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Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Baseball vs Xavier
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8
Xavier XAV 28-23, 11-7 BIG EAST
18
Winner Georgetown GU 31-18, 11-6 BIG EAST
Xavier XAV
28-23, 11-7 BIG EAST
8
Final
18
Georgetown GU
31-18, 11-6 BIG EAST
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Xavier XAV 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 8 8 2
Georgetown GU 1 9 0 1 3 3 1 18 13 3

W: Catlett, Everett (6-1) L: HOSKINS, Luke (4-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hoyas Win 18-8 Over Xavier in Seven Innings

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Georgetown University baseball team defeated the Xavier Musketeers in seven innings, 18-8, on Saturday afternoon at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park, Maryland. With the win, Georgetown improves to 31-18 on the season and 11-6 in BIG EAST play while Xavier falls to 28-23 on the season and 11-7 in conference action. 

ON THE RECORD
"What a great day. Really proud of our group and how we responded. I thought that offensively, it was a day that we needed, and I'm just really proud of how we came out. Our seniors led us today, there's no doubt about that, on senior weekend. Grateful for what they did; Andy Bergeron with six RBIs, Marco had some big hits, everyone had a hit in the lineup. When you do that, you have a chance to win. Citron responding after a tough game on Friday, to come back and pitch like he did, was awesome out of the bullpen. Overall, I'm just really proud of our crew. I want to thank the University of Maryland and their baseball program for letting us use the field, and our fans all year long to come out, no matter where we played. Really proud of our group; 31st win, and we're going into next week ready to plan something down the stretch." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Xavier opened scoring early with two runs in the first inning.
  • The Blue & Gray answered with a run in the first inning after a Joe Hollerbach double and Christian Ficca fly ball that sent Owen Carapellotti across the plate.
  • The Musketeers tacked on another run in the second.
  • The Hoyas had an explosive second inning, beginning with a run by Kavi Caster off a Xavier throwing error.
  • Continuing the Hoya offense, Carapellotti homered to right field, bringing home Michael Eze and Andrew Gilio as well to bring the score to 5-3 Georgetown.
  • The Hoyas tacked on another with a Marco Castillo single sending Ficca across the plate.
  • With bases loaded, Andrew Bergeron hit a grand slam to bring Eze, Castillo and Jake Hyde home for another four RBIs, bringing the score to 10-3 Georgetown.
  • The third inning was scoreless.
  • In the fourth, Xavier tacked on two innings to cut the Hoya lead to five.
  • A Bergeron single sent Castillo across the plate to add another for the Hoyas.
  • The Musketeers added another two runs in the fifth.
  • The Hoyas responded with three runs in the fifth inning. The first came off a Hyde double that sent Hollerbach home. The other two resulted from walks that sent Ficca and Hyde across the plate, bringing the score to 14-7.
  • Xavier added another home run in the sixth.
  • The Hoyas added three more RBIs with a Caster home run to right field that sent Castillo and Hyde home as well. The score was 17-8 heading into the seventh. 
  • Xavier was unable to score, but the Hoyas tacked on another run with a Ficca fly ball that sent Eze across the plate. 
  • With the 18-8 score, the Hoyas secured the victory in seven innings.

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Caster went 2-for-2 at the plate, hitting his eighth home run of the season.
  • Bergeron went 2-for-3, hitting a grand slam and notching sixRBIs on the day.
  • Caster, Castillo and Hyde each went 2-for-4. Caster had a home run for three RBIs on the day, while Hyde and Castillo each tallied an RBI.
  • Carapellotti, Ficca and Hollerbach each tallied a hit in their four at bats. Carapellotti hit a home run and had three RBIs, while Ficca tallied two.
  • Everett Catlett took the win on the mound, pitching 4.1 innings and recording three strikeouts.

 OF NOTE
  • Bergeron's grand slam homer was his second of the season.
  • Carapellotti hit his 14th home run of the season.
  • Caster belted his eighth homer of the season.
  • All hitters in the Hoya lineup recorded a hit.


UP NEXT
The Hoyas will travel to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to take on Boston College on Tuesday, May 14 at 3 p.m. 
 
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