2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team

The 2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team represented Saint Louis University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Billikens played home games at Billiken Sports Center as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Darin Hendrickson, in his 17th season with the program.

ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference

Record37–16 (16–8 A-10)

Headcoach

Darin Hendrickson (17th season)

Assistant coaches

Logan Moon (4th season)
Miles Miller (1st season)
Jason Eary (2nd season)

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2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball

Atlantic 10 regular season champion
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	37–16 (16–8 A-10)
Head coach	Darin Hendrickson (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Logan Moon (4th season) Miles Miller (1st season) Jason Eary (2nd season)
Home stadium	Billiken Sports Center
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

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2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Saint Louis ‍†‍‍	16	–	8	.667	37	–	16	.698
VCU ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	8	.652	37	–	21	.638
Dayton ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	33	–	22	.600
George Washington ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	31	–	26	.544
Saint Joseph's ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	29	–	26	.527
Richmond ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	27	–	32	.458
UMass ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	24	–	29	.453
Rhode Island ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	19	–	28	.404
Davidson ‍‍‍	10	–	14	.417	24	–	28	.462
Fordham ‍‍‍	10	–	14	.417	19	–	33	.365
St. Bonaventure ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	18	–	31	.367
George Mason ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	21	–	32	.396

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

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Previous season

The 2023 Saint Louis team finished the season with a 33–23 (15–9) record. They reached the finals of the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament where they lost to George Mason.

Preseason

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Ethan Bell, Hayden Moore, and Cole Smith were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.^[2]

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Player	No.	Position	Class
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team
Ethan Bell	26	RHP	Senior
Hayden Moore	1	INF	Junior
Cole Smith	11	DH	Senior

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Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 14, 2024. Saint Louis was picked to win the conference and received three first-place votes.^[3]

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Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	Saint Louis	125 (3)
2	George Mason	121 (2)
3	Saint Joseph's	114 (1)
4	Davidson	113 (2)
5	VCU	97 (2)
6	Dayton	96 (1)
7	Rhode Island	77 (1)
8	Richmond	63
9	George Washington	51
10	Fordham	38
11	UMass	22
12	St. Bonaventure	19

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Personnel

Starters

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Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C	6	Knox Preston	Senior
1B	11	Cole Smith	Senior
2B	2	Ethan Sitzman	Junior
3B	25	Graham Mastros	Freshman
SS	7	Austin Neuweg	Sophomore
LF	15	Tyler Fogarty	Senior
CF	1	Hayden Moore	Junior
RF	9	Patrick Clohisy	Junior
DH	8	Drew Winters	Senior

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Weekend pitching rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday	88	Jackson Holmes	Junior
Saturday	13	Tommy Ray	Senior
Sunday	19	Charlie Weber	Sophomore

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Game log

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2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball game log (37–16)

Regular season (37–14)

February (8–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 Record
February 16	vs. St. Thomas (MN)*		Charlotte Sports Park Port Charlotte, Florida	W 21–10	Holmes (1–0)	Esch (0–1)	None	ESPN+	77	1–0	—
February 17	vs. Illinois State*		Charlotte Sports Park	W 13–8	J. Weber (1–0)	Chadwick (0–1)	Gray (1)	ESPN+	95	2–0	—
February 18	vs. St. Thomas (MN)		Charlotte Sports Park	W 15–7	Smith (1–0)	Cano (0–1)	None	ESPN+	100	3–0	—
February 21	at Lindenwood*		Lou Brock Stadium St. Charles, Missouri	W 10–2	Yarberry (1–0)	Jungers (0–1)	None	ESPN+	164	4–0	—
February 23	vs. Western Illinois*		USA Baseball Complex Millington, Tennessee	W 20–6	Holmes (2–0)	Buhl (0–1)	None	USABtv	119	5–0	—
February 24	vs. Western Illinois*		USA Baseball Complex	W 17–4	J. Weber (2–0)	Rosenfeld (0–1)	None	USABtv	293	6–0	—
February 25	vs. Western Illinois*		USA Baseball Complex	W 8–5	Yarberry (2–0)	Humphrey (0–2)	Bell (1)	USABtv	202	7–0	—
February 27	at SIUE*		Roy E. Lee Field Edwardsville, Illinois	W 13–8	Smith (1–0)	Rodriguez (0–2)	None		398	8–0	—

