Hoosiers beat Xavier to close 11-game road trip

If the IU baseball team wanted to gain momentum heading into this weekend's series with Purdue, starting with a victory against Xavier was a good way to do it.\nSenior pitcher Adam Poole (1-0) threw three innings of scoreless relief, and junior second baseman Keith Haas went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to help IU to its first mid-week win since the beginning of the Big Ten season.\n"We just came to the field relaxed, we came out and hit the ball," Haas said.\nPoole struck out one and walked two in his three innings of work.\nFreshman designated hitter Cameron Satterwhite went 2-for-5 with two RBIs as the Hoosiers slugged out 14 hits in the 10-6 victory. \n"He's very confident at the plate right now," IU coach Tracy Smith said of Satterwhite. "He's seeing the ball very well."\nWith the game tied 2-2 heading into the fourth, the Hoosiers (10-18) used their speed to regain the lead. With two outs and runners on first and second, both runners attempted to steal. Haas was safe at third, then scored on a throwing error by Xavier catcher Tyler Aholt.\nThe Musketeers erased the one-run deficit in the bottom half of the inning against IU freshman starting pitcher Chris Hervey. Xavier started the inning with back-to-back singles before Hervey recorded the first out on a fielder's choice. Hervey retired the next batter, then walked shortstop Matt Waskerwitz.\nWith the bases loaded and two outs, Xavier singled in consecutive at bats to plate three runs before Hervey was able to escape from the inning with the third out, trailing 5-3.\nHervey allowed four hits and five runs (three earned) over four innings, striking out three. \nThree innings later in the top of the seventh, IU took the lead for the final time with a five-run outburst.\nWith runners on second and third after a one-out Ben Greenspan double, Satterwhite singled up the middle to drive in senior center fielder Reggie Watson. Senior right fielder Zach Boswell followed with a single of his own, driving in Greenspan.\nAfter a Xavier pitching change, junior third baseman Steve Head doubled to score Satterwhite. Boswell then scored on a ground out by shortstop Josh Richardson for a 9-5 IU lead.\nFreshman Tyler Tufts relieved Poole in the eighth and allowed one run on a single by Xavier second baseman Steve Brown. Haas drove in Head to tack on a run for the Hoosiers in the ninth, then Tufts pitched a perfect bottom half of the inning to close out the win. \n"We got a lot of hits today in key situations," senior left fielder Jay Brant said. "Today's win was important for us"