Elgin, Ill. – The Saint Xavier University baseball team (20-16/13-7 CCAC) pounded out 25 hits, stole 24 bases on 26 attempts, and the Cougars totaled 31 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Judson University (Ill.) in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Tuesday afternoon at Hoffer Field in Elgin, Ill. Graduate student infielder Gabe Kirck (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Olivet/De La Salle) bashed a pair of home runs, collecting four RBI and graduate student infielder Taylor Steig (Corona, Calif./Olivet Nazarene/Redwoods/Santiago) also drove in four runs in a 13-8 victory in game one. Senior outfielder Joeseph Jimenez (Palm Desert, Calif./Olivet Nazarene/Palm Desert) tallied a season-high five RBI on four hits and homered, finishing with four RBI as SXU scored eight runs in the top of the 9^th to pull away for an 18-9 triumph in game two.

Game One:

• Kirck finished 2-for-5, while Steig was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk.
• Sophomore infielder/pitcher Noah Dreier (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) also slugged a pair of home runs, going 2-for-5 with two RBI.
• Senior outfielder Sean Moore (Chicago, Ill./Calumet St. Joseph/Thornwood) went 2-for-3 with four stolen bases, two runs scored and his team-leading seventh triple of the season.
• Senior infielder Justin Massingale (Carbondale, Ill./St. Charles/Carbondale Community) was 0-for-1; however, he drew four walks, stole three bases and he scored a run.
• Jimenez had a hit in two at-bats, with three steals, two walks, an RBI and a run.
• Junior pitcher Gannon Burns (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) made his first start of the season, going 2.1 innings. He allowed no hits, four runs (three earned) two walks and a strikeout.
• Junior pitcher Trent Markezich (Mount Olive, Ill./Mount Olive) earned the win in relief (2-0) after working 3.0 innings with five hits given up, four runs (two earned) and a strikeout.
• Senior pitcher/infielder Sebastian Parchomenko (Algonquin, Ill./Southwest Mississippi/Dundee-Crown) picked up his second save of the year, throwing 1.2 innings out of the bullpen, with one hit and a walk.
• Orzech lifted a sacrifice fly in the top of the 1^st to give Saint Xavier an early lead.
• Dreier smacked a solo home run in the top of the 2^nd, Jimenez hit a sac fly and Steig hit a bases-clearing double to extend the advantage to 6-0.
• The Eagles scored a run in the bottom of the 2^nd off a Cougar miscue.
• JU cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the 3^rd on a two-run single with an error allowing another run to score, along with an RBI to make it 6-5.
• Dreier belted his seventh home run of the season in the top of the 5^th.
• Judson tied the game at 7-7 in the bottom half of the inning on a two-run home run.
• In the top of the 6^th, Kirck clubbed a two-run home run to put SXU back up 9-7.
• The Eagles got a run back in the bottom of the 6^th on an RBI base hit.
• SXU rallied for four runs in the top of the 7^th when Steig hit into an RBI fielder's choice with Moore and Jimenez scoring on the play. Kirck cracked his team-leading 11^th home run to drive in Steig to cap the scoring.

Game Two:

• Jimenez was 4-for-5 overall, stealing three bases, scoring three runs and drawing a walk.
• Moore collected four hits in seven at-bats with four runs, three RBI, two doubles and two stolen bases.
• Orzech finished 2-for-3 with two walks and a steal.
• Steig went 2-for-4 with two RBI, a run scored and a walk.
• Graduate student outfielder Travis Hammond (Stone Mountain, Ga./Southern Wesleyan/Emmanuel/Columbus State/Chamblee) was 1-for-2 with two runs, two walks and an RBI.
• Sophomore pitcher Garrett Benko (Chesterton, Ind./Andrean) started for the second time this year, lasting 3.0 innings with three hits, five earned runs, two walks and three strikeouts.
• Senior pitcher Noah Scott (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) was the winning pitcher (2-1) after logging 3.0 innings with five hits allowed, two runs and a pair of strikeouts.
• Sophomore pitcher/infielder John Simecek (Twinsburg, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) threw an inning of relief, giving up two hits and a run.
• Parchomenko made his second appearance of the day, tossing 1.1 innings with two hits, a run and a strikeout.
• Redshirt freshman pitcher Jake Fenton (Chicago, Ill./Loras/Brother Rice) finished the game, posting 0.2 innings with a hit, a walk and two strikeouts.
• Jimenez and Orzech hit RBI singles in the top of the 1^st for an early advantage.
• JU responded with three runs in the home half of the 1^st on a two-run double and an RBI groundout.
• Jimenez tied the game in the top of the 2^nd and a passed ball allowed Moore to score for a 4-3 lead.
• Judson re-took the lead in the bottom of the 3^rd, scoring on a balk and a sacrifice fly to go up 5-4.
• In the top of the 4^th, Orzech drew a bases loaded walk to square the game at 5-5.
• An RBI fielder's choice put the Eagles back on top, 6-5, in the bottom of the 5^th.
• The Cougars plated five runs in the top of the 7^th to carry a 10-7 lead. Hammond drew a bases loaded walk, Moore laced a two-run single, Hammond scored on a balk and Jimenez lined an RBI single.
• JU hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 7^th and they hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 8^th to pull within one run, 10-9.
• SXU pulled away in the top of the 9^th, scoring eight runs. Moore slugged an RBI double, Jimenez rapped a two-run single, Orzech blasted a three-run home run and Steig hammered a two-run double.

Saint Xavier (20-16/13-7 CCAC) makes its way to Bourbonnais, Ill. to start a four-game series with Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) on Friday, April 11 with a doubleheader. Game one is tabbed for a 1:00 pm first pitch.