Leavenworth, Kan. – The Saint Xavier University baseball team (2-1/0-0 CCAC) split its doubleheader with University of Saint Mary (Kan.) Saturday afternoon in Leavenworth, Kan. SXU lost game one 4-2 with graduate student designated hitter
Gabe Kirck (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Olivet/De La Salle) launching his second home run of the season in the defeat. The Cougars took the second game, 3-2, highlighted by a two-run home run off the bat of senior outfielder
Michael Flier (Greenup, Ill./Spoon River/Cumberland). Sophomore pitcher/infielder
Noah Dreier (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) came away with the win and senior pitcher/infielder
Sebastian Parchomenko (Algonquin, Ill./Southwest Mississippi/Dundee-Crown) earning the save.
Game One:
- Kirck went 1-for-2 with a walk
- Graduate student infielder Taylor Steig (Corona, Calif./Olivet Nazarene/Redwoods/Santiago) and sophomore infielder Troy Stukenberg (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) each finished 1-for-3 at the plate.
- Senior pitcher Logan McCleery (Patterson, Calif./Patterson) went 4.0 innings, giving up eight hits, three runs (all earned), and striking out four batters. He falls to 0-1.
- Senior pitcher Logan Antrim (Effingham, Ill./Lincoln Land/St. Anthony) worked 2.0 innings out of the bullpen, surrendering two hits, an earned run, a walk and posting two strikeouts.
- USM struck first with an RBI single in the bottom of the 1st, and they went up 2-0 in the bottom of the 2nd on another RBI base hit.
- Kirck homered over the wall in right field to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the top of the 5th.
- Saint Mary responded with an RBI double and an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning to go up 4-1.
- Dreier, playing the infield, drove in a run on an RBI fielder's choice in the top of the 7th.
Game Two:
- Graduate student outfielder Travis Hammond (Stone Mountain, Ga./Southern Wesleyan/Emmanuel/Columbus State/Chamblee) was 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored.
- Krick doubled, finishing 1-for-3 with a run.
- Sophomore catcher Victor Zaragosa (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) also doubled in three at-bats.
- Dreier (1-0) pitched 5.0 innings, scattering six hits, with two runs (both earned), a walk and a strikeout.
- Junior pitcher Jarrett Kenyon (Henderson, Nev./Utah State Eastern/South Suburban/Coronado) worked 0.2 innings of relief with two walks.
- Parchomenko logged four outs, three via strikeout, with a walk for his first save.
- The Spires scored twice in the bottom of the 2nd on a pair of RBI singles.
- Flier cracked a two-run home run to center field to tie the game in the top of the 4th.
- Junior infielder Beau Polickey (Oak Lawn, Ill./Heartland/Brother Rice) drove in the eventual game-winning run three batters later on an RBI fielder's choice.
Saint Xavier (2-1/0-0 CCAC) concludes its four-game series with University of Saint Mary on Sunday, February 2. The game is scheduled for a 12:00 pm start.