Pirates Drop Series Opener to Xavier
4/17/2026 8:17:00 PM | Baseball
How it Happened
The Pirates had opportunities early on to score, but were unable to capitalize. The Hall looked poised to take the lead in the bottom of the second, loading the bases with one out. However, back-to-back strikeouts allowed the Musketeers to escape the jam. Seton Hall put two more runners aboard in the third as it looked to answer Xavier's first run of the game, but the Pirates again could not score.
The Musketeers scored twice more in the fourth and pushed across two more in the sixth to start to pull away. The Pirates got on the board for the first time in the bottom of the sixth, as Cavazzoni extended his hitting streak to 17-straight games with an RBI double to the wall in left field. That was as close as The Hall could get, as the Xavier bullpen slammed the door shut to take the series opener.
Up Next
Game two of the series between Seton Hall and Xavier is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ryan Piech (6-3)
L: Svenson, Steven (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Clay Burdette 2 ; Landon Mensik 1
3B: Luke Hammond 2
RBI: Josh Stonehouse 1 ; Jonathan Fitz 1 ; Luke Hammond 5 ; Landon Mensik 1
SH: Peter Johnson 1
SF: Landon Mensik 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Clay Burdette 1 ; Josh Stonehouse 3 ; Jonathan Fitz 1 ; Jack DeTienne 1 ; Peter Johnson 1 ; Luke Hammond 1 ; Carter Christenson 1 ; Donavan Canterberry 1
SB: Clay Burdette 2 ; Josh Stonehouse 1 ; Carter Christenson 1
HBP: Josh Stonehouse 1

Batting:
2B: Cavazzoni, Gabe 1
3B: Manzo, Tommy 1
RBI: Cavazzoni, Gabe 1
SH: Grady, Shea 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duffy, Vincent 1
SB: Dill, Aiden 1

































