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St. John's Jesuit starts fast and then holds off the Wildcats, 5-4, during the opening game of the annual Ohio Jesuit Cup.

By Eddie Dwyer, 05/05/12, 12:00AM EDT

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DARKNESS AND INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING ON SATURDAY NIGHT FORCE SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE TO BE RE-ARRANGED AND THE WALSH JESUIT VS. SAINT IGNATIUS GAME TO BE MOVED TO MONDAY AT WALSH JESUIT.

THREE OF THE FOUR GAMES SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY WERE PLAYED.

BY EDDIE DWYER, COPYRIGHT MAY 2012

Avon, Ohio - You are going to have to stay with us on this one.

The annual Ohio Jesuit Cup baseball tournament got underway on Saturday afternoon and the first three games were played under a partly sunny sky that was accompanied by some brisk and stiff winds swirling around All Pro Freight Stadium.

The Titans from Toledo St. John's Jesuit defeated host Saint Ignatius, 5-4, in the 12:30 opener. Walsh Jesuit rallied past St. John's, 4-3, in the second game and the powerful club from Cincinnati St. Xavier defeated Walsh Jesuit, 11-1, in what turned out to be the final game on Saturday.

Saint Ignatius and St. Xavier were scheduled to play under the lights at 8 p.m., but with the Walsh-Xavier game ending close to 9 p.m. and, quite frankly, the lighting in the stadium being less than sufficient for a 9 p.m. start, the tournament had to be shuffled a bit.

Here is what the coaches decided on.

On Sunday (tomorrow) at 1 p.m., St. John's will play St. Xavier. Between 3:30 and 4 p.m., Saint Ignatius will face the Bombers from St. Xavier. Both of those games will be played in All Pro Freight Stadium.

As for the final game of the Jesuit Cup between Saint Ignatius and Walsh Jesuit, it has been rescheduled for Monday at Walsh Jesuit. Game time will be 4:30 p.m.

Here are the recaps on the games that were played on Saturday.

ST. JOHN'S 5, SAINT IGNATIUS 4: In a game very similar to the Wildcats' 5-4 loss at Brunswick on Friday, the Titans jumped out to an early lead and then held on.

St. John's scored its first run in the top of the first inning on a two-out RBI single by junior infielder/pitcher Jimmy Scott.

The Titans made it 4-0 with a three-run second that featured a run-scoring single by sophomore catcher Mike Barrett, a sacrfice fly RBI by junior outfielder Liam Allen and an RBI single to center field by senior designated hitter/infielder Nate Pearson.

In the top of the fifth, Scott led off with a single and senior outfielder/pitcher Joe Robie followed with an infield hit. St. John's then pushed its lead to 5-0 by scoring on a two-out wild pitch.

Saint Ignatius, which slipped to 14-8 on the season, loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth on base hits by senior right fielder Dan Oaklief and junior second baseman Dan Rowbottom, and a walk to sophomore left fielder Nick Longo.

Senior pitcher Cam Brickman, who relieved Titans senior starter Matt Henderson, fielded a bouncer to the mound and made an errant throw to home that allowed two runs to score. Wildcats senior infielder Tim Hawkins Hodgson, who was injured during the early part of the season, stepped to the plate and produced a two-run single to center that made it a one-run game.

Scott then came on in relief and preserved the one-run lead by retiring five of the last six batters he faced.

The Wildcats, who are expected to split Sunday's game against St. Xavier between senior southpaw Zak Shockley and junior left-hander Tom Rolle, turned in two defensive gems against St. John's.

With one out in the top of the sixth, Titans standout senior center fielder/pitcher Jesse Adams, a Boston College recruit, lined a rope to left field that had double written all over it. However, Longo ran the ball down and fired a perfect throw to Rowbottom to nail Adams at second.

In the top of the seventh, Pearson lined the ball to right field for what everbody in the stadium thought was a single. Everybody but Oaklief.

Dan hustled after the ball, field it off the ground and made a strong throw to junior Mike LaManna at first for the second out of the inning. Just your routine 9-3 play.

WALSH JESUIT 4, ST, JOHN'S 3: The Warriors won it on a walk-off two-run double in the bottom of the seventh by their outstanding junior catcher Cassidy Brown.

ST. XAVIER 11, WALSH JESUIT 1:The talent-rich Bombers pounded out 10 hits and limited the Warriors to just three hits. The team from the Queen City took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and settled the issue with a seven-run sixth.

FANTA FEVER: In between his play-by play and color commentary for the Saint Ignatius Student Broadcasting Network on Saturday, John Fanta '13, 30-plus minutes before post time, boldy predicted that 15-1 shot I'll Have Another would win the Kentucky Derby. And you saw what happened.