Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Whiting, Ind. – Sophomore pitcher Nico Saldias (Ajax, Ontartio/Connors State/Pickering) tossed 6.0 innings of shutout baseball, allowing just four hits, two walks and he posted a season-high 10 strikeouts to lead Saint Xavier University baseball (14-18/6-5 CCAC) to a 5-0 victory over Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) in game one of a doubleheader in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Sunday afternoon in Whiting, Ind. The Cougars could not carry the momentum into the night cap, losing to the Crimson Wave by a 2-1 decision. Junior pitcher Julian Vargas (Tinley Park, Ill./Tinley Park) was the tough-luck loser (2-5), pitching 6.2 innings with six hits surrendered, two walks and striking out four batters.

Game One:

• Freshman catcher Aaron Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) collected two hits in three at-bats with two RBI and a walk. He also made 11 putouts behind the plate.
• Junior outfielder Daniel Barrios (Manteno, Ill./Manteno) was 1-for-2 with a pair of RBIs and a sacrifice fly.
• Senior infielder Patrick Hayes (Chicago, Ill./Moraine Valley/Parkland/Brother Rice) went 2-for-2 with two walks, a run scored and a stolen base.
• Saldias moved his record to 3-4 on the season and has a team-high 60 strikeouts in 47.2 innings.
• Junior pitcher Tzu-Chun Yen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Ohlone/Meiho) pitched the bottom of the 7^th and had a strikeout.
• Barrios tallied an RBI single in the bottom of the 2^nd to give SXU a 1-0 lead.
• Orzech singled through the hole between third and shortstop to drive in a pair of rus and Barrios drove a sac fly to centerfield to extend the advantage to 4-0 in the top of the 4^th.
• Senior infielder Declan Smyth (Evergreen Park, Ill./North Central/Evergreen Park) added a run in the top of the 7^th off an RBI base hit.

Game Two:

• Senior outfielder Sean Haddlesey (Ann Arbor, Mich./Albion/Skyline) was 1-for-4 with a run scored.
• Senior infielder Patrick Doran (Evergreen Park, Ill./North Carolina Central/South Suburban/Evergreen Park) went 1-for-1 with a walk and Smyth finished 1-for-4 with a stolen base.
• Sophomore pitcher Noah Scott (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) worked 0.2 innings.
• Junior pitcher Jimmy Fairley (Lake in the Hills, Ill./Rock Valley/Huntley) also pitched 0.2 innings and had a strikeout.
• CCSJ hit a home run in the bottom of the 2^nd to go up 1-0.
• Hayes tied the game in the top of the 4^th on a sacrifice fly.
• Calumet St. Joseph plated the winning run in the bottom of the 5^th with a sac fly.
• The Cougars loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 9^th, however the Crimson Wave recorded a strikeout and a lineout back to the pitcher ended the game.

Saint Xavier (14-18/6-5 CCAC) travels to Crestwood, Ill. to take on Roosevelt University (Ill.) on Friday, April 7 at Ozinga Field. The game is scheduled for a 3:00 pm first pitch.