Saints split with Dubuque Hempstead
The Xavier Saints scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and clipped Dubuque Hempstead, 9-7, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Ken Charipar Field Friday.
Hempstead took the nightcap, 11-5.
Connor Frese belted a three-run homer in the sixth inning and collected the victory in relief in the opener. Sean Murphy had three hits and two RBIs. Max Hammerberg also had three hits.
Murphy, Hammerberg, Bryce Charipar and Nick Stark had two hits in the nightcap.