March (11–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 Record
March 1	Le Moyne*		Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, Missouri	L 5–6	Hoffacker (2–2)	Gray (0–1)	None		77	8–1	—
March 2	Le Moyne*		Billiken Sports Center	W 4–0	Holmes (3–0)	Crystal (0–2)	None		151	9–1	—
March 3	Le Moyne*		Billiken Sports Center	W 19–5	C. Weber (1–0)	Goldman (0–2)	None		82	10–1	—
March 5	Western Illinois*		Billiken Sports Center	W 14–4	Yarberry (3–0)	Rodgers (0–1)	None		52	11–1	—
March 8	Loyola Marymount*		Billiken Sports Center	W 9–5	Ray (1–0)	Hackman (3–1)	C. Weber (1)	ESPN+	85	12–1	—
March 9	Loyola Marymount*		Billiken Sports Center	W 8–6	Holmes (4–0)	Towers (1–1)	Bell (2)	ESPN+	105	13–1	—
March 10	Loyola Marymount*		Billiken Sports Center	W 11–9	Cunningham (1–0)	McRoberts (0–2)	Richter (1)	ESPN+	105	14–1	—
March 12	Missouri State*		Billiken Sports Center	W 5–3	Chaffin (1–0)	Day (1–2)	Bell (3)	ESPN+	101	15–1	—
March 15	at Southeastern Louisiana*		Pat Kenelly Diamond Hammond, Louisiana	L 8–10	Bennett (1–0)	Holmes (4–1)	Rodriguez (4)		1,332	15–2	—
March 16	at Southeastern Louisiana*		Pat Kenelly Diamond	L 8–9	Aspholm (1–0)	Bell (0–1)	Polk (2)		1,238	15–3	—
March 17	at Southeastern Louisiana*		Pat Kenelly Diamond	Canceled (inclement weather)						15–3	—
March 18	at Tulane*		Turchin Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana	L 0–2	Lombardi (1–1)	Yarberry (3–1)	Moore (3)	ESPN+	1,484	15–4	—
March 22	Cincinnati*		Billiken Sports Center	W 14–12	Holmes (5–1)	Logue (0–3)	C. Weber (2)	ESPN+	103	16–4	—
March 23	Cincinnati*		Billiken Sports Center	L 4–13	Boba (2–2)	Yarberry (3–2)	None	ESPN+	73	16–5	—
March 24	Cincinnati*		Billiken Sports Center	L 3–8	Insco (3–0)	Chaffin (1–1)	Garula (1)	ESPN+	127	16–6	—
March 26	at Kansas*		Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, Kansas	Canceled (inclement weather)						16–6	—
March 28	Rhode Island		Billiken Sports Center	W 3–2	Bell (1–1)	Fernandez (0–1)	None	ESPN+	67	17–6	1–0
March 29	Rhode Island		Billiken Sports Center	W 8–1	Yarberry (4–2)	Sposato (0–2)	None		57	18–6	2–0
March 30	Rhode Island		Billiken Sports Center	W 7–3	Evan (1–1)	Johnston (1–2)	None	ESPN+	53	19–6	3–0

April (10–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 Record
April 2	SIUE*		Billiken Sports Center	W 5–4¹⁰	Cunningham (2–0)	Ponder (2–2)	None		93	20–6	—
April 5	at Saint Joseph's		John Smithson Field Merion, Pennsylvania	W 10–2	Holmes (6–1)	McCausland (1–3)	Bell (4)	ESPN+	221	21–6	4–0
April 6	at Saint Joseph's		John Smithson Field	L 1–9	DeSanto (2–1)	Yarberry (4–3)	McShane (1)	ESPN+	306	21–7	4–1
April 7	at Saint Joseph's		John Smithson Field	L 3–7	Picone (4–1)	Chaffin (1–2)	Rodriguez (2)	ESPN+	367	21–8	4–2
April 9	Southern Indiana*		Billiken Sports Center	W 13–5	Yarberry (5–3)	Weihe (0–2)	None		112	22–8	—
April 12	Davidson		Billiken Sports Center	W 15–6	Bell (2–1)	Perkins (3–3)	None	ESPN+	153	23–8	5–2
April 13	Davidson		Billiken Sports Center	W 6–1	J. Weber (2–0)	Cavanaugh (1–4)	None	ESPN+	217	24–8	6–2
April 14	Davidson		Billiken Sports Center	W 7–2	Yarberry (6–3)	Feczko (6–7)	None	ESPN+	122	25–8	7–2
April 19	at Fordham		Houlihan Park New York City, New York	W 6–1	Holmes (7–1)	Lavelle (5–4)	Bell (5)		171	26–8	8–2
April 20	at Fordham		Houlihan Park	L 4–8	Stewart (1–0)	C. Weber (2–1)	None		203	26–9	8–3
April 21	at Fordham		Houlihan Park	L 4–5	Berg (5–4)	Gray (1–2)	None		144	26–10	8–4
April 23	at Lindenwood*		Lou Brock Stadium	W 3–1	Litman (1–0)	Rakers (2–1)	Kelly (1)		253	27–10	—
April 26	at George Washington		Barcroft Park Arlington, Virginia	W 8–5	Holmes (8–1)	Brennan (1–3)	None	ESPN+	107	28–10	9–4
April 27	at George Washington		Barcroft Park	L 3–5	Siegenthaler (4–2)	C. Weber (2–2)	Cutler (2)	ESPN+	98	28–11	9–5
April 28	at George Washington		Barcroft Park	W 4–2	Owen (1–0)	Korson (3–2)	Gray (2)	ESPN+	113	29–11	10–5
April 30	at Butler*		Bulldog Park Indianapolis, Indiana	W 12–2	Chaffin (2–2)	Miketinac (2–1)	None	BEDN	129	30–11	—

