Baseball Sweeps St. John's After Taking 3-2 Win in Rain Shortened Game

W: BARNETT, Bryce (2-3) L: BACKMAN, Brandon (2-3)

Xavier earns the No. 3 seed in the BIG EAST Championship, opens play on Thursday against Creighton

CINCINNATI, OH - After falling behind 2-0, Xavier baseball used a three-run fifth inning to move in front of the St. John's, holding the lead as the game went to a weather delay. The game was eventually called, with the Musketeers winning 3-2 in five innings.

St. John's picked up runs in the third and fourth innings to take the lead into the fifth. Jared Cushing and Jerry Huntzinger singled to give Xavier two runners with one out, and Jack Housinger hit a ground-rule double to bring in Cushing to cut the lead in half. Luke Franzoni hit a two-RBI…