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Winner St. Ambrose (IA) SAU 4-9, 1-2 CCAC
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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 9-10, 2-1 CCAC
Winner
St. Ambrose (IA) SAU
4-9, 1-2 CCAC
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Final
4
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
9-10, 2-1 CCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Ambrose (IA) SAU 3 1 0 6 0 3 0 13 13 0
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 7 7

W: B. Niedzwied (2-2) L: Dreier, Noah (1-2)

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Winner St. Ambrose (IA) SAU 5-9, 2-2 CCAC
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Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 9-11, 2-2 CCAC
Winner
St. Ambrose (IA) SAU
5-9, 2-2 CCAC
15
Final
5
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
9-11, 2-2 CCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Ambrose (IA) SAU 0 1 7 0 0 3 4 15 11 2
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 11 3

W: N. Johnson (1-1) L: Plizga, Thomas (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Saint Xavier Baseball Drops Doubleheader to St. Ambrose

CHICAGO – The Saint Xavier University baseball (9-11/2-2 CCAC) lost a pair of Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) contests to St. Ambrose University (Iowa) Sunday afternoon at Richard R. Ferrell Memorial Field in Chicago, Ill. Junior designated hitter Aaron Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) hit a two-run home run in a 13-4 loss in game one. In the second game of the day, graduate student infielder Gabe Kirck (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Olivet/De La Salle) drove in a pair of runs for the Cougars in a 15-5 setback that ended after seven innings.

Game One:
  • Junior infielder Beau Polickey (Oak Lawn, Ill./Heartland/Brother Rice) was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a run scored.
  • Orzech finished 1-for-3.
  • Sophomore catcher Victor Zaragoza (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) went 1-for-2 with an RBI single.
  • Senior pinch hitter Mason Johnson (Palmdale, Calif./Antelope Valley/Quartz Hill) drove in a run in his lone plate appearance.
  • Sophomore infielder Troy Stukenberg (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) was 1-for-2 with a double and a run.
  • Senior outfielder Sean Moore (Chicago, Ill./Calumet St. Joseph/Thornwood) stole two bases with a run scored after going 0-for-2.
  • Sophomore pitcher/infielder Noah Dreier (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) made the start, lasting 1.1 innings with four hits, four runs (three earned) three walks and a strikeout to fall to 1-2 on the season.
  • Senior pitcher Noah Scott (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) threw 2.0 innings of relief, allowing two hits, six runs (three earned) a walk and three strikeouts.
  • Freshman pitcher Tyler Deluca (Minooka, Ill./Minooka Community) pitched 0.2 innings with two hits given up and a walk.
  • Senior pitcher Logan Antrim (Effingham, Ill./Lincoln Land/St. Anthony) logged 2.0 innings, surrendering four hits, three earned runs, two walks and striking out two batters.
  • Junior Nick Krueger (Clifton, Ill./Danville Area/Central) tossed an inning out of the bullpen, allowing one hit and walking one batter.
  • St. Ambrose took a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st on an RBI double, an RBI single and a sacrifice fly.
  • Orzech drove in Moore in the bottom of the 1st on an RBI groundout.
  • A wild pitch scored a runner to give SAU a 4-1 lead in the top of the 2nd.
  • The Fighting Bees added six runs in the top of the 4th to push their advantage to 10-1.
  • Johnson pulled an RBI single through the left side of the infield to score Stukenberg in the bottom of the 5th.
  • A two-run double extended the lead to 13-2 for St. Ambrose in the top of the 6th.
  • In the bottom of the 6th, Orzech slugged his second home run of the season over the wall in center field.
  • Zaragoza picked up his second RBI of the year on a base hit in the bottom of the 7th.
Game Two:
  • Polickey had two hits in three at-bats with two stolen bases, an RBI, a run scored and a walk.
  • Moore was 2-for-3 from the lead-off spot with an RBI a run, a steal and a walk.
  • Dreier went 2-for-3 while playing the infield.
  • Kirck drove in a pair of runs while going 1-for-3.
  • Junior pitcher Thomas Plizga (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Olivet Nazarene/Fremd) toed the rubber in game two, going 2.2 innings and surrendering four hits, eight runs (four earned), two walks and recording one strikeout.
  • Sophomore Garrett Benko (Chesterton, Ind./Andrean) saw 2.2 innings out of the bullpen, giving up four hits, three earned runs, two walks and posting three strikeouts.
  • Redshirt freshman pitcher Jake Fenton (Chicago, Ill./Loras/Brother Rice) made his SXU debut, throwing 1.1 innings of relief, with two hits, three runs (two earned) two walks and three strikeouts.
  • Junior pitcher Jarrett Kenyon (Henderson, Nev./Utah State Eastern/South Suburban/Coronado) logged 0.1 innings allowing a hit, a run and a strikeout.
  • Orzech lifted a sacrifice fly to center field and Kirck collected an RBI on a groundout to put Saint Xavier ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the 1st.
  • SAU got a run back in the top of the 2nd on a solo home run.
  • Moore made it a two-run game in the bottom half of the inning with a sac fly.
  • The Fighting Bees took the lead in the top of the 3rd after scoring seven runs to go up 8-3.
  • Kirck lined an RBI single and Polickey followed with another RBI base hit to cut the deficit to 8-5 in the bottom of the 3rd.
  • St. Ambrose plated three runs in the top of the 6th on a two-run single and a wild pitch. They added an RBI single and a three-run home run in the top of the 7th.
Saint Xavier (9-11/2-2 CCAC) returns to action after Spring Break when they play Judson University (Ill.) at Ferrell Field in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 18. Game one is slated for a 12:00 pm start.
 
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