Xavier Baseball

Keller's clout sends Xavier to state

Mitch Keller was exhausted after throwing 121 pitches Wednesday night in the Class 4A substate finals, but he wasn't too tired to hit one of the most dramatic home runs in school history to earn the Xavier Saints a trip to the state tournament.

Keller belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the 10th-ranked Saints a tense 8-5 victory over Prairie in a classic three-hour battle at Ken Charipar Field.

Xavier (25-15) will face Sioux City East (30-9) in the opening round of the Class 4A state tournament at Principal Park in Des Moines on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

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No.10 Saints escape mighty scare

The 10th-ranked Xavier Saints were supposed to have a "laugher" against lowly Waterloo East in the opening round of the Class 4A substate baseball tournament Friday night.

The Trojans almost made the Saints cry instead.

Xavier needed a four-run outburst in the top of the seventh inning to break away from Waterloo East for an 8-3 victory at Ken Charipar Field.

Waterloo East entered the game with an ugly 2-36 record, but the Trojans gave the Saints all they could handle.

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Ratz ropes lead Saints past Assumption

DAVENPORT - Jordan Ratz had three doubles and drove in five runs to power No.10 Xavier past Davenport Assumption, 9-6, Tuesday night in non-conference baseball.

Adam Pick was 2-for-3 with a home run for Xavier, and Zach Brown was 4-for-4.

Luke Hammerberg and Mitch Keller also had two hits apiece for the Saints.

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No.10 Saints blanked by Bettendorf

BETTENDORF - The 10th-ranked Xavier Saints collected only three hits Monday and were shut out by Bettendorf, 5-0, in a non-conference game on the road.

The Saints had runners on third base in each of the first four innings, but could not score.

Xavier (22-15) visits Davenport Assumption on Tuesday.

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