Quinnipiac University
Hartford
QU Baseball Travels to Hartford Tuesday at 3 P.M., Opens 10 Game Homestand Wednesday vs. Northeastern
4/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (13-17, 8-4 MAAC) at
Hartford University Hawks (12-18, 5-5 AE)
Fiondella Field
April 14, 2015 - 3 P.M.
Joseph Scaglione (1-4, 9.00 ERA) vs. TBA
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Quinnipiac University Bobcats (13-17, 8-4 MAAC) vs.
Northeastern University Huskies (14-20, 5-7 CAA)
QU Baseball Field
April 15, 2015 - 3 P.M.
Charlie Murray (0-1, 7.82 ERA) vs. Brian Christian (0-2, 10.54 ERA)
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The Quinnipiac baseball team will finish up a four game road trip Tuesday afternoon as the Bobcats travel to Fiondella Field in West Hartford, Connecticut to face the Hartford Hawks followed by the beginning of a 10 game homestand on Wednesday when the Northeastern Huskies come to Hamden with first pitch set for 3 P.M.
Scouting the Hawks
The Hawks come into Tuesday's matchup with a 12-18 record overall and 5-5 mark in America East play. This past weekend, the Hawks dropped two of three with the Binghamton Bearcats as they won the first game of the series but lost the final two. Hartford is batting .262 as a team in 30 games, led by Ben Bengtson's .356 clip. Bengtson has tallied 32 hits with 14 runs scored and 16 RBIs. David MacKinnon is second on the team with a .350 batting average, including a team-high 35 hits, 17 runs scored and 20 walks. Ryan Lukach leads the team with four of the Hawks' six home runs and a team-high 26 RBIs. The bullpen has been solid for the Hawks, led by Jake Regula's 1.42 ERA, going 1-0 in seven appearances. Regula has allowed just two runs in 12.2 innings pitched. Jeremy Charles has been the true ace of the bullpen, going 3-1 with a 2.86 ERA in 11 appearances. Charles has struck out 17 batters while allowing seven earned runs.
Scouting the Huskies
Northeastern heads into Wednesday with a 14-20 record overall and are riding a three game winning streak after sweeping the James Madison Dukes in CAA action this past weekend. The Huskies are batting .251 as a team, led by Michael Foster's .362 batting average. Foster leads the Huskies with 47 hits, 22 runs, four triples, a .420 on base percentage and .515 slugging percentage. Pat Madigan is second on the team with a .326 batting average. He is second on the team with four home runs to Rob Fonseca, who has hit five. Foster and Madigan have both tallied 18 RBIs while Fonseca and Joey Scambia lead the team with 19 RBIs. Brian Christian will get the start, coming in with a 0-2 record and a 10.54 ERA. In 13.2 innings, Christian has allowing 16 runs on 15 hits with 16 walks and just seven strikeouts. Mike Fitzgerald and Aaron Civale have been solid out of the pen as Fitzgerald has three saves and a 1.37 ERA, striking out 22 battings in 19.2 innings. Civale is 3-2 with four saves and a 4.01 ERA in 13 appearances, striking out 30 battings in 24.2 innings with 11 earned runs.
Last Time Out
The Bobcats took two of three from the Manhattan Jaspers in a conference weekend, sweeping a Saturday doubleheader with 11-9 and 6-5 victories but falling in the final game of the series on Sunday afternoon, 6-5. Thomas Jankins (West Brookfield, Massachusetts) and Taylor Luciani (Berlin, Connecticut) picked up the two wins for the Bobcats this weekend as the offense continued to light up the scoreboard, going off for 22 runs in the series.
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Only live stats will be available Tuesday afternoon for the Bobcats matchup with the Hartford Hawks. Live video and live stats will be available for the Bobcats matchup with the Huskies by accessing QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
A Little Recognition
For the first time in nearly a calendar year, the Quinnipiac baseball team received votes in the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association Poll, released on April 13, 2015. Ranked 5th in the poll was today's opponent, the Northeastern Huskies. It's the first time since April 21, 2014 the Bobcats received votes and was just the third time in three seasons they received votes in the poll.
Offensive Explosion
The Bobcats bats have come alive since starting conference play as the team is batting .308 in 12 games against MAAC opponents, averaging five runs and just under 10 hits per game. Last weekend against Manhattan, the Bobcats batted .350 with 22 runs on 35 hits. The team also got on pace at a furious pace, with a team on-base percentage of .421.
Gettin' Gibby With It
Freshman third baseman Ben Gibson (Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts) clubbed his first home run of the season over the weekend for the Bobcats with a drive to left field. Gibson was second on the team with a .500 batting average against the Jaspers, going 5 for 10. Gibson started off the series on a high note with a 3 for 5 performance with a double, home run and two RBIs. He is currently riding an eight game hitting streak and has scored a run in five straight games.
Gibson wasn't the only freshman standout last week for the Bobcats as Julius Saporito (Manalapan, New Jersey) had the best week of his career. Over a span of six games, Saporito went 7 for 17 with two doubles, a triple and eight RBIs. Saporito had just two RBIs heading into the week, before belting three multi-RBI doubles in three straight game days.
The Kid is On Fire
Vincent Guglietti (East Haven, Connecticut) tore it up over the past week as he batted .667 in the series against Manhattan with multiple hits in every game. Guglietti went 5 for 8 in the doubleheader on Saturday followed by a 3 for 4 showing on Sunday afternoon. Guglietti hit two doubles and a triple to lead the team in extra-base hits while also leading the team in hits (8), RBI (5), on-base percentage (.692) and slugging percentage (1.000)
Approaching Records
Guglietti is also approaching some offensive team records. Guglietti needs just one hit to become the eighth Quinnipiac baseball player in program history to record 200 hits and is just two hits away from tying current head coach John Delaney for fifth all-time with 201 career hits. Adding to the accomplishments, Guglietti is five doubles away from the all-time doubles record of 47 set by Tim Binkoski '07.
Mike'd Up
Centerfielder Mike Palladino (Rockville Centre, New York) has reached base in 19 straight games, coming home to score a run in five consecutive games and eight of the last nine. The Bobcats' centerfielder went 4 for 13 against the Jaspers with four runs and a pair of stolen bases to take the team lead with 13.
First Career Win
Luciani recorded the first win of his collegiate career Saturday afternoon as he came on to relieve starting pitcher Wyatt Hamilton (Falmouth, Massachusetts). The freshman pitched four innings of relief scattering just three hits with one strikeout for his third scoreless outing of the season. Luciani has been solid in long relief for the Bobcats all season, as he has posted a 3.95 ERA in 27.1 total innings pitched
The Bobcats have been a solid team this season at the plate with runners on base, batting .312 as a team compared to just .254 by opponents. Donaghue leads the Bobcats with an impressive .449 batting average, going 22 for 49 with runners on base. Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) is second on the team with a .396 batting average as he and Louis Iannotti (North Haven, Connecticut) are second on the team with 21 hits.
Bring 'Em Home
With runners in scoring position, the Bobcats have been nearly just as impressive by batting .291 as a team. The Bobcats are 87 for 299 as a team, led by Donaghue's .531 batting average, as he is 17 for 32. Donaghue has six more hits with runners in scoring position than any other Bobcat. Batten is 11 for 29, good for a .379 batting average while Guglietti is 11 for 37 at .297.
On Deck
The Bobcats will continue its 10 game homestand this weekend when they host the Fairfield Stags in an intrastate, MAAC weekend series with a doubleheader scheduled to begin Saturday at 12 P.M. followed by a single game on Sunday with first pitch set for 12 P.M.
