The champion 2019 Marquette Crusaders' road to history

Here is a game-by-game revisiting of Marquette baseball's magical season:

Marquette 4, Mendon Unity 1

Bryce Jones (5 IP, 6 K) earned the season-opening win at Lenz Field, while Connor Durdan (2 IP, 5 K) earned the save. Haydon Price (double, RBI) and Luke Couch had hits, Logan Komater added an RBI.

Marquette 6, Elgin Harvest Christian 0

Price collected two of the Crusaders' six hits and knocks in two. John Thompson and Shane Reynolds combined for the two-hitter on the mound.

Marquette 4, Ridgewood/Alwood/Cambridge 0

A trio of hurlers, winner Max Mitchell (7 K), Hunter McAlpine (3 K) and Jay Scott (3 K), combined for the shutout, while Komater singled, doubled and drove in a pair.

Marquette 6, Indian Creek 5

The Cru used a four-run fourth, solid relief work from winning pitcher Mitchell and two hits, including a triple, from Nate Melvin in the home-opening victory.

Marquette 11, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 8

Trailing by three, the Cru exploded for seven runs in the fifth. Nate Melvin, Luke Couch and McAlpine each collected two hits.

Marquette 13, Midland 0

Jack Snook posted two hits and three RBIs and Nick Melvin drove in three. Mitchell and Connor Durdan combined for the three-hit shutout in the TCC opener.

Marquette 11, Midland 0

Reynolds, Thompson and McAlpine combined for the shutout on the mound, while Nick Melvin collected three hits and Snook a home run and three RBIs.

Marquette 11, Putnam County 2

Jones (5 1/3 IP) earned the win with relief help from Grant Waldron (1 2/3). Nate Melvin, Couch and Price had two hits each.

Marquette 5, Putnam County 4

Couch went 4-for-4 and scored the winning run in the bottom of the 11th on a Panthers' error. McAlpine pitched 4 1/3 of scoreless relief to earn the victory.

Marquette 14, Hoopeston Area 4

Couch and Komater each had three hits with Price adding a single and double. Caleb Boucher earned the mound win.

Marquette 9, Tri-Valley 8

The Cru trailed by five after three, but Evan Green had a game-tying RBI double in the sixth and Max Donahue a game-winning run-scoring triple in the 10th. Couch earned the win in relief.

Marquette 12, Henry-Senachwine 0

Jones threw a five-inning perfect game, striking out 11. Snook had three hits and four RBIs.

Marquette 12, Henry-Senachwine 0

Thompson tossed a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts, Nate Melvin three RBIs) and Scott a pair of RBIs.

Marquette 16, Hinckley-Big Rock 1

A 10-run second inning, two hits from Jalen Flavel and three RBIs from Couch made McAlpine (5 IP, 5K) the winning pitcher.

Marquette 8, Peoria Christian 1

Jones earned the victory with nine strikeouts in 5 1/3, and Price collected three hits.

Marquette 7, Peoria Christian 1

Up one after four, a key two-run, pinch-hit double by Waldron got the Cru rolling. Couch and Komater posted three hits each, while Thompson fanned six for the win.

Peoria Notre Dame 11, Marquette 6

Price doubled three times, while Nate Melvin and Komater singled and doubled, but the Cru fell for the only time this season as the visitors used a five-run first.

Marquette 5, Roanoke-Benson 1

Thompson fired a complete-game five-hitter with six strikeouts, while Donahue, Snook, Price (two hits), Scott and Nick Melvin drove in runs.

Marquette 7, Roanoke-Benson 5

Couch (triple) and Snook each collected two hits and Donahue drove in two, while Reynolds earned the win and Couch the save..

Marquette 7, Crossroads Christian 1

The Cru scored five times during the fourth and twice more in the fifth. Couch and Waldron had two hits each and winning pitcher Thompson fanned four.

Marquette 16, Earlville-Leland 5

The Cru scored 10 times in the first to begin the doubleheader. Donahue and Snook posted three hits and three RBIs each, while Mitchell, McAlpine and Connor Durdan combined to fan eight.

Marquette 21, Earlville-Leland 1

Reynolds went 4-for-4 with five RBIs, Evan Green and Jack Durdan each posted three hits and a pair of RBIs, and Hayden McKenna and Liam Dougherty both collected two hits and three RBIs.

Marquette 10, Seneca 0

The Cru exploded for seven runs in the third inning — highlighted by two-RBI hits by Komater and Nick Melvin. Reynolds went 3-for-3 and Jones earned the complete-game win.

Marquette 2, Seneca 0

Thompson allowed just one hit with nine strikeouts, Komater had two hits and Nick Melvin an RBI as the Cru scored single tallies in the fourth and fifth to clinch the conference title.

Marquette 10, Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell 0

Mitchell and Boucher teamed up for the win in the opener of a twin bill. Nate Melvin went 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, while Reynolds drove in two.

Marquette 11, Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell 0

McAlpine paired with Reynolds for the victory. Couch went 3-for-3, with the Melvins, Komater and Snook all smacking a pair of hits to wrap up an undefeated league season.

Marquette 8, Hall 7

Komater, who had three hits, recorded the game-tying RBI in the sixth and then lined the game-winning hit in the eighth. Nate Melvin posted two hits, Snook an RBI, and Couch got the win in relief as the Cru finished up the regular season.

Marquette 11, Midland 3

Price launched a three-run homer, Snook collected three hits, and the Melvins and Donahue each posted two hits to back the complete-game effort of Thompson (0 ER, 5 H) as the top-seeded Cru started the postseason.

Marquette 11, Dwight 1

Price drove in five runs — four of those coming on a game-breaking grand slam in the fourth — and Nate Melvin's delayed steal of home ended the game for the program's 11th overall and fourth straight regional title. Jones struck out seven for the win.

Marquette 2, Delevan 0

Couch's RBI single to right-center field in the bottom of the sixth broke a scoreless tie in the sectional semifinal in Bloomington, and Thompson tossed a six-hit, six-strikeout, complete-game masterpiece.

Marquette 1, LeRoy 0

The Cru used a combined five-hit shutout pitching effort from winning pitcher Jones and Couch (two-inning save), as well as a fourth-inning RBI base hit off the bat of Price. Couch had two of Marquette's six hits.

Marquette 10, Catlin Salt Fork 4

Trailing by a pair of runs, the Cru sent 12 batters to the plate in the sixth — using five hits, taking advantage of a walk and three hit batsmen — to explode for nine runs. Komater had three hits, including a long, two-run homer, while Couch singled and doubled. Thompson earned the supersectional win with five strikeouts in six innings.

Marquette 10, Elgin Harvest Christian 8

The Cru took the early lead and hung on in their state semifinal win at Dozer Park. Snook had four hits and three RBIs, Nate Melvin, Couch (double) and Nick Melvin (double) each had a pair of hits, the latter with three knocked in. Komater also drove in three runs.

Marquette 14, Waterloo Gibault 5

Ignited by Jack Snook's home run, the Cru exploded for eight runs in the second inning to take control and capture the Class 1A state title. They continued to add on, making it easy for winning pitcher Thompson (6 IP, 6 K) and reliever Couch (1 IP, 2 K). Snook, Donahue and Nick Melvin each collected three hits as Marquette finished 33-1.