CHICAGO – Freshman infielder Trevor Corbett (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) collected seven RBI, including his first collegiate home run, to help guide Saint Xavier University baseball (28-14/19-9) to a four-game series sweep of Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) in a pair of Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) doubleheaders Friday and Saturday. Friday afternoon at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Ind., Corbett and senior infielder Beau Polickey (Oak Lawn, Ill./Heartland/Brother Rice) each had two RBI and senior pitcher Thomas Plizga (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Olivet Nazarene/Fremd) tallied eight strikeouts, allowing no hits through 7.0 innings in a 10-1 victory in game one. Junior pitcher Cole Martz (Huntington, Ind./Kankakee/Huntington North) threw a one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts over 7.0 innings, while Corbett and sophomore outfielder Parker Violett (Maple Park, Ill./Kaneland) was both had RBIs in a 3-0 triumph. Junior infielder John Simecek (Twinsburg, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) belted a pair of home runs, including a Grand Slam, and two more RBI from Corbett, led to a12-2 win in game one Saturday at Richard R. Ferrell Memorial Field in Chicago, Ill. Corbett's first home run in the bottom of the 1^st, along with three RBI from junior outfielder Ben Meier (Beechwood, Ky./Lincoln Trail/Beechwood) propelled SXU to an 11-5 victory in the series finale.

Game One:

• Corbett was 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored and a walk.
• Polickey finished 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and a walk.
• Violett went 2-for-4 with two runs, two steals, an RBI and a double.
• Junior infielder Max Waszkiewicz (Willowbrook, Ill./Hinsdale South) scored twice with an RBI double, a triple and a stolen base, going 2-for-5.
• Meier swiped five bases, scored three times while finishing 1-for-4.
• Junior designated hitter Noah Dreier (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) cracked a home run, going 2-for-3 overall.
• Senior catcher Aaron Orzech (Streamwood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) had two hits in four at-bats with an RBI double.
• Plizga (5-2) walked four batters with a hit-by-pitch before being relieved in the bottom of the 8^th.
• Senior pitcher Nick Krueger (Clifton, Ill./Danville Area/Clifton Central) logged an inning out of the bullpen, allowing two hits, an earned run, and striking out two batters.
• Simecek pitched the bottom of the 9^th, surrendering just a walk.
• Saint Xavier took a 3-0 lead in the top of the 2^nd when Violett scored on a passed ball, Dreier homered and Polickey hit an RBI single.
• A sacrifice fly off the bat of Violett made it 4-0 in the top of the 3^rd.
• Waszkiewicz hammered an RBI double, as did Corbett, extending the lead to 6-0 in the top of the 7^th.
• In the top of the 8^th, redshirt freshman infielder Jackson Michko (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central) pulled an RBI single to left and Polickey sliced an RBI base hit to right.
• The Crimson Wave got on the board in the bottom of the frame with an RBI double.
• Corbett hit a sac fly and Orzech clubbed an RBI double in the top of the 9^th.

Game Two:

• Both pitchers went the distance, allowing a total of just five hits between both teams.
• Violett singled twice in three trips to the plate with a stolen base.
• Corbett was 1-for-3, as was Meier.
• Martz (3-4) lowered his earned run average (ERA) to a team-low 3.19, tossing his third complete game of the season with one walk and a hit-by-pitch.
• A double steal of second and home produce a run for SXU and Violett smacked an RBI single for an early 2-0 advantage.
• Corbett added an RBI double in the top of the 3^rd.
• Martz recorded at least one strikeout in every inning, and he had a no-hitter going with two outs in the bottom of the 7^th. After two groundouts to start the frame, Martz walked a batter and he posted a strikeout, however a passed ball allowed run runner to reach base. The next batter broke up the no-hit bid with a base hit. With the go-ahead run at the plate, Martz produced a ground ball out to seal the win.

Game Three:

• Simecek finished 3-for-3 with six RBI.
• Corbett scored twice, but had no official at-bats, drawing a pair of walks with a sac fly.
• Redshirt freshman infielder Drew Lichtenberg (Evansville, Ind./Evansville North) came away with his first collegiate hit, a home run, finishing 1-for-2.
• Senior pitcher Osvaldo Ballesteros Jr. (Berwyn, Ill./St. Laurence) picked up his second win of the season (2-0) after throwing 5.0 innings with three hits, one run (unearned) and four strikeouts.
• Senior pitcher Gannon Burns (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) worked an inning of relief, posting a strikeout.
• Junior pitcher Anthony Valenza (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) made his collegiate debut, pitching the 7^th inning and allowing three hits, one earned run and logging a strikeout.
• CCSJ took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1^st with an RBI double.
• Corbett tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly.
• Simecek led off the bottom of the 2^nd with a home run over the wall in left field.
• The Cougars added three runs in the bottom of the 3^rd. Violett drew a bases loaded walk, Waszkiewicz scored on a wild pitch and Simecek lifted a sac fly.
• In the bottom of the 4^th, Waskiewicz picked up an RBI after being hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded, Corbett walked with the bases packed, and Simecek lauched his team-leading ninth home run of the year to clear the bases.
• The Crimson Wave plated a run in the top of the 7^th off an RBI single.
• Lichtenberg ended the game in the bottom of the 7^th when he led off the frame with a home run.

Game Four:

• Corbett had a hit in three at-bats.
• Meier went 2-for-3 with a double.
• Waszkiewicz collected three hits in three trips to the plate with two runs scored and a steal.
• Violett finished 3-for-4 with two runs, an RBI, and a double.
• Dreier was 1-for-4 with two RBI, a double and a run scored.
• Simecek scored twice with a double, a walk, and a stolen base, going 2-for-3 overall.
• Sophomore pitcher Tyler Deluca (Minooka, Ill./Minooka Community) earned the win (3-2) after throwing 5.0 innings with three hits, two earned runs, two walks and striking out six batters.
• Graduate student pitcher John Creviston (Westchester, Ill./Benedictine/Brother Rice) pitched 0.2 innings, giving up two hits, two earned runs, a walk and two strikeouts.
• Junior pitcher Richard Gomez (Chicago, Ill./Parkland/Concordia/St. Laurence) came away with his second save of the year, working 1.1 innings of relief with two hits, one earned run and a pair of strikeouts.
• Corbett bashed a two-run home run and Violett lined an RBI single to give SXU a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 1^st.
• Orzech hit a sacrifice fly and Meier sliced a two-run single to right for a 5-0 advantage in the bottom of the 3^rd.
• Calumet St. Joseph hit a two-run single in the top of the 5^th.
• A balk allowed a run to score and Meier clubbed an RBI double, extending the lead to 7-2 in the bottom half of the frame.
• CCSJ responded with an RBI triple and RBI base hit in the next half inning.
• In the bottom of the 6^th, Dreier thumped a two-run double, Meier hit a sac fly and Polickey legged out an RBI infield single.
• The Crimson Wave tallied a run in the top of the 7^th before Gomez rolled up a double play to complete the series sweep.

Saint Xavier (28-14/19-9 CCAC) hosts Indiana University Kokomo in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, April 21 at Ferrell Field. Game one is scheduled for a 1:00 pm first pitch.