Queens, N.Y. -- Creighton Baseball dropped the series opener at St. John's on Friday, May 3, falling 7-3.
The loss moved the Bluejays to 31-12 on the season and 4-8 in BIG EAST action, while St. John's moved to 29-11-1 and 9-4 in conference play.
St. John's opened the bottom of the first inning with three straight hits as Jackson Tucker bounced a slow single up the middle, Ben Beauchamp lined a double past Creighton's Ben North at third, then Blake Mayberry blooped a soft RBI single to center. A sacrifice fly from Jimmy Keenan gave the Red Storm a 2-0 edge.