Glendale, Ariz. – Senior pitcher Logan McCleery (Patterson, Calif./Patterson) pitched 5.1 innings, scattering three hits with no runs, just one walk, and a season-high six strikeouts to help Saint Xavier University baseball (6-4/0-0 CCAC) defeat No. 10 ranked Arizona Christian University, 7-4, to even their four-game series at one game apiece Friday evening at Greenway High School in Glendale, Ariz. Senior outfielder Sean Moore (Chicago, Ill./Calumet St. Joseph/Thornwood) belted his first home run of the season to lead off the top of the 4^th inning, finishing 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base.

• Graduate student infielder Taylor Steig (Corona, Calif./Olivet Nazarene/Redwoods/Santiago) went 1-for-3, driving in three runs, including a two-run double.
• Graduate student outfielder Travis Hammond (Stone Mountain, Ga./Southern Wesleyan/Emmanuel/Columbus State/Chamblee) was 2-for-5 with two runs, a double, an RBI and a stolen base.
• Senior infielder Justin Massingale (Carbondale, Ill./St. Charles/Carbondale Community) hit an RBI double in two trips to the plate, along with two walks, a run scored and a stolen base.
• Senior pitcher Logan Antrim (Effingham, Ill./Lincoln Land/St. Anthony) threw 0.2 innings with a hit and a strikeout to close out the 6^th inning.
• Junior pitcher Gannon Burns (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) logged an inning of relief, allowing two hits, two earned runs and posting a strikeout.
• Senior pitcher/infielder Sebastian Parchomenko (Algonquin, Ill./Southwest Mississippi/Dundee-Crown) worked 2.0 innings out of the bullpen, giving up one hit, two runs (one earned) and recording four strikeouts.
• Moore's home run cleared the wall in center field to put SXU up 1-0 in the top of the 4^th.
• In the top of the 6^th, Massingale ripped an RBI double to the gap in left center and Steig lifted a sacrifice fly to score Massingale to extend the lead to 3-0.
• ACU cut the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the 7^th on a two-run home run.
• Steig got the runs back in the top of the 8^th, hitting a two-run double. Junior pinch-hitter Shea Zbrozek (Bloomington, Ill./Danville Area/Normal Community) made it 6-2 with a sac fly.
• Hammond poked an RBI single to right field to drive in Moore in the top of the 9^th.
• The Firestorm hit another two-run home run in the bottom of the 9^th with two outs before Parchomenko induced a flyout to end the game.

Saint Xavier (6-4/0-0 CCAC) concludes its four-game series with Arizona Christian with a doubleheader on Saturday, February 15. Game one is slated for a 5:00 pm start.