# 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.

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

### 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.
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 |

## Personnel
### Starters

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 |
Weekend Pitching Rotation :
| Day | No. | Player. | Year |
| Friday | 88 | Jackson Holmes | Junior |
| Saturday | 13 | Tommy Ray | Senior |
| Sunday | 19 | Charlie Weber | Sophomore |

## Game log

2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball game log (37–16) :
Regular season (37–14) :
February (8–0) :
| Date | Opponent | 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 | 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) | Canceled (inclement weather) | Canceled (inclement weather) | Canceled (inclement weather) | Canceled (inclement weather) | 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) | Canceled (inclement weather) | Canceled (inclement weather) | Canceled (inclement weather) | Canceled (inclement weather) | 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 | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | A10 Record |
| April 2 | SIUE* | Billiken Sports Center | W 5–4$^{10}$ | 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 | 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. :

## Tournaments
### Atlantic 10 tournament

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 |
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | May 22 – 11:00 a.m. | May 22 – 11:00 a.m. | May 22 – 11:00 a.m. | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Saint Louis | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 21 – 11:00 a.m. | May 21 – 11:00 a.m. | May 21 – 11:00 a.m. | 1 | Saint Louis | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 21 – 11:00 a.m. | May 21 – 11:00 a.m. | May 21 – 11:00 a.m. | 4 | Richmond | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Richmond | 12 | 4 | Richmond | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Richmond | 12 | | | | May 24 – 11:00 a.m. | May 24 – 11:00 a.m. | May 24 – 11:00 a.m. | | | | | | | |
| 5 | George Washington | 4 | | | | May 24 – 11:00 a.m. | May 24 – 11:00 a.m. | May 24 – 11:00 a.m. | | | | | | | |
| 5 | George Washington | 4 | | | | 4 | Richmond | 7 | | | | | | | |
| May 21 – 3:00 p.m. | May 21 – 3:00 p.m. | May 21 – 3:00 p.m. | | | | 4 | Richmond | 7 | | | | | | | |
| May 21 – 3:00 p.m. | May 21 – 3:00 p.m. | May 21 – 3:00 p.m. | | | | 2 | VCU | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Dayton | 4 | | | | 2 | VCU | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Dayton | 4 | May 22 – 3:00 p.m. | May 22 – 3:00 p.m. | May 22 – 3:00 p.m. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | UMass | 1 | May 22 – 3:00 p.m. | May 22 – 3:00 p.m. | May 22 – 3:00 p.m. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | UMass | 1 | 3 | Dayton | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 21 – 7:00 p.m. | May 21 – 7:00 p.m. | May 21 – 7:00 p.m. | 3 | Dayton | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| May 21 – 7:00 p.m. | May 21 – 7:00 p.m. | May 21 – 7:00 p.m. | 2 | VCU | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | VCU | 4 | 2 | VCU | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | VCU | 4 | | | | | | | | | | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. |
| 7 | Saint Joseph's | 2 | | | | | | | | | | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. | May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. | 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 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | May 23 – 11:00 a.m. | May 23 – 11:00 a.m. | May 23 – 11:00 a.m. | | | | | | | | | |
| May 22 – 7:00 p.m. | May 22 – 7:00 p.m. | May 22 – 7:00 p.m. | 1 | Saint Louis | 0 | | | | May 24 – 3:00 p.m. | May 24 – 3:00 p.m. | May 24 – 3:00 p.m. | | | |
| 6 | UMass | 2 | 7 | St. Joseph's | 14 | May 23 – 7:00 p.m. | May 23 – 7:00 p.m. | 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. | May 23 – 3:00 p.m. | May 23 – 3:00 p.m. | 5 | George Washington | 12 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | George Washington | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Dayton | 1 | | | | | | | |
Second round (Game 4) :
| (4) Richmond Spiders | vs. | (1) Saint Louis Billikens |
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 |||||||||||||
Lower round 2 (Game 6) :
| (1) Saint Louis Billikens | vs. | (7) Saint Joseph's Hawks |
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 |||||||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| Coaches' | — | —* | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NCBWA† | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 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.