Creighton vs Villanova (Apr 17, 2026)
Box Score
2026 Creighton Baseball
Creighton at Villanova
Apr 17, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa (Villanova Ballpark)
Creighton 9 (19-16,5-2 BIG EAST)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Lew Rice lf.............. 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
Nate McHugh dh........... 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Ben North ss............. 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1
Isaac Wachsmann cf....... 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0
Connor Capece c.......... 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1
Teddy Deters rf.......... 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
Chris Baillargeon 1b..... 5 2 3 2 0 1 14 0 1
Rocco Gump 3b............ 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 2
Nick Venteicher 2b....... 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 0
Jack Pineau p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Eli Nissen p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 39 9 12 8 3 6 27 13 8
Villanova 4 (7-21,0-7 BIG EAST)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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JoJo Montgomery rf/cf.... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
Brayden Leonard 2b....... 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Michael Whooley ss....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Collin Quintaro 1b/lf.... 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
Austin Lemon lf/rf....... 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Giallusi c.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
John Freitag dh.......... 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1
Larry Hotaling 3b........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Jack Roventini cf........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1
Carter Richey ph/1b..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
JP Podgorski p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Graham Moore p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Parkinson p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremiah Holder p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Francis p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 29 4 3 4 0 5 27 6 3
Score by Innings R H E
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Creighton........... 000 000 702 - 9 12 1
Villanova........... 000 400 000 - 4 3 1
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E - Pineau(2); Whooley. DP - Wildcats 1. LOB - Bluejays 8; Wildcats 3. 2B -
Rice(5); Capece(7); Baillargeon(4). HR - Baillargeon(3). HBP - North 2;
Leonard; Quintaro; Giallusi; Roventini. SH - Giallusi. SB - Roventini.
Creighton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jack Pineau......... 6.0 3 4 4 0 4 20 25 95
Eli Nissen.......... 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 32
Villanova IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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JP Podgorski........ 4.0 2 0 0 1 3 13 15 63
Graham Moore........ 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 9 10 33
Will Parkinson...... 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 3 4 11
Jeremiah Holder..... 0.0 2 2 1 1 0 3 4 17
Jake Francis........ 2.2 3 2 2 0 1 11 11 37
Win - Pineau (4-1). Loss - Parkinson (2-5). Save - Nissen (1).
HBP - by Pineau (Roventini); by Podgorski (North); by Pineau (Leonard); by
Pineau (Quintaro); by Moore (North); by Pineau (Giallusi). Pitches/strikes:
Pineau 95/58; Nissen 32/21; Podgorski 63/41; Moore 33/23; Parkinson 11/7; Holder
17/8; Francis 37/26.
Umpires - HP: Brian Peterson 1B: Joseph Cruz 3B: Ethan Gorsak
Start: 2:00 pm Time: 2:49 Attendance: 107
Weather: 77 Warm
Moore faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Holder faced 4 batters in the 7th.
Game: BSB26-35
Play-by-Play
2026 Creighton Baseball
Creighton at Villanova - Play-by-Play
Apr 17, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa (Villanova Ballpark)
Score by Innings R H E
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Creighton........... 000 000 702 - 9 12 1
Villanova........... 000 400 000 - 4 3 1
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Creighton starters: 3/lf Rice; 5/dh McHugh; 11/ss North; 6/cf Wachsmann; 2/c
Capece; 4/rf Deters; 22/1b Baillargeon; 15/3b Gump; 12/2b Venteicher; 13/p
Pineau;
Villanova starters: 1/rf Montgomery; 5/2b Leonard; 13/ss Whooley; 27/1b
Quintaro; 24/lf Lemon; 6/c Giallusi; 4/dh Freitag; 23/3b Hotaling; 34/cf
Roventini; 2/p Podgorski;
Creighton 1st - Rice flied out to cf (0-2 KSFF). McHugh struck out
swinging (2-2 FFFBFBS). North grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Villanova 1st - Montgomery grounded out to ss (2-2 BKBSF). Leonard
grounded out to ss (3-2 KBSBFFFB). Whooley flied out to cf (0-2 KF). 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 2nd - Wachsmann lined out to 3b (0-0). Capece grounded out to
3b (3-2 KBBFB). Deters walked (3-0 BBBB). Baillargeon struck out swinging (1-2
KKBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 2nd - Quintaro flied out to cf (1-1 BS). Lemon grounded out to
3b (1-1 KB). Giallusi grounded out to 2b (1-2 SKB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 3rd - Gump struck out looking (2-2 BKBSK). Venteicher flied
out to cf (3-1 BBBK). Rice singled up the middle (0-1 K). McHugh grounded out
to 2b (0-1 K). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 3rd - Freitag struck out swinging (2-2 BKFBS). Hotaling popped
up to ss (0-0). Roventini hit by pitch (1-2 BKK). Roventini stole second.
