Wednesday, April 5
New Britain, Conn.
3 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Central Connecticut State University
QU Baseball Faces Central Connecticut State On Wednesday, Apr. 5
4/5/2017 12:10:00 PM | Baseball
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (10-14, 3-3 MAAC) at
Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils (12-11, 4-2 NEC)
Date: Wedneday Apr. 5, 2017
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: CCSU Baseball Field | New Britain, CT
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HAMDEN, Connecticut - Quinnipiac will look to extend its winning streak to four games when they travel to in-state foe Central Connecticut State University for a mid-week showdown slated for a 3 p.m. start on Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2017. Quinnipiac's three-game winning streak comes after an impressive series sweep of Marist.
LAST TIME OUT
The Bobcats will have a quick turn-around for Wednesday afternoon as they played a doubleheader just a mere 24 hours before, notching victories in both games.
The Bobcats took down the Red foxes from Marist in both games, 2-0 and 4-2, backed by strong pitching and big-time offense. The Bobcats were led at the plate by Ryan Nelson (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Liam Scafariello (Southington, Connecticut), who each had a game-changing home run. Robbie Hitt (Suffield, Connecticut) and Wyatt Hamilton (Falmouth, Massachusetts) each had dazzling starts on the pitching mound.
BATTEN NAMED MAAC PLAYER OF WEEK
Shortstop Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) was named the MAAC Baseball Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday, March 14. Batten tallied seven hits over three games in a weekend series at VMI, hitting 7-for-13 in total, scoring four runs and driving in three more. Batten went 1-for-5 on March 10, 3-for-5 on March 11, and 3-for-3 on March 12.
KINGS OF THE NORTH!
The Bobcats will play the rest of their season in the greater New England Area.
SCOUTING THE CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY BLUE DEVILS
LIAM GOING LONG
BIG BATS FOR BATTEN AND BURNS
Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) and Joseph Burns (Shelton, Connecticut) are both hitting over .300 so far this year. Batten is 29-for-94 (.309) while Burns is 26-for-78 (.333).
DEPTH IN THE 'PEN
Four different Bobcats' pitchers have an ERA under 4.00 so far this season over multiple appearances out of the bullpen:
STREAKS AND STUFF
HEAD COACH JOHN DELANEY
The Bobcats won 21 games in 2016, the program's second-straight 20-win season in the two years under head coach John Delaney. Quinnipiac has 56 total victories since Delaney took over. QU won 29 games in 2015, which ties the program record for most wins in a single season. The Bobcats went 29-27 (15-9 MAAC) overall that year, finishing No. 3 in the conference standings - their highest regular-season finish in the conference since finishing No. 1 in 2007, when Delaney played for team.
Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils (12-11, 4-2 NEC)
Date: Wedneday Apr. 5, 2017
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: CCSU Baseball Field | New Britain, CT
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- Live Stats: CCSUBlueDevils.com
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HAMDEN, Connecticut - Quinnipiac will look to extend its winning streak to four games when they travel to in-state foe Central Connecticut State University for a mid-week showdown slated for a 3 p.m. start on Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2017. Quinnipiac's three-game winning streak comes after an impressive series sweep of Marist.
LAST TIME OUT
The Bobcats will have a quick turn-around for Wednesday afternoon as they played a doubleheader just a mere 24 hours before, notching victories in both games.
The Bobcats took down the Red foxes from Marist in both games, 2-0 and 4-2, backed by strong pitching and big-time offense. The Bobcats were led at the plate by Ryan Nelson (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Liam Scafariello (Southington, Connecticut), who each had a game-changing home run. Robbie Hitt (Suffield, Connecticut) and Wyatt Hamilton (Falmouth, Massachusetts) each had dazzling starts on the pitching mound.
BATTEN NAMED MAAC PLAYER OF WEEK
Shortstop Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) was named the MAAC Baseball Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday, March 14. Batten tallied seven hits over three games in a weekend series at VMI, hitting 7-for-13 in total, scoring four runs and driving in three more. Batten went 1-for-5 on March 10, 3-for-5 on March 11, and 3-for-3 on March 12.
