TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team hosted Xavier in fall ball action on Saturday, winning 9-4 in 16 innings.
UC and Xavier played nine innings before taking a short break and finishing with the final seven frames.
The Bearcats are now done with exhibition games for the fall, posting a 4-0 record against Purdue, Kentucky, Dayton, and Xavier. They outscored their opponents 50-29 across 61 total innings.
On Saturday against the Musketeers, Cincinnati kept its rival off the scoreboard until the ninth inning and, save for three late runs, kept them quiet at the plate nearly the entire day. Chad Brown started the game and struck out five across three innings of work. Nolan Bernard followed with two shutout innings and Seb Shulsky matched Brown’s output, striking out five in three innings. Nathan O’Donnell threw a scoreless frame and Harrison Pollina punched out five in two shutout innings. Tucker King had two scoreless innings of work as well.
At the plate, Jackson Smith, Derrick Pitts, Landyn Dykes, and Gavin brewer all had two-hit performances. Smith also stole three bases, scored twice, and reached on a hit by pitch.
Pitts hit .417 in fall action, bested only by Dylan Fairchild’s .467 batting average across the four games.
Amongst the pitching staff, Brown’s 11 K’s led all hurlers and Shulsky was close behind with 10.
Cincinnati began its Red vs. Black World Series on Thursday and will continue next week with games on Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Thursday, Oct. 22. Both games are open to the public and will begin at 4:00 p.m.