Creighton vs Villanova (Apr 18, 2026)
Box Score
2026 Creighton Baseball
Creighton at Villanova (Game 1)
Apr 18, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa (Villanova Park)
Creighton 20 (20-16,6-2 BIG EAST)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Lew Rice lf.............. 6 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0
Nate McHugh dh/c......... 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0
Ben North ss............. 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 1
Jaxon Goldberg ph/ss.... 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Isaac Wachsmann cf....... 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 3
Brody Shinkle ph/cf..... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Connor Capece c.......... 5 2 3 3 0 0 10 2 0
Shane Curtin p.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Brian Gould p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teddy Deters rf.......... 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0
Chris Baillargeon 1b..... 3 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 0
Nick Bowron ph/1b....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Rocco Gump 3b............ 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
Joe Washburn ph/2b...... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Nick Venteicher 2b/3b.... 4 3 2 4 1 0 3 1 1
Shea Wendt p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jakob Ruhl p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 42 20 18 20 10 7 27 9 7
Villanova 2 (12-22,0-8 BIG EAST)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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JoJo Montgomery rf/cf.... 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0
Brayden Leonard 2b....... 3 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 1
Michael Whooley ss....... 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 0
Collin Quintaro 1b....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Carter Richey 1b........ 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 3
Austin Lemon lf.......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Mark Giallusi c.......... 3 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 3
John Freitag dh.......... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Aidan Barry rf.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Hotaling 3b........ 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0
Jack Roventini cf/p...... 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
Trent Toole p........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Kelley p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Chavez p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CJ Furey p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat McKenzie p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Conrad p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carsten Finnvold p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 2 6 2 6 15 27 9 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Creighton........... 050 201 930 - 20 18 0
Villanova........... 000 200 000 - 2 6 1
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E - Roventini. DP - Wildcats 2. LOB - Bluejays 7; Wildcats 9. 2B - Rice;
McHugh; North 2; Deters; Leonard; Freitag. HR - Capece; Baillargeon;
Venteicher. HBP - Gump; Giallusi. SH - Venteicher. SB - Wachsmann; Gump;
Venteicher. CS - Giallusi; Roventini.
Creighton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Shea Wendt.......... 3.1 3 2 2 4 5 13 18 -
Jakob Ruhl.......... 2.2 2 0 0 2 5 8 10 -
Shane Curtin........ 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 -
Brian Gould......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 -
Villanova IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jack Kelley......... 3.0 7 7 7 2 3 16 19 -
Jack Chavez......... 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 7 9 -
CJ Furey............ 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 -
Pat McKenzie........ 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 -
Ryan Conrad......... 0.1 3 4 4 1 0 4 5 -
Carsten Finnvold.... 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 -
Jack Roventini...... 1.0 3 3 3 2 2 6 8 -
Trent Toole......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 -
Win - Ruhl (3-1). Loss - Kelley (2-4). Save - None.
WP - Chavez. HBP - by Kelley (Gump); by Wendt (Giallusi). Pitches/strikes: None.
Umpires - HP: Joseph Cruz 1B: Ethan Gorsak 3B: Brian Peterson
Start: 10:30 am Time: 3:24 Attendance:
Weather: 75-Warm
Kelley faced 3 batters in the 4th.
Furey faced 2 batters in the 7th.
McKenzie faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: BSB26-36
Play-by-Play
2026 Creighton Baseball
Creighton at Villanova (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
Apr 18, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa (Villanova Park)
Score by Innings R H E
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Creighton........... 050 201 930 - 20 18 0
Villanova........... 000 200 000 - 2 6 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; 14/p
Wendt;
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; 14/p Kelley;
Creighton 1st - Rice out at first p to 2b to 1b. McHugh fouled out to
1b. North doubled to right center. Wachsmann struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 1st - Montgomery singled up the middle. Leonard doubled to
right field; Montgomery advanced to third. Whooley struck out swinging.
Quintaro struck out looking. Lemon walked. Giallusi struck out swinging. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Creighton 2nd - Capece popped up to ss. Deters doubled to center field.
Baillargeon homered to left center, 2 RBI; Deters scored. Gump hit by pitch.
Gump stole second. Venteicher out on batter's interference. Rice singled to
catcher, bunt. McHugh walked; Rice advanced to second; Gump advanced to third.
North doubled to right center, 3 RBI; McHugh scored; Rice scored; Gump scored.
Wachsmann struck out swinging. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 2nd - Freitag flied out to lf. Hotaling out at first 1b to p.
Roventini struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 3rd - Capece flied out to cf. Deters struck out swinging.