May (7–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 Record
May 3	George Mason		Billiken Sports Center	W 4–3	J. Weber (3–0)	Stewart (1–3)	Bell (6)		163	31–11	11–5
May 4	George Mason		Billiken Sports Center	W 5–2	Gray (2–2)	Gartland (2–4)	None		136	32–11	12–5
May 5	George Mason		Billiken Sports Center	W 5–4	Bell (3–1)	Yount (2–1)	None		151	33–11	13–5
May 7	Lindenwood*		Billiken Sports Center	W 9–4	Litman (2–0)	Rakers (2–3)	None		107	34–11	—
May 10	Dayton		Billiken Sports Center	L 3–11	Majick (5–3)	Holmes (8–2)	None		153	34–12	13–6
May 11	Dayton		Billiken Sports Center	W 11–4	Bell (4–1)	Fennell (4–4)	None		182	35–12	14–6
May 12	Dayton		Billiken Sports Center	W 8–5	J. Weber (4–0)	Peguero (2–5)	Gray (3)		147	36–12	15–6
May 16	at UMass		Earl Lorden Field Amherst, Massachusetts	W 8–3	Holmes (9–2)	Lints (3–2)	None	ESPN+	285	37–12	16–6
May 17	at UMass		Earl Lorden Field	L 0–6	Masteralexis (5–1)	C. Weber (2–3)	None	ESPN+	285	37–13	16–7
May 18	at UMass		Earl Lorden Field	L 2–5	O'Connor (3–5)	Litman (3–1)	Middleton (3)	ESPN+	325	37–14	16–8

Postseason (0–2)

Atlantic 10 Tournament (0–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10T Record
May 22	vs. (4) Richmond	(1)	Capital One Park Tysons, Virginia	L 10–13	Rodriguez (5–2)	Holmes (9–3)	None	ESPN+	301	37–15	0–1
May 23	vs. (7) Saint Joseph's	(1)	Capital One Park	L 0–14	DeSanto (4–2)	Weber (3–3)	None	ESPN+	464	37–16	0–2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = Saint Louis team member

"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Atlantic 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional.

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Tournaments

Atlantic 10 tournament

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Atlantic 10 tournament teams
(1) Saint Louis Billikens	(2) VCU Rams	(3) Dayton Flyers	(4) Richmond Spiders	(5) George Washington Revolutionaries	(6) UMass Minutemen	(7) Saint Joseph's Hawks

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Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final						Final

			May 22 – 11:00 a.m.

			1	Saint Louis	10
May 21 – 11:00 a.m.
			4	Richmond	13
4	Richmond	12
						May 24 – 11:00 a.m.
5	George Washington	4
						4	Richmond	7
May 21 – 3:00 p.m.
						2	VCU	13
3	Dayton	4
			May 22 – 3:00 p.m.
6	UMass	1
			3	Dayton	3
May 21 – 7:00 p.m.
			2	VCU	11
2	VCU	4
												May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
7	Saint Joseph's	2
												2	VCU	16	–

												4	Richmond	1	–

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower round 3			Lower final

			May 23 – 11:00 a.m.

May 22 – 7:00 p.m.			1	Saint Louis	0				May 24 – 3:00 p.m.

6	UMass	2	7	St. Joseph's	14	May 23 – 7:00 p.m.			4	Richmond	14

7	St. Joseph's	12				7	St. Joseph's	13	7	St. Joseph's	6

			May 23 – 3:00 p.m.			5	George Washington	12

			5	George Washington	9

			3	Dayton	1

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Second round (Game 4)
(4) Richmond Spiders	vs.	(1) Saint Louis Billikens

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May 22, 2024 10:00 am (CDT) at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(4) Richmond	3	0	3	0	2	1	4	0	0	13	11	1
(1) Saint Louis	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	0	10	13	2
WP: Esteban Rodriguez (5–2) LP: Jackson Holmes (9–3) Home runs: UR: Jack Arcamone (2), Jordan Jaffe, Connor Larson SLU: Tyler Fogarty (2), Easton Richter (2) Attendance: 301

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Lower round 2 (Game 6)
(1) Saint Louis Billikens	vs.	(7) Saint Joseph's Hawks

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May 23, 2024 10:00 pm (CDT) at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) Saint Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
(7) Saint Joseph's	1	0	4	5	3	0	1	0	X	14	16	0
WP: Ryan DeSanto (4–2) LP: Charlie Weber (3–3) Home runs: SLU: None STJ: Ryan Cesarini (2), Tim Dickinson, Owen Petrich Attendance: 464

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[5]	—	—*	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[8]	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—
D1Baseball^[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team

Previous season

Preseason

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Coaches poll

Personnel

Starters

Game log

Tournaments

Atlantic 10 tournament

Rankings

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