Montgomery popped up to 1b (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 4th - North hit by pitch (2-2 BSBF). Wachsmann singled through
the left side (3-2 BBBKFFFFF); North advanced to third. Capece popped up to rf
(1-0 B). Deters lined into double play 3b to 1b (0-2 KK); Wachsmann out on the
play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 4th - Leonard hit by pitch (2-1 BBK). Whooley singled to left
field (2-2 KBSB); Leonard advanced to second. Whooley advanced to second on a
throwing error by p; Leonard advanced to third on the error. Quintaro hit by
pitch (1-2 KBFF). Lemon singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-0); Quintaro advanced
to second; Whooley scored; Leonard scored. Giallusi grounded out to p, SAC,
bunt (0-0); Lemon advanced to second; Quintaro advanced to third. Freitag
singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); Lemon scored; Quintaro scored. Hotaling
grounded out to p (1-0 B); Freitag advanced to second. Roventini struck out
looking (3-2 BBBKFFFK). 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Creighton 5th - Moore to p for Podgorski. Baillargeon singled through
the right side (2-2 KBBS). Gump struck out swinging (1-2 BKFFS). Venteicher
flied out to lf (2-2 KBKB). Rice fouled out to 3b (1-0 B). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 5th - Montgomery grounded out to 3b (3-1 BBBK). Leonard
grounded out to 2b (2-0 BB). Whooley lined out to cf (3-2 BBKFB). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 6th - McHugh popped up to 2b (0-1 F). North hit by pitch (1-1
FB). Wachsmann flied out to cf (1-1 SB). Capece flied out to rf (0-2 KK). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 6th - Quintaro struck out swinging (2-2 BSKBS). Lemon grounded
out to 3b (1-0 B). Giallusi hit by pitch (0-0). Freitag struck out swinging
(0-2 KKFFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 7th - Deters singled to left center (0-1 F). Baillargeon
doubled down the lf line (1-1 BK); Deters advanced to third. Parkinson to p for
Moore. Gump walked (3-0 BBBB). Venteicher singled to first base, 2 RBI (0-1 K);
Gump advanced to second; Baillargeon scored; Deters scored. Rice struck out
swinging (0-2 FFS). McHugh singled through the right side, RBI (0-1 K);
Venteicher advanced to third; Gump scored. Holder to p for Parkinson. North
singled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); McHugh advanced to second; Venteicher
scored. Wachsmann walked (3-0 BBBB); North advanced to second; McHugh advanced
to third. Capece reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, RBI (3-2 KKBBBF);
Wachsmann advanced to second on a throwing error by ss; North advanced to
third, scored on the error; McHugh scored. Deters singled through the right
side, RBI (1-2 FBS); Capece advanced to second; Wachsmann scored, unearned.
Francis to p for Holder. Baillargeon flied out to rf (0-0). Gump flied out to
cf (1-1 BK). 7 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Villanova 7th - Nissen to p for Pineau. Hotaling grounded out to 2b (1-2
BKK). Richey pinch hit for Roventini. Richey grounded out to 2b (1-2 BKK).
Montgomery struck out swinging (2-2 BBKFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Creighton 8th - Montgomery to cf. Quintaro to lf. Lemon to rf. Richey to
1b. Venteicher lined out to 2b (1-2 KFB). Rice doubled to left center (0-2 SK).
McHugh grounded out to ss (2-2 BFFB); Rice advanced to third. North popped up
to ss (3-1 BKBB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 8th - Leonard grounded out to p (3-2 KSBBB). Whooley flied out
to rf (1-1 BF). Quintaro flied out to cf (0-1 S). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Creighton 9th - Wachsmann flied out to lf (0-0). Capece doubled to right
center (2-1 BBF). Deters struck out looking (1-2 KBKK). Baillargeon homered to
right field, 2 RBI (1-2 KBFF); Capece scored. Gump grounded out to 2b (0-1 F).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Villanova 9th - Lemon flied out to lf (0-0). Giallusi lined out to cf
(1-2 BSS). Freitag grounded out to 2b (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Line score
Creighton 9, Villanova 4 (Apr 17, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa)
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Creighton........... 000 000 702 - 9 12 1 (19-16, 5-2 BIG EAST)
Villanova........... 000 400 000 - 4 3 1 (7-21, 0-7 BIG EAST)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Jack Pineau; Eli Nissen(7) and Connor Capece. Villanova - JP Podgorski;
Graham Moore(5); Will Parkinson(7); Jeremiah Holder(7); Jake Francis(7) and Mark Giallusi.
Win-Jack Pineau(4-1) Save-Eli Nissen(1) Loss-Will Parkinson(2-5) T-2:49 A-107
HR CU - Chris Baillargeon (3).
Weather: 77 Warm
Moore faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Holder faced 4 batters in the 7th.
Game: BSB26-35