Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Elgin, Ill. – Senior outfielder Sam Ryan (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Conant) collected six RBI on the day, including four in game two to help Saint Xavier University baseball (19-21/11-8 CCAC) earn a split in a doubleheaver at Judson University (Ill.) in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Saturday afternoon in Elgin, Ill. Senior infielder Declan Smyth (Evergreen Park, Ill./North Central/Evergreen Park) cracked a Grand Slam in a 9-6 setback in game one and Ryan hit a pair of doubles to pace the SXU offense in a 12-2 victory in game two.

Game One:

• Smyth finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Ryan was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
• Junior catcher Evan Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) went 2-for-3 with a double.
• Senior designated hitter Joe Rycerz (Schererville, Ind./Andrean) didn't record an at-bat, drawing four walks in four plate appearances with two runs.
• Freshman pitcher Heath Mann (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Orange) suffered the loss (1-1) after an inning pitched with two hits, five runs, three walks and a strikeout.
• Junior pitcher Brendan Gill (Evergreen Park, Ill./Moraine Valley/Mount Carmel) pitched 2.1 innings out of the bullpen and allowed four hits, four runs and two walks.
• Senior Jake Frencl (Frankfort, Ill./Southeastern CC/Lincoln-Way East) logged 2.2 innings of relief with a walk and a strikeout.
• The Eagles scored five runs in the bottom of the 1^st off a bases loaded walk, a two-run single and a pair of wild pitches.
• JU extended its lead to 7-0 with a two-run double in the bottom of the 2^nd and would add a sac fly in the bottom of the 3^rd and scored on another wild pitch in the bottom of the 4^th to go up 9-0.
• Ryan drove in a pair of runs on an infield single in the top of the 6^th.
• Three walks in the top of the 7^th set the table for Smyth before he hit a Grand Slam over the wall in right field. SXU got the tying run to the plate, but a fly out ended the rally.

Game Two:

• Ryan also scored two runs and Evan Orzech went 1-for-4 with a double and three RBI.
• Freshman catcher Aaron Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) collected two hits in three at-bats with two RBI.
• Sophomore outfielder Kevin Dowling (Chicago, Ill./Murray State/Mount Carmel) was 2-for-4 with two steals and a run scored.
• Senior infielder Patrick Hayes (Chicago, Ill./Moraine Valley/Parkland/Brother Rice) went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run.
• Smyth scored three runs and went 1-for-3 with a walk.
• Sophomore pitcher Noah Scott (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) made his first collegiate start and earned the win (2-1) after going 5.0 innings with four hits, two runs, three walks and two strikeouts.
• Junior pitcher Max Smyth (Tinley Park, Ill./Illinois Central/Andrew) threw 2.0 innings of relief with two hits, two walks and a pair of strikeouts.
• Sophomore pitcher Tommy Dougherty (Alsip, Ill./South Suburban/Shepard) finished the game with 2.0 innings, two walks and had three strikeouts.
• Saint Xavier plated six runs in the top of the 2^nd. Aaron Orzech lined an RBI single to left field, Ryan clubbed a two-run double to center, and Evan Orzech smashed a bases-clearing double.
• Judson responded with two runs in the bottom of the 2^nd off an infield single.
• Aaron Orzech lifted a sacrifice fly and Ryan hit his second two-run double to push the lead to 9-2 in the top of the 3^rd.
• Hayes sliced an RBI single to score Dowling in the top of the 6^th.
• Freshman pinch hitter Ryan O'Farrell (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) cracked a two-run double in his first collegiate at-bat to cap the scoring in the top of the 9^th.

Saint Xavier (19-21/11-8 CCAC) travels to Charleston, Ill. to play NCAA Division I Eastern Illinois University on Wednesday, April 19. The game is scheduled for a 3:00 pm first pitch.