Creighton vs Xavier (May 23, 2026)
Box Score
2026 Creighton Baseball
Creighton vs Xavier
May 23, 2026 at Mason, Ohio (Prasco Park)
Creighton 7 (31-25)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Rocco Gump 3b............ 4 2 4 4 1 0 1 4 0
Nate McHugh lf........... 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ben North ss............. 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 0
Isaac Wachsmann cf....... 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6
Connor Capece c.......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 7 1 0
Teddy Deters rf.......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cooper Fuchino dh........ 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Nick Venteicher 2b....... 5 0 3 2 0 0 3 1 2
Chris Baillargeon 1b..... 3 1 0 0 2 1 12 0 3
Jakob Ruhl p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Eli Nissen p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Hauser p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Shane Curtin p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Goldenbaum p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shea Wendt p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 7 14 7 5 9 27 13 11
Xavier 4 (28-30)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jorge Valdes cf.......... 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0
Clay Burdette rf......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Josh Stonehouse lf....... 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Jonathan Fitz c.......... 3 2 1 1 1 1 9 2 1
Luke Hammond 3b.......... 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tommy Townsend 1b........ 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 0
Peter Johnson dh......... 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Tanner Thomas 2b......... 3 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 1
Donovan Canterberry ss... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3
Michael Murphy p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Garrett Helsel p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Owen Poole p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 32 4 6 4 5 7 27 8 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Creighton........... 000 014 101 - 7 14 0
Xavier.............. 010 003 000 - 4 6 0
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DP - Musketeers 1. LOB - Bluejays 11; Musketeers 6. 2B - Capece(11);
Fuchino(2). HR - Gump 2(3); North(11); Fitz(5). HBP - Capece; Deters. SB -
Venteicher(7). CS - Wachsmann(2); Venteicher(1); Townsend(1).
Creighton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jakob Ruhl.......... 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 11 11 52
Eli Nissen.......... 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 25
Joe Hauser.......... 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 4 5 16
Shane Curtin........ 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13
Matt Goldenbaum..... 1.1 1 0 0 1 3 5 6 23
Shea Wendt.......... 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 32
Xavier IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Michael Murphy...... 5.1 7 3 3 2 7 22 25 101
Garrett Helsel...... 1.0 4 3 3 1 0 6 8 30
Owen Poole.......... 2.2 3 1 1 2 2 10 12 41
Win - Nissen (1-3). Loss - Murphy (3-2). Save - Wendt (2).
HBP - by Murphy (Capece); by Helsel (Deters). Pitches/strikes: Ruhl 52/35;
Nissen 25/13; Hauser 16/10; Curtin 13/5; Goldenbaum 23/14; Wendt 32/20; Murphy
101/68; Helsel 30/17; Poole 41/21.
Umpires - HP: Connor Hoagland 1B: Manny Gonzalez 2B: Tyler Witte 3B: Joe Cruz
Start: 6:02 PM Time: 3:10 Attendance: 3191
Weather: 71, cloudy, wind 4 MPH WNW
Curtin faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Game: BSB26-56
Play-by-Play
2026 Creighton Baseball
Creighton vs Xavier - Play-by-Play
May 23, 2026 at Mason, Ohio (Prasco Park)
Score by Innings R H E
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Creighton........... 000 014 101 - 7 14 0
Xavier.............. 010 003 000 - 4 6 0
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Creighton starters: 15/3b Gump; 5/lf McHugh; 11/ss North; 6/cf Wachsmann; 2/c
Capece; 4/rf Deters; 43/dh Fuchino; 12/2b Venteicher; 22/1b Baillargeon; 34/p
Ruhl;
Xavier starters: 44/cf Valdes; 5/rf Burdette; 36/lf Stonehouse; 18/c Fitz; 3/3b
Hammond; 10/1b Townsend; 4/dh Johnson; 7/2b Thomas; 9/ss Canterberry; 23/p
Murphy;
Creighton 1st - Gump singled to center field (2-2 BKSB). McHugh grounded
out to p (0-1 F); Gump advanced to second. North struck out swinging (0-2 KSS).
Wachsmann struck out swinging (1-2 BKSS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Xavier 1st - Valdes out at first p to ss to 1b (2-2 FBSB). Burdette
fouled out to 1b (1-0 B). Stonehouse struck out swinging (1-2 KKBFFS). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 2nd - Capece struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS). Deters struck out
swinging (1-2 KBKS). Fuchino grounded out to ss (2-2 KKBB). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Xavier 2nd - Fitz homered to left center, RBI (1-2 KKFFFBF). Hammond
grounded out to 3b (2-1 BBK). Townsend singled to center field (2-2 KBFFB).
