sucks. Oh well, just go win it anyway.

[Masterofreality]

Actually seeing 1 PM EDT/12 PM CDT on the official NCAA Tournament homepage. At least the game will be on ESPN+ along with whiparound coverage.

Oh, ok. I had read from another source that 1pm was CDT.

[paulxu]

If I'm reading the XU Sport page correctly, after the men finish baseball, there is a dry period until August for any sports.

Hope the men can keep it going for a while !

[bjf123]

If I'm reading the XU Sport page correctly, after the men finish baseball, there is a dry period until August for any sports.

Hope the men can keep it going for a while !

It’s called summer break for a reason! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


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[X-band '01]

Tickets for tomorrow's game finally going on sale at 11 AM today (10 AM Central Time).

Guessing any tickets for Saturday's game go on sale tomorrow.

As for Friday afternoon, the game will be televised on ESPN+ at 1 PM EDT. Texas Tech/UConn will be the feature game on ESPNU with whiparound coverage tomorrow afternoon.

[STL_XUfan]

Sr. Rose just accidentally reply’d all to an email to let everyone know she won’t be at the DR Court’s practitioners meeting cause she will be in Nashville for the game.

[GoMuskies]

Xavier is +130 today. I like it.

[GoMuskies]

Bad pitching.

Also our third baseman is awful.

[bobbiemcgee]

4-3 X in 3rd. Gave them 5 outs in 2nd.

[GoMuskies]

Fighting hard...but our bullpen will be severely tested. We're getting MAX one more inning from the starter.

[Masterofreality]

Put a finger in the dyke!
Our pitching HAS to come through. The guys are competing but you have to throw up some zeros!!

[GoMuskies]

Third base again. Brutal.

[GoMuskies]

Not thrilled about Oregon going to a guy with a 0.39 ERA!

[GoMuskies]

Did not expect six innings from Alazaus. Impressive. And our third baseman just redeemed himself with a web gem. 9 more outs!

[94GRAD]

Third baseman tryin' to redeem himself.

[bobbiemcgee]

Still 4-3 X top of 7

[GoMuskies]

Still 4-3 X top of 7

Not sure we're getting insurance against this dude...but let's go get it!

[paulxu]

Isn't Alazaus pitching in the 7th?

[94GRAD]

Third baseman tryin' to redeem himself.

And another one!

[GoMuskies]

If they stick with Anderson, we're pretty well hosed.

Oh good. Dallas isn't nearly as good. Hope!