KINGS OF THE NORTH!
The Bobcats will play the rest of their season in the greater New England Area.
SCOUTING THE CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY BLUE DEVILS
- The Blue Devils are 12-11 on the season, including a 4-2 record in the Northeast Conference.
- CCSU is 3-1 in its last four games, splitting a doubleheader Monday afternoon against Binghamton University.
- Dean Lockery leads the Blue Devils offensively, batting .341 to start the season. The infielder has struck for 29 hits in 85 at bats while scoring 13 RBIs. Ryan Costello delivers the Blue Devils' their power as he leads the team in RBIs with 18 and home runs with four so far this year.
LIAM GOING LONG
- First baseman Liam Scafariello has 10 home runs in the Bobcats' first 24 games of the 2017 season, making him the 12th player in Quinnipiac history to hit 10 home runs in a season.
- The 10 homers has Scafariello tied for No. 10 overall in the nation heading into the week.
- The last player to reach 10 home runs in a season was Vincent Guglietti in 2015, who did so in 56 games.
- The sophomore transfer from San Jacinto College is 22-for-93 from the plate so far with 19 RBI's. Scafariello was named MAAC Baseball Player of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 21 after opening the season with five homers in the first four games.
BIG BATS FOR BATTEN AND BURNS
Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) and Joseph Burns (Shelton, Connecticut) are both hitting over .300 so far this year. Batten is 29-for-94 (.309) while Burns is 26-for-78 (.333).
DEPTH IN THE 'PEN
Four different Bobcats' pitchers have an ERA under 4.00 so far this season over multiple appearances out of the bullpen:
- Mike Davis (Sandy Hook, Connecticut): 11 appearances, 13.2 IP, .66 ERA, 5 Saves
- Mike DellaMedaglia (Somers, New York): 7 appearances, 8.1 IP, 3.24 ERA
- Chris Enns (Canton, Connecticut): 9 appearances, 17.1 IP, 3.12 ERA
- Nick Paasch (Tolland, Connecticut): 7 appearances, 8.2 IP, 3.24 ERA
STREAKS AND STUFF
- Senior Mike Palladino (Rockville Center, New York) has reached base safely in 10 straight games – the longest current streak and the second longest of the year after Joseph Burns' 13-game streak earlier this year.
- Brian Moskey (Higganum, Massachusetts) and Ryan Nelson (Knoxville, Tennessee) have been on a tear lately. Moskey is riding a six-game hitting streak in which he is hitting .381 (8-for-21) while Nelson is currently at five straight games in which he is hitting .350 (7-for-20). Burns and Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) both posted nine-game hitting streaks this season.
- Batten leads the team with nine multiple-hit games, while Burns sits second with eight, including the only four-hit performance of the season. Moskey and Nelson both tote seven multi-hit appearances.
- Nelson and Scafariello also lead the team with four multiple-RBI games.
- With his appearance in both games of a doubleheader on Monday against Marist, senior Matthew Osieja (Wyckoff, New Jersey) became just the third pitcher in Quinnipiac history – joining Matthew Lorenzetti '16 and Mike Spahr '05 – to appear in 60 games on the bump for the Bobcats. Lorenzetti and Spahr are tied with 63 appearances for the most in program history.
- Mike Davis' (Sandy Hook, Connecticut) five saves this season are tied for the fourth most in a single season in Quinnipiac history, tying Gregory Egan in 2015 and Spahr in 2005.
HEAD COACH JOHN DELANEY
The Bobcats won 21 games in 2016, the program's second-straight 20-win season in the two years under head coach John Delaney. Quinnipiac has 56 total victories since Delaney took over. QU won 29 games in 2015, which ties the program record for most wins in a single season. The Bobcats went 29-27 (15-9 MAAC) overall that year, finishing No. 3 in the conference standings - their highest regular-season finish in the conference since finishing No. 1 in 2007, when Delaney played for team.
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