TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati baseball closed the regular season at Great American Ball Park with a 10-2 loss to Xavier Saturday night.
Although the Musketeers won the series, the teams split their four games played this season. UC enters postseason play at 26-28 and Xavier sits at 25-29.
With UCF beating Houston in extra innings Saturday night, the Bearcats will be the No. 2 seed at next week's American Athletic Conference Tournament. It is the highest conference tournament seeding for UC since 2008, when they were also a No. 2 as a member of the Big East. UC will take on No. 7 Memphis on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
// NOTABLES
• The Bearcats' hits were scattered throughout the order, with Jeremy Johnson hitting a double and Cole Murphy smashing a homerun
• Clayton Colvin and Korren Thompson each threw a clean inning to get work in
• Andrew Noelker went 1.2 frames and Brennan Dolwick went 0.2
• Tanner Schimmoeller struck out two in the final frame
• Chase Stewart was tagged with the loss after his 2.2 innings of work
// KEY INNINGS
Bottom of the 2nd
• The Musketeers were able to tally a big second inning with four runs. A walk, single and a bunt allowed the first run to score. The others came after another walk, double and a sacrifice fly
Bottom of the 4th
• A single, walk and stolen base put two runners in scoring position, allowing Xavier to make it a 5-0 game on a sacrifice fly
Top of the 6th
• Murphy blasted a solo homerun in the sixth to get the Bearcats on the board
Bottom of the 6th
• A double, single, sacrifice fly and two-homerun let Xavier get that run back and some as it increased its lead to 8-1
Bottom of the 7th
• Another sacrifice fly for the Musketeers made it a 9-1 ball game
Top of the 8th
• J.P. Bitzenhofer led off the eighth with a single and was able to score later on a Eric Santiago single, UC's second run of the night
Bottom of the 8th
• Once again Xavier was able to answer as they walked and tripled in the eighth
// UP NEXT
• AAC Tournament action begins for all eight teams on Tuesday
• No. 2 UC will play No. 7 Memphis at 4 p.m.
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Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Although the Musketeers won the series, the teams split their four games played this season. UC enters postseason play at 26-28 and Xavier sits at 25-29.
With UCF beating Houston in extra innings Saturday night, the Bearcats will be the No. 2 seed at next week's American Athletic Conference Tournament. It is the highest conference tournament seeding for UC since 2008, when they were also a No. 2 as a member of the Big East. UC will take on No. 7 Memphis on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
// NOTABLES
• The Bearcats' hits were scattered throughout the order, with Jeremy Johnson hitting a double and Cole Murphy smashing a homerun
• Clayton Colvin and Korren Thompson each threw a clean inning to get work in
• Andrew Noelker went 1.2 frames and Brennan Dolwick went 0.2
• Tanner Schimmoeller struck out two in the final frame
• Chase Stewart was tagged with the loss after his 2.2 innings of work
// KEY INNINGS
Bottom of the 2nd
• The Musketeers were able to tally a big second inning with four runs. A walk, single and a bunt allowed the first run to score. The others came after another walk, double and a sacrifice fly
Bottom of the 4th
• A single, walk and stolen base put two runners in scoring position, allowing Xavier to make it a 5-0 game on a sacrifice fly
Top of the 6th
• Murphy blasted a solo homerun in the sixth to get the Bearcats on the board
Bottom of the 6th
• A double, single, sacrifice fly and two-homerun let Xavier get that run back and some as it increased its lead to 8-1
Bottom of the 7th
• Another sacrifice fly for the Musketeers made it a 9-1 ball game
Top of the 8th
• J.P. Bitzenhofer led off the eighth with a single and was able to score later on a Eric Santiago single, UC's second run of the night
Bottom of the 8th
• Once again Xavier was able to answer as they walked and tripled in the eighth
// UP NEXT
• AAC Tournament action begins for all eight teams on Tuesday
• No. 2 UC will play No. 7 Memphis at 4 p.m.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.