QUEENS, N.Y. - Xavier baseball pulled even in the series with St. John's, taking game two, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium. The Musketeers move to 31-20 overall on the season and 12-5 in BIG EAST play.
Xavier took the lead in the first inning, with Matthew DePrey getting aboard after being hit by a pitch and Andrew Walker taking a walk to put two on for Matt McCormick. McCormick singled to right field to drive in DePrey, giving Xavier the 1-0 lead.
The Red Storm pulled even in the bottom of the second with a solo home run, but Xavier got the run back in the next frame, after Andrew Walker took a lead-off double, moved to third on a fly ball to left from McCormick, and game home on a sac fly from Jared Cushing to move Xavier back in front 2-1.