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Xavier XU 4-10
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Winner San Francisco USF 7-6
Xavier XU
4-10
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Final
8
San Francisco USF
7-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Xavier XU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0
San Francisco USF 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 X 8 9 1

W: Ponticelli, Thomas (2-0) L: MAJOR, Allbry (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BSB | USF Score Big to Even Series with Xavier

THE RUNDOWN
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco's baseball team evened their weekend series against Xavier with 8-2 win on Friday.
 
USF got the scoring going in the first inning when Mike Perri launched a solo home run to left center field. Thomas Ponticelli got the start today, keeping the Musketeers off the board for five innings, striking out four in that span.
 
In the sixth inning, Xavier took the lead in the bottom half of the inning. Back-to-back singles by the Musketeers put runners in scoring position with no outs, with the second single moving the runner over to third. The next batter up hit into a fielder's choice that allowed the runner at third to score to even the score at 1-1. After getting the next batter out, Ponticelli gave up a jam shot double down the right field line, allowing the second run to cross the plate.
 
The Dons took the lead back in the bottom half of the sixth inning scoring four. Tyler Villaroman walked to lead off the inning, and the advanced to third on a one-out double from Riley Helland. The Musketeers intentionally walked Mike Perri to bring up Ross Puskarich with the bases loaded. The senior first baseman made them pay, launching a grand slam deep in the left center field making the score 5-2, USF.
 
Jonathan Allen drove in one run in the bottom of the seventh, extending the Dons lead to 6-2. USF added another two in the bottom of the eighth through a triple from Nick Yovetich that scored Perri, then Yovetich was driven by a double from Aaron Ping.
 
Grant Goodman came on in the ninth to close out the game getting three quick outs to move the Dons to 7-6 on the season.
 
COACHES QUOTES
Head coach Nino Giarratano

 
GAME STATS
  • Puskarich's home run was his second of the year. The four RBIs put him at eight on the season, good for second on the team in that category.
  • Perri's home run is his second of the year, which puts him as the team leader in that category.
  • Perri and Allen's RBIs today put them both at a team lead 10 on the season.
  • Ponticelli now moves to 2-0 on the season in his four starts. His seven strikeouts in today's game put him at team leading 28 on the season.
  • Goodman's fourth appearance on the year was a quick, but effective one. The senior got two quick outs before striking out the final batter of the game. 
NEXT UP
The Dons and Xavier finish the four-game series with a doubleheader tomorrow with first game beginning at 10:30 a.m.
 
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