The Saint Louis Billikens finished their 2024 season with a 37-16 record. (Photo: Cedric Williams)
| NCAA Baseball | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLU (37-16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Saint Joseph’s (28-25) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 14 | 16 | 0 |
WP: Ryan DeSanto – SJU (4-2) LP: Charlie Weber – SLU (3-3)
Jason Barnes
Staff Writer
TYSONS, VA — After roaring through the regular season and claiming its sixth Atlantic 10 Conference regular season championship, the Saint Louis University baseball team saw its season come to a sudden end on Thursday, when the Billikens lost a loser’s bracket elimination game, 14-0, to Saint Joseph’s.
The loss moved the Hawks on in the A-10 Tournament, but sent Saint Louis home for the summer to end what had been a fairly glorious season until this week. The SLU pitching staff led the A-10 in ERA this season, but gave up 27 runs in its two games at the A-10 tourney, while the Billiken offense couldn’t generate any momentum on what proved to be its final day of the season.
Saint Louis came into the matchup on a three-game losing skid, falling to Richmond (13-10) in its opening game of the conference championship Wednesday.
Thursday was a different story, as the Billikens’ traditionally explosive bats were silenced by the Hawks and SLU only registered four hits while not plating a single run all day.
Defensively, the team gave up its most runs (14) and hits (16) in a single game during the 2024 season, while producing just four hits of its own.
The Billikens finished the year with a 37-16 record.
SCORING SUMMARY
| Logo | Team | Inning | Play Description | SLU | SJU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | SJU | 1st | Cesarini advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt; Wall scored. | 0 | 1 |
| SJU | 3rd | Cesarini homered to right center, 2 RBI; Wall scored. | 0 | 3 |
| SJU | 3rd | R. Picollo singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Petrich scored; Weingartner scored. | 0 | 5 |
| SJU | 4th | Cesarini homered to right center, 3 RBI; Wall scored; Reed scored. | 0 | 8 |
| SJU | 4th | Petrich homered to left center, RBI. | 0 | 9 |
| SJU | 4th | Dickinson homered to right field, RBI. | 0 | 10 |
| SJU | 5th | Weingartner singled to left center, advanced to second, 2 RBI; Cesarini advanced to third; Wall scored; Hitman scored. | 0 | 12 |
| SJU | 5th | Petrich reached on a fielder’s choice, RBI; Weingartner advanced to third; Cesarini scored. | 0 | 13 |
| SJU | 7th | Dickinson reached on a fielder’s choice, RBI; Petrich out at second ss to 2b; Cesarini scored. | 0 | 14 |