Xavier Baseball

Pick helps Saints slam Waterloo East

Adam Pick slugged two home runs and drove in six runs as the Xavier Saints belted Waterloo East, 14-3, in five innings in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Ken Charipar Field Monday night.

The Saints battered the Trojans again in the nightcap, 12-4.

Pick hit a two-run homer in the first inning of the opener and belted a grand slam in the third inning as the Saints cruised behind a 15-hit attack. Corbin Woods went 3-for-3. Zack Brown and Jordan Ratz had two hits and three RBIs.

Ryan Meaney and Mack Mattke collected three hits in the nightcap. Woods and Jake Harriott had two hits. Woods, Mattke and Eric Schemmel had two RBIs for Xavier (10-5, 7-3).

GAME 1

Waterloo East   001 02 -  3   8 3
Xavier              374 0x - 14 15 0

GAME 2

Waterloo East   010 201 0 -  4   4 3
Xavier              063 120 x - 12 13 1

Saints sweep Waterloo West

WATERLOO - The Xavier Saints swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Waterloo West on Friday, but the second game got a little hairy.

Xavier took a 13-7 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning of the nightcap, but Waterloo West rallied for five runs before the Saints escaped 13-12.

Xavier had an easier time in the opener, 9-3.

Adam Pick colleced four hits and Jordan Ratz slugged a three-run for Xavier (8-5, 5-3) in the first game. Zack Fricke had two hits for Waterloo West (1-10, 0-7).

Zach Brown had three hits for the Saints in the second game. Waterloo West pitchers gave the Saints 13 free baserunners with 10 walks and three hit batters.

Fricke had three hits for Waterloo West in the second game with a home run. Matt Ohrt also hit a homer for the Wahawks.

Game 1

Xavier               120 032 1 - 9 12 0
Waterloo West  100 100 1 - 3   6 2

Game 2

Xavier               017 004 1 - 13   9 0
Waterloo West  301 102 5 - 12 12 2

Saints clipped by Benton, 4-1

The Xavier Saints collected only four hits Tuesday night and lost to Benton Community, 4-1, in a prep baseball game at Ken Charipar Field.

Jacob Germann pitched a strong game for the Bobcats. He allowed three hits in six innings with six strikeouts, three walks and three hit batters.

Cody Schnoebelen went 3-for-3 for Benton Community with a double. Jake Stenberg drove in two runs with sacrifice flies.

Corbin Woods had two hits for the Saints, including an RBI double in the seventh when Xavier (6-5) scored its only run.

BENTON COMMUNITY (4)
Moser 4 1 1 0, Frese 3 1 1 0, Germann 4 0 1 0, Stenberg 2 0 1 2, Kearns 3 0 0 0, McFarland 3 2 2 0, Kuester 2 0 0 0, Schnoebelen 3 0 3 1, Stramer 3 0 0 0. Totals 27 4 9 4.

XAVIER (1)
Grimm 4 0 1 0, Woods 3 0 2 1, Mattke 2 0 0 0, Brown 3 0 1 0, Pick 3 0 0 0, Ratz 2 0 0 0, Hammerberg 3 0 0 0, Meaney 3 0 0 0, St. Andrews 1 1 0 0. Totals 24 1 4 1.

Benton Community    110 011 0 - 4 9 1
Xavier                      000 000 1 - 1 4 1

Germann, Volz (7). Schulte, Scott (6). W - Germann. L - Schulte. 2B - Germann, McFarland, Schnoebelen, Brown, Woods. SB - Moser.

No. 10 Saints sweep Warriors

The Xavier Saints climbed back to .500 in the Mississippi Valley Conference Monday night by sweeping a doubleheader from Washington at Ken Charipar Field.

On the flip side, the struggling Warriors went home with their sixth straight loss in conference games.

A.J. Puk, Washington's top player, did not attend Monday's twinbill. Washington Coach Tony Lombardi declined to explain Puk's absence.

The Saints won a pair of tight games, 5-2 and 6-3.

Xavier scored three runs in the fourth inning of the opener on hits by Zach Brown, Luke Hammerberg and Mitch St. Andrews. They added two more in the fifth on hits by Brown and Jordan Ratz.

Brown and Ryan Meaney led the Xavier attack in the first game with two hits and an RBI.

“I like being moved up in the No. 4 spot in the lineup,” said Brown. "It helps me focus and makes me concentrate.”

Mack Mattke collected the win in Game 1, pitching six innings and giving up two runs on five hits while striking out seven. Drew Scott pitched the seventh inning and got the save.

