CINCINNATI – Xavier baseball clinched a weekend series win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, stranding the bases loaded in the ninth to take an 8-5 win over the Knights at Hayden Field.
The Musketeers, who are 8-2 in their last 10, improved to 15-12 overall. The Knights dropped to 4-13 on the season.
• After being held scoreless for just the third time this season on Wednesday at Miami (OH), Xavier's offense has scored 30 runs on 30 hits this weekend.
• Seven different players recorded a hit in the win.
• Joe Gellenbeck went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI, while also working his team-leading 22nd walk of the season.