Baillargeon flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Villanova 3rd - Montgomery out at first 1b to p. Leonard walked. Whooley
walked; Leonard advanced to second. Quintaro flied out to cf. Lemon grounded
out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Creighton 4th - Richey to 1b for Quintaro. Gump walked. Venteicher
homered to left center, 2 RBI; Gump scored. Rice singled to right field. Chavez
to p for Kelley. McHugh popped up to ss. North walked; Rice advanced to second.
Wachsmann grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; North out on the play. 2
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Villanova 4th - Giallusi hit by pitch. Freitag doubled to right center;
Giallusi advanced to third. Hotaling walked. Roventini struck out looking. Ruhl
to p for Wendt. Montgomery struck out swinging. Leonard walked, RBI; Hotaling
advanced to second; Freitag advanced to third; Giallusi scored. Whooley walked,
RBI; Leonard advanced to second; Hotaling advanced to third; Freitag scored.
Richey struck out looking. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Creighton 5th - Capece singled to third base. Deters popped up to ss.
Baillargeon grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Capece out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Villanova 5th - Lemon singled to second base. Giallusi reached on a
fielder's choice to third base; Lemon out at second 3b to 2b. Freitag struck
out looking. Giallusi out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 6th - Gump singled to right field. Venteicher grounded out to
3b, SAC, bunt; Gump advanced to second. Gump advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Rice doubled to left field, RBI; Gump scored. Furey to p for Chavez. McHugh
flied out to rf. North struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Villanova 6th - Hotaling struck out swinging. Roventini singled to first
base. Roventini out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Montgomery struck out
looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 7th - Wachsmann walked. Wachsmann stole second. Capece singled
to left field; Wachsmann advanced to third. McKenzie to p for Furey. Deters
walked; Capece advanced to second. Baillargeon walked, RBI; Deters advanced to
second; Capece advanced to third; Wachsmann scored. Conrad to p for McKenzie.
Gump singled to center field, advanced to second on a fielding error by cf, 2
RBI; Baillargeon advanced to third; Deters scored; Capece scored. Venteicher
singled to center field, 2 RBI; Gump scored; Baillargeon scored. Rice fouled
out to 3b. McHugh singled to left field; Venteicher advanced to second.
Venteicher stole third. North walked; McHugh advanced to second. Finnvold to p
for Conrad. Wachsmann reached on a fielder's choice to third base, RBI; North
advanced to second; McHugh out at third 3b unassisted; Venteicher scored.
Capece homered to left field, 3 RBI; Wachsmann scored; North scored. Deters
struck out swinging. 9 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Villanova 7th - McHugh to c. Curtin to p for Capece. / for Ruhl.
Leonard struck out looking. Whooley struck out looking. Richey lined out to 3b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 8th - Bowron pinch hit for Baillargeon. Montgomery to cf.
Barry to rf for Freitag. Roventini to p. / for Finnvold. Bowron struck out
looking. Washburn pinch hit for Gump. Washburn struck out swinging. Venteicher
walked. Rice singled through the right side; Venteicher advanced to third.
McHugh doubled to left field, RBI; Rice advanced to third; Venteicher scored.
Goldberg pinch hit for North. Goldberg singled through the right side, 2 RBI;
McHugh scored; Rice scored. Shinkle pinch hit for Wachsmann. Shinkle walked;
Goldberg advanced to second. Curtin flied out to lf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Villanova 8th - Goldberg to ss. Shinkle to cf. Bowron to 1b. Washburn to
2b. Venteicher to 3b. Lemon grounded out to 3b. Giallusi out at first p to 2b
to 1b. Barry struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 9th - Toole to p for Roventini. Deters walked. Bowron grounded
out to ss; Deters advanced to second. Washburn grounded out to 2b; Deters
advanced to third. Venteicher popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Villanova 9th - Gould to p for Curtin. Hotaling flied out to lf. Toole
struck out looking. Montgomery singled to pitcher. Leonard struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Line score
Creighton 20, Villanova 2 (Apr 18, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa) (Game 1)
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Creighton........... 050 201 930 - 20 18 0 (20-16, 6-2 BIG EAST)
Villanova........... 000 200 000 - 2 6 1 (12-22, 0-8 BIG EAST)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Shea Wendt; Jakob Ruhl(4); Shane Curtin(7); Brian Gould(9) and
Connor Capece; Nate McHugh. Villanova - Jack Kelley; Jack Chavez(4); CJ Furey(6);
Pat McKenzie(7); Ryan Conrad(7); Carsten Finnvold(7); Jack Roventini(8); Trent Toole(9) and
Mark Giallusi.
Win-Jakob Ruhl(3-1) Loss-Jack Kelley(2-4) T-3:24 A-0
HR CU - Connor Capece; Chris Baillargeon; Nick Venteicher.
Weather: 75-Warm
Kelley faced 3 batters in the 4th.
Furey faced 2 batters in the 7th.
McKenzie faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: BSB26-36