OXFORD, Ohio (Interstat) — Xavier rallied for four runs in the top of the 10th inning and held on to defeat Miami (Ohio) 10-7 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park.

The Musketeers improved to 21-25 while the Redhawks fell to 29-14.

Xavier managed only nine hits but capitalized on three Miami errors and 10 walks. The Redhawks outhit Xavier 12-9.

Xavier trailed 6-2 after six innings before chipping away. The Musketeers scored twice in the seventh on Jonathan Fitz’s RBI double and Luke Hammond’s run-scoring groundout. They tied the game in the ninth when Landon Mensik doubled home Josh Stonehouse and Tommy Townsend followed with a sacrifice fly.

Xavier broke the tie in the 10th. Donavan Canterberry singled and advanced on a sacrifice bunt that resulted in an error. After Clay Burdette was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Stonehouse walked to force in a run. Fitz walked to make it 8-6. Hammond grounded out to plate another run, and Townsend walked before a wild pitch scored Stonehouse.

Miami’s Diego Cruz hit his second homer of the game in the bottom of the 10th, a solo shot, but the Redhawks could not complete the comeback.

Cruz finished 2 for 5 with two homers and four RBIs. Christopher Roa went 3 for 5 with a homer and an RBI.

Xavier reliever Owen Poole was the top star, pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out five. He entered with Miami leading 6-4 in the sixth and kept the Redhawks off the board the rest of the way. Joseph Arend started and went four innings, allowing two runs on no hits with five strikeouts. Jake Tedesco pitched three scoreless innings for Miami, striking out three.

For Xavier, Fitz drove in three runs, Townsend had a homer and two RBIs, and Hammond added two hits and two RBIs.

The game started in the afternoon and stretched into the evening as the Redhawks took an early lead. Miami scored first in the second on Roa’s solo homer and added a run in the third on Tommy Harrison’s groundout. Townsend tied it with a solo homer in the fourth before Miami regained the lead on Ignacio Gonzalez’s homer in the fifth. Cruz’s three-run shot in the sixth made it 6-2.

Xavier’s comeback began with two unearned runs in the seventh. The Musketeers then tied it in the ninth before their four-run 10th.

Xavier next plays at Georgia Tech on May 1. Miami visits Western Michigan on May 1.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami (Ohio) 7, Xavier 6, while Interstat’s ELO system gave Xavier a 52.30 percent probability to win.