CHICAGO – The Saint Xavier University baseball team (7-7/0-0 CCAC) concluded its Friday doubleheader Saturday morning after the game was suspended due to darkness after the third inning, with a 10-4 victory over College of the Ozarks. Junior Justin Massingale (Carbondale, Ill./St. Charles CC/Carbondale Community) belted a home run leading off the game on Friday and he added another home run in the bottom of the first in his first at-bat on Saturday. In game three of the series, the Bobcats triumphed with an 8-3 victory as fifth-year senior catcher Evan Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) collected two RBI. SXU wrapped up the series with an 11-7 win in six innings as the game was called due to darkness in the bottom of the 6^th and Massingale homered for the third time in the win.

Game Two:

• Massingale finished 2-for-2 with three RBI, two home runs, two stolen bases and two walks.
• Freshman infielder Troy Stukenberg (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) went 3-for-4 with four RBI, a double and a stolen base.
• Junior outfielder Michael Flier (Greenup, Ill./Spoon River/Cumberland) was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.
• Sophomore infielder Jackson McFarland (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) doubled twice in two at-bats with three runs scored, two walks, an RBI and a stolen base.
• Redshirt junior pitcher Tommy Dougherty (Alsip, Ill./South Suburban/Shepard) made the start on Friday and finished with a no decision. He threw 3.0 innings, allowing just one hit and walking one batter.
• Junior pitcher Noah Scott (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) picked up the win in relief (2-1) as he started the resumed game on Saturday. He went 3.0 innings with five hits, three runs (all unearned), two walks and four strikeouts.
• Freshman pitcher Garrett Benko (Chesterton, Ind./Andrean) made his collegiate debut in the top of the 7^th. He gave up two hits and one run.
• Massingale hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the 1^st. McFarland hit an RBI double and he scored on an RBI groundout off the bat of junior infielder Konner Hutchings (O'Fallon, Mo./St. Charles CC/Liberty) for a 3-0 lead.
• Massingale belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the 4^th and Stukenberg laced a two-run single to left to extend the lead to 7-0.
• Flier clubbed his first home run of the year to center in the bottom of the 5^th.
• Three unearned runs crossed the plate for Ozarks in the top of the 6^th on a bases loaded walk and a two-run double.
• Stukenberg slugged a two-run double to the gap in left center to make it 10-3 SXU.
• CofO recorded a run in the top of the 7^th on an RBI double.

Game Three:

• Junior designated hitter Mason Johnson (Palmdale, Calif./Antelope Valley/Quartz Hill) was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
• Massingale went 2-for-3 as well with a run, a stolen base and a walk.
• Orzech had a hit in three at-bats with an RBI.
• Junior outfielder Kevin Dowling (Chicago, Ill./Murray State/Mount Carmel) was 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a steal.
• Junior pitcher Nico Saldias (Ajax, Ontario/Connors State/Pickering) took the loss (1-1) after the tossed 5.0 innings with seven hits, seven earned runs, three walks and five strikeouts.
• Junior pitcher Logan Antrim (Effingham, Ill./Lincoln Land/St. Anthony) worked an inning and he allowed one hit, an unearned run and a walk.
• Sophomore Trent Markezich (Mount Olive, Ill./Mount Olive) logged an inning and he struck out two batters.
• The Bobcats tallied four runs in the top of the 2^nd off a two-run home run, an RBI double and an RBI single.
• Orzech hit a two-run single back up the middle to cut the deficit in half, 4-2, in the bottom of the 3^rd.
• Ozarks added four more runs in the top of the 6^th on a two-run double and a two-run single.
• Johnson singled through the left side of the infield for an RBI in the bottom of the 6^th.

Game Four:

• Hutchings recorded three hits in four at-bats with three runs scored, two RBI and a double.
• Johnson was 2-for-4 with three RBI and a home run.
• Junior outfielder Sean Moore (Chicago, Ill./Calumet St. Joseph/Thornwood) went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run and a stolen base.
• Massingale was 2-for-3 with two walks and a home run.
• Dowling finished 1-for-2 with two runs scored, two walks, a double and an RBI.
• Sophomore infielder Gannon Burns (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
• Junior catcher Josh Cunniff (Plainfield, Ill./St. Charles CC/Plainfield Central) doubled and went 2-for-3.
• Junior pitcher Logan McCleery (Patterson, Calif./Patterson) earned the win (1-2) after he threw 5.0 innings. He surrendered six hits, seven runs (five earned), two walks and four strikeouts.
• Senior pitcher Max Smyth (Tinley Park, Ill./Illinois Central/Andrew) picked up the save after he pitched 2.0 innings with just one hit allowed and three strikeouts when he entered with the bases loaded in the 5^th inning.
• Hutchings hammered a two-run double and Johnson connected for an RBI single to give Saint Xavier a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 1^st.
• CofO responded with two unearned runs in the top of the 2^nd on an RBI single and an error.
• Massingale launched his third home run of the year in the bottom of the 2^nd and Dowling scored on an error for a 5-2 advantage.
• Johnson mashed his first home run as a Cougar, a two-run blast, to left field and Dowling hit a hustle double back up the middle for an RBI to push the lead to 8-2 in the bottom of the 3^rd.
• The Bobcats added two runs in the top of the 4^th on an RBI double and an RBI base hit.
• Burns hit an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning to go up 9-4.
• An RBI hit-by-pitch and a two-run single for Ozarks cut the lead to 9-7 in the top of the 5^th.
• A pair of errors allowed freshman outfielder Nick Altobelli (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) to score after Hutchings hit a bunt single. Moore pulled an RBI single to right to cap the scoring.
• Orzech drew his third walk of the game to load the bases in the bottom of the 6^th before the game was called due to darkness.

Saint Xavier (7-7/0-0 CCAC) hosts Georgetown College (Ky.) for a three-game series at Ferrell Field that begins on Friday, March 8. Game one is scheduled for a 1:00 pm first pitch.