Johnson reached on a fielder's choice (2-1 BBS); Townsend out at second ss to
2b. Thomas grounded out to 3b (1-2 KFFB). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Creighton 3rd - Venteicher flied out to cf (1-1 KB). Baillargeon walked
(3-2 BBFBFB). Gump singled up the middle (0-2 KK); Baillargeon advanced to
second. McHugh singled to right field (0-0); Gump advanced to second;
Baillargeon advanced to third. North struck out looking (2-2 BKFBK). Wachsmann
flied out to cf to left center (0-1 K). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Xavier 3rd - Canterberry popped up to ss (0-0). Valdes singled to
pitcher (3-2 BBBKK). Burdette struck out swinging (2-2 BKBSS). Nissen to p for
Ruhl. Stonehouse fouled out to 2b down the rf line (0-1 S). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 4th - Capece hit by pitch (1-2 FFB). Deters reached on a
fielder's choice (3-1 BFBB); Capece out at second 3b to 2b. Fuchino struck out
swinging (2-2 KSFBFBS). Venteicher singled to center field (2-1 BBF); Deters
advanced to third. Venteicher stole second. Baillargeon struck out swinging
(2-2 KSBBS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Xavier 4th - Fitz grounded out to ss (2-0 BB). Hammond popped up to 2b
(1-0 B). Townsend walked (3-1 KBBBB). Townsend out at second c to ss, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 5th - Gump homered to right center, RBI (3-1 BFBB). McHugh
popped up to 2b down the rf line (0-1 S). North lined out to lf (0-0).
Wachsmann singled to right center (0-2 KFF). Wachsmann out at second c to 2b,
caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Xavier 5th - Johnson lined out to 1b (1-1 BK). Thomas struck out looking
(3-2 FBFBBK). Canterberry grounded out to 3b (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 6th - Capece lined out to ss (1-1 KB). Deters walked (3-2
SKFBBBB). Fuchino doubled to right center (0-2 FFFFF); Deters advanced to
third. Helsel to p for Murphy. Venteicher singled to left field, RBI (0-1 F);
Fuchino advanced to third; Deters scored. Venteicher out at second c to 2b,
caught stealing. Baillargeon walked (3-2 FSBFBBB). Gump homered to right field,
3 RBI (2-2 KBBF); Baillargeon scored; Fuchino scored. McHugh popped up to 1b
(2-1 BKB). 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Xavier 6th - Hauser to p for Nissen. Valdes singled to left center (0-1
K). Burdette grounded out to p (0-1 K); Valdes advanced to second. Stonehouse
flied out to cf (2-2 KKBFB). Fitz walked (3-1 BFBBB). Hammond singled to center
field, RBI (0-0); Fitz advanced to second; Valdes scored. Curtin to p for
Hauser. Townsend walked (3-2 BBKBFB); Hammond advanced to second; Fitz advanced
to third. Johnson walked, RBI (3-2 BKFBBFB); Townsend advanced to second;
Hammond advanced to third; Fitz scored. Goldenbaum to p for Curtin. Thomas
walked, RBI (3-1 BKBBB); Johnson advanced to second; Townsend advanced to
third; Hammond scored. Canterberry struck out looking (0-2 KSK). 3 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Creighton 7th - North homered to right center, RBI (2-2 BSBF). Wachsmann
grounded out to ss (1-1 BF). Capece singled to third base (1-0 B). Deters hit
by pitch (0-1 F); Capece advanced to second. Poole to p for Helsel. Fuchino
struck out swinging (1-2 SSBS). Venteicher fouled out to 1b (1-2 KKB). 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Xavier 7th - Valdes struck out looking (3-2 BKBBKK). Burdette grounded
out to ss (1-1 FB). Stonehouse singled to center field (1-1 BF). Fitz struck
out looking (0-2 KSK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 8th - Baillargeon lined out to 2b (0-0). Gump walked (3-0
BBBB). McHugh flied out to cf (2-0 BB). North walked (3-1 BBFBB); Gump advanced
to second. Wachsmann struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Xavier 8th - Wendt to p for Goldenbaum. Hammond grounded out to ss (3-2
BFBKB). Townsend flied out to lf (2-2 KBBF). Johnson struck out swinging (2-2
SBSFBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 9th - Capece doubled to left field (1-0 B). Deters singled to
right field (1-0 B); Capece advanced to third. Fuchino flied out to rf (2-2
BBFF). Venteicher singled up the middle, RBI (3-2 BBBKF); Deters advanced to
second; Capece scored. Baillargeon grounded into double play p to ss to 1b
(0-0); Venteicher out on the play. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Xavier 9th - Thomas grounded out to 2b (1-1 KB). Canterberry grounded
out to 3b (2-2 KFFBBF). Valdes lined out to 3b (2-2 BKBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Line score
Creighton 7, Xavier 4 (May 23, 2026 at Mason, Ohio)
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Creighton........... 000 014 101 - 7 14 0 (31-25)
Xavier.............. 010 003 000 - 4 6 0 (28-30)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Jakob Ruhl; Eli Nissen(3); Joe Hauser(6); Shane Curtin(6);
Matt Goldenbaum(6); Shea Wendt(8) and Connor Capece. Xavier - Michael Murphy;
Garrett Helsel(6); Owen Poole(7) and Jonathan Fitz.
Win-Eli Nissen(1-3) Save-Shea Wendt(2) Loss-Michael Murphy(3-2) T-3:10 A-3191
HR CU - Rocco Gump 2 (3); Ben North (11).
HR XAV - Jonathan Fitz (5).
Weather: 71, cloudy, wind 4 MPH WNW
Curtin faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Game: BSB26-56