QU Baseball Faces Hartford at Dunkin' Donuts Park on Tuesday, Apr. 11

Tuesday, April 11

Dunkin' Donuts Park//Hartford, CT

7:15 PM

Quinnipiac University

University of Hartford

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QU Baseball Faces Hartford at Dunkin' Donuts Park on Tuesday, Apr. 11

4/11/2017 10:17:00 AM | Baseball

By: QU Sports Information

Quinnipiac University Bobcats (10-18) vs.
University Hartford Hawks (8-16)
Date: Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2017
Location: Dunkin' Donuts Park (Hartford, Connecticut)
Time: 7:15 PM

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The Quinnipiac University baseball team will be part of history when they face the University of Hartford in the first game at the newly-opened Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut. Dunkin' Donuts Park was recently completed and is the home of the Hartford Yard Goats, the Class AA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

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Fans interested in attending Tuesday night's game can purchase tickets here.

Dunkin' Donuts Park Unveiling
Tuesday's game will be the first sporting event at Dunkin' Donuts Park and will feature a pregame ceremony that features the unveiling and dedication of the park as well as the retiring of Roberto Clemente's number 21 at approximately 6:35 p.m.

Milestones and Streaks

Quinnipiac senior stand-out Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) moved closer to the Quinnipiac career hits record with a 2-for-4 day on Monday at Niagara while also stealing two bases to join Bob Bruzik '83 as the only two players in program history to steal 60 bases in a career.
Batten currently sits fifth with 224 career hits, behind all-time leader Tim Binkoski '07 (244), Ryan Rizzo '07 and Ben Farina '11 (238) and Vincent Guglietti '15 (228).
Mike Palladino (Rockville Centre, New York) also reached base for the 14^th straight game for the second-longest streak of the season behind Batten's 17-game streak.
Matthew Osieja (Wyckoff, New Jersey) made his 62^nd career appearance on the mound, leaving him one appearance shy of tying the program record held by Matthew Lorenzetti '16 and Mike Spahr '05.
Liam Scafariello's (Southinton, Connecticut) 9^th inning home run on Monday against Niagara made him just the ninth player in program history to reach 12 in a season.
The last Quinnipiac players to hit 12 in a season was Pete Kummerfeldt, Randy Gress and Jeff Mainetti in 2007.

The Hit Parade

Joseph Burns (Shelton, Connecticut) currently leads the Bobcats with a .313 average (30-for-96), while also leading the squad in walks (14) and on-base percentage (.405). Burns has homered twice and driven in nine runs while scoring 14.
Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) leads Quinnipiac in hits (32), doubles (6) and stolen bases (8) to go along with a .294 average (32-for-109), 17 runs scored a home run and 10 RBI.
Batten also leads Quinnipiac in multiple-hit games (10) while also posting an 11-game hitting streak and a 17-game streak in which he reached base safely.
In 18 non-conference games, Batten is hitting .347 (26-for-75).
Liam Scafariello (Southington, Connecticut) leads Quinnipiac in home runs (12), RBI (23), runs scored (22) and slugging percentage (.620) while also walking 13 times and stealing five bases.
Scafariello has homered in four of his last seven games.
In 19 non-conference games, Scafariello has nine of his 12 home runs and drive in 18 runs while posting a gawdy .649 slugging percentage.
Brian Moskey (Higganum, Connecticut) ranks third in the Bobcats' line-up with 28 hits and second in doubles (5) and RBI (18). He's also one of three players – along with Burns and Scafariello – to post a .400 slugging percentage or better.
Ryan Nelson (Knoxville, Tennessee) checks in with 30 hits, three home runs and 15 RBI and ranks second in multiple-hit games (8) and multiple-RBI games (5)

The Staff

Quinnipiac's starting pitching is 5-12 in 28 games this season with a staff-wide ERA of 6.56 in 105 2/3 innings pitched.
Chris Enns (Canton, Connecticut) got his first career start in a 2-1 loss to Niagara but scattered five hits over 4 2/3 while striking out seven and walking one.
Robert Hitt (Suffield, Connecticut) is 1-1 with a 3.70 ERA with 20 strike-outs in 24 1/3 innings pitched.
Taylor Luciani (Enfield, Connecticut) is 1-4 in six starts with a management 4.30 ERA across 23 innings pitched.

The Bullpen

Quinnipiac's bullpen is 5-6 this season with a 5.76 ERA across 131 1/3 innings pitched.
Mike Davis (Sandy Hook, Connecticut) has emerged as the Bobcats' closer, posting a team-best 0.66 ERA with five saves in 11 appearances. Davis has worked given up one earned run in 13 2/3 innings while striking out 17.
Blake DeCarr (Foxboro, Massachusetts) has appeared in five games and leads Quinnipiac relievers with a .174 batting average against. DeCarr is coming off three hitless, scoreless innings on Monday against Niagara and carries a 2.13 ERA in 12 2/3 innings of relief work.
Enns has seen most of his action out of the bullpen this season. In relief, Enns is 1-1 with a 3.12 ERA with 15 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings pitched.
Andrew Workman (Pound Ridge, New York) has appeared in a team-high 13 games while logging 19 2/3 innings with 18 strikeouts and a 2-1 record.
Matthew Osieja (Wyckoff, New Jersey) is the Bobcats' lefty specialist and has seen action in 12 games to date.