“I felt a little rusty early on, but as the game went on I threw better,” said Mattke. “Giving up that home run in the fourth really helped me get my focus.”

Noah Dostal hit that solo homer for Washington (0-6, 3-10) in the fourth inning. Dostal and Johnny Dobbs both had two hits for the Warriors.

Jacob Hand took the loss for Washington, going four innings and giving way to Zach Christiansen in the fifth.

Game two saw the Saints (3-3, 6-4) jump on starting pitcher Robert Hogg for four runs on an RBI single by Brown, a two-run double by Ratz and an RBI triple by Jake Harriott in the first inning. Hogg settled down and gave up only two more runs the rest of the way, but the damage was done.

Brown and Ratz had two hits for Xavier in the second game to lead the nine-hit attack. Harriott and Hammerberg both tripled.

Mitch Keller went five innings for the Saints, giving three hits and striking out eight to pick up the win. Adam Pick finished the game with a save.

“It’s not like pitching at the sophomore level,” said Keller. “There is much more intensity and the games seem to matter more. My catchers keep me relaxed and tonight my  fastball was working.”

Washington’s Dostal came through with two hits again in the nightcap and Zach Gillis hit a solo home run for the Warriors in the sixth.

“It’s not about how hard you swing, it’s about staying relaxed and putting all the pieces of hitting mechanics together, getting your pitch, and taking a nice relaxed swing,” explained Dostal.

Xavier hosts Benton Community Tuesday night. Washington travels to Bettendorf Wednesday.

GAME 1

WASHINGTON (2)
Hogg, lf, 3 0 0 0, Harrington, lf, 0 0 0 0, Troendle, cf, 3 0 0 0, Dostal, ss, 3 2 2 1, Rings, c, 3 0 0 0, Metzger, cr, 0 0 0 0, Gillis, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Burdt, rf, 2 0 1 0, Rogers, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Dobbs, dh, 3 0 2 0, Hand, p, 0 0 0 0, Christiansen, p, 0 0 0 0, Thulin, 3b, 3 0 0 0. Totals 26 2 5 1.

XAVIER (5)
Grimm, cf, 3 0 0 0, Woods, ss, 3 1 0 0, Mattke, p, 2 0 1 0, Dlouhy, cr, 0 0 0 0, Scott, p, 0 0 0 0, Brown, 3b, 3 1 2 1, Pick, p, 3 0 1 0, Ratz, rf, 3 0 1 0, Hammerberg, dh, 3 1 1 0, Helms, c, 0 0 0 0, Meaney, lf, 3 1 2 1, St. Andrews, 2b, 3 0 1 0. Totals 26 5 9 3.

Washington   000 101 0 - 2 5 2
Xavier           000 320 x - 5 9 0

Hand, Christiansen (5) and Rings. Mattke, Scott (7) and Helms. W - Mattke. L - Hand. 2B - Mattke, Brown, Hammerberg, Meaney. HR - Dostal. SB - Pick, Meaney.

GAME 2

WASHINGTON (3)
Hogg, p, 3 1 1 0, Thulin, 3b, 4 1 1 1, Dostal, ss, 4 0 2 1, Rings, c, 4 0 0 0, Gillis, 1b, 3 1 1 1, Burdt, rf, 3 0 1 0, Troendle, cf, 1 0 0 0, Rogers, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Dobbs, dh, 2 0 0 0, Hand, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 27 3 6 3.

XAVIER (6)
Grimm, cf, 4 0 1 0, Woods, ss, 3 1 1 1, Mattke, 1b, 2 1 0 0, Brown, 3b, 4 1 2 1, Pick, dh/p, 3 0 0 0, Keller, p 0 0 0 0, Scott, p, 0 0 0 0, Hines, p, 0 0 0 0, Ratz, rf, 3 1 2 2, Harriott, lf, 3 0 1 1, Helms, c, 1 0 0 0, Hammerberg, dh, 2 0 1 0, Meaney, cr, 0 0 0 0, St. Andrews, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Tipton, 2b, 2 1 1 1. Totals 28 6 0 6.

Washington  002 001 0 - 3 6 5
Xavier          400 101 x - 6 9 0

Hogg and Rings. Keller, Scott (6), Hines (6), Pick (7) and Helms, Hammerberg (4). W - Keller. L - Hogg. 2B - Dostal. 3B - Harriott, Hammerberg. HR - Gillis. SB - Dostal, Troendle.