Xavier Baseball

Xavier Saints trim Marion, 4-2

Nick Drahozal hit a two-run single in the top of the first inning Thursday to steer Xavier past Marion, 4-2, in a prep baseball game at Marion.

Max Hammerberg pitched a complete game for Xavier and got the win.

Xavier    300 001 0 - 4 6 1
Marion    000 101 0 - 2 7 2

W - Hammerberg. L - Miller. 2B - Vanderlind, Kray.

Pick helps Saints 'slam' Benton

Adam Pick belted a grand slam Tuesday night as ninth-ranked Xavier defeated Benton Community, 7-1, at Ken Charipar Field.

Hunter Baldus hit a two-run triple and Nick Drahozal went 2-for-3 for the Saints.

Cal Winker and Connor Frese split the pitching for Xavier and allowed only two hits. Winker got the win.

Benton    100 000 0 - 1 2 2
Xavier      241 000 x - 7 7 2

Gessner and Jameson. Winker, Frese (5) and Clarahan. W - Winker. L - Gessner.

Keller signing with Pirates on Friday

Mitch Keller turned 18 years old in April and his life has been a blur ever since with high school graduation, the Major League draft and some awfully big decisions to make.

And now in less than two weeks, he'll be wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform and pitching in the Gulf Coast League in Florida.

Keller plans to fly to Pittsburgh on Thursday, sign his first professional contract on Friday and fly to Florida on Saturday.

The 2014 Gulf Coast League season begins June 20 and the GCL Pirates will be facing the Yankees to get things started.

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Cougars jump to 3rd in rankings

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy baseball team jumped into the No.3 spot in the Class 4A rankings Monday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The Cougars were not ranked in the preseason, but they won the Metro Tournament and took a 6-1 record into Monday night's home game against Prairie.

The Xavier Saints claimed the No.9 spot in the Class 3A rankings with a 5-4 record. The Saints were not ranked in the preseason poll.