Official Site of the Chippewas · Mar 19, 2016
Baseball. Chippewas Drop Series Opener At Xavier
Alex BorglinCINCINNATI, Ohio – Xavier collected 13 hits Friday including two home runs in handing the Central Michigan baseball team a 5-0 loss in the first game of a three-game non-conference series at Xavier’s Hayden Field.
The Chippewas (4-13) are scheduled to play the Musketeers (5-12) Saturday at 1 p.m. The two teams are scheduled to close the series at noon on Sunday.
A Joe Gellenbeck second-inning homer and a Daniel Rizzie solo shot in the third gave Xavier a 2-0 lead. The Musketeers used four singles to add two more runs in the fifth to make it 4-0. Xavier got its final run in the eighth inning on a double and a passed ball.