MASON, Ohio – Making its first championship appearance since 2022, Creighton held on to defeat St. John’s 10-8 to advance to Thursday’s semifinal at the 2025 BIG EAST Baseball Championship Presented by Jeep.
 
Creighton took control in the bottom of the first when Matt Schermann hit a solo shot to center field to take the 1-0 lead. Connor Capece later singled down the line to send Ben North home and double the Bluejays’ advantage.
 
After a scoreless second inning, St. John’s bats heated up with a run in each of the next five innings. Jon LeGrande homered to right field in the top of the third to pull the Red Storm with one run, before Adam Agresti scored off a ground out by LeGrande in the top of the fourth to tie it.
 
St. John’s took the lead, 3-2, in the top of the fifth after a home run by Jayder Raifstanger.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, Scherman collected his second RBI of the game with a single through the right side, as McHugh scored. Moments later, Nolan Sailors gave the Bluejays a lead they would not look back on with a two-run homer over the center wall.
 
After St. John’s brought it back to a one-run game in the top of the seventh, 6-5, Creighton broke the game open with a three-run bottom frame. North got it started with a two RBI double, before a wild pitch sent North home for a 9-5 lead.
 
Schermann led the Creighton offense going 3-for-4 at the plate, collecting two RBI, scoring three runs and earning a walk.
 
The Bluejays will return to the field Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. ET in the BIG EAST semifinal against the winner of Wednesday’s evening match between No. 2 seed UConn and No. 3 seed Xavier.
 
The Red Storm will play in an elimination game at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
 
All games will stream live on the BIG EAST Digital Network available on FloSports Presented by Invesco QQQ.