QU Baseball Hosts Fairfield In Search Of MAAC Tournament Berth

Thursday, May 18

Hamden, CT

12 PM

Quinnipiac University

Fairfield University

QU Baseball Hosts Fairfield In Search Of MAAC Tournament Berth

5/16/2017 5:07:00 PM | Baseball

By: QU Sports Information

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY BOBCATS
Record: 17-30 MAAC: 10-11
Head Coach: John Delaney

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY STAGS
Record: 28-20 NEC: 15-6
Head Coach: Bill Currier

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Thursday, May 18
Time: 12 PM Doubleheader
Date: Friday, May 19
Time: 12 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field// Hamden, Connecticut

Multimedia
Live Video: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Twitter: @TheQBaseball

Quinnipiac baseball will play its final regular-season Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference series on May 18-19 when it hosts Fairfield for a three-game set on May 18-19 at the QU Baseball Field in Hamden, Conn. Quinnipiac enters the weekend with a record of 10-11 in MAAC play, while Fairfield sits in first place at 15-6.

The Playoff Picture
What we know: Fairfield, Canisius, Marist and Iona are in. Seven of the remaining eight teams in the MAAC remain in contention for the final two spots in the MAAC Championship Tournament, to be played on May 24-28 at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls, New York.
How it looks right now: Two games separate 5th place Niagara and 11th place Manhattan, and all but Rider have three games to play. The top four teams play the next four (Niagara, Siena, Quinnipiac and Monmouth) that have games remaining (excluding Rider).
What could happen: As many as six teams can end up tied by the end of the weekend.
What will happen: There will be games played, and someone will have to crunch those numbers. As it stands, the current leader board could produce approximately four pages of possible scenarios which could come into play.
What you should do: Check QuinnipiacBobcats.com or @TheQBaseball and @MAACSports on Twitter on Friday afternoon for the announcement.

The Bobcats' Record Book

Matthew Batten broke Quinnipiac's all-time career hits record with a single against Manhattan on Saturday, May 6. Batten currently sits at 247 career hits.
To date, Batten is the only player in Quinnipiac history to reach 50 hits in each of his four seasons with the Bobcats.
Batten is second at the NCAA Division I level (since 1998) with 138 career runs scored, trailing currently Bobcats' head coach John Delaney's 139.
Batten trails Joe Zangari (144) and Delaney (139) on the all-time list after passing Tim Belcher (137).
With a four-RBI day against Central Connecticut State, Batten became the 10^th player in Quinnipiac's Division I history to reach the 100-RBI mark while also passing Joe Poletsky for 9^th place and placing him in a tie with Charles D'Elia '03 for 8^th place with 102.
To date, Batten and Binkoski are the only two players in Quinnipiac history to reach 240 hits, 125 runs scored and 100 RBI in their careers.
Liam Scafariello tied Joe Zangari's (16) Division I single-season home run record. Scafariello is now trailing Tim Belcher's 18 in 1997 for the all-time record.
Matthew Osieja's career game appearances record extended to 70 after this weekend. Osieja broke the career record of 63 appearances held by Matthew Lorenzetti '15 and Mike Spahr '05 earlier this season.
Mike Davis tied Robbie Hitt's single-season save record with his eighth against Manhattan last weekend. Gary Binkiewicz also holds the all-time record with 12 career saves.

The Bobcats' Bats

From Apr. 5 through the first game of the Bobcats' doubleheader against Iona, Quinnipiac had lost a season-high six-straight games. Since then, Quinnipiac is 7-10 including a 7-4 mark in MAAC play.
In that span, Quinnipiac and their opponets are dead-locked at 77 runs each, while Quinnipiac is hitting at a team-wide .260 clip with nine home runs, 34 doubles and 23 stolen bases.
Over their last 17 games, Brian Moskey checks-in with a team-high .367 (18-for-49) with four doubles, 10 runs scored and a .439 on-base percentage.
Mike Palladino has recorded a team-high 20 hits in that span while hitting at a .328 clip with a team-high 12 runs scored.
Matthew Batten checks-in at .328 in the Bobcats' last 15 games with a team-leading six doubles, 11 runs scored to go along with two home runs and 13 RBI.
Matthew Batten enters the weekend with a season-high 21 games in which he has reached base safely.
Liam Scafariello hit .278 (15-for-54) with nine of his 15 hits going for extra bases (five doubles, four home runs) while driving in a team-leading 14 runs and scoring 11 more. Scafariello logged a team-high .593 slugging percentage while also leading the team with 12 walks and a .409 on-base percentage.
Ryan Nelson is second behind Palladino, tied with Batten with 20 hits in that span with five doubles, seven RBI and eight runs scored. For the year, Nelson leads the team with 16 multiple-hit games.
Joseph Burns recorded 15 hits in 17 games and also scored 10 runs.

The Bobcats' Pitching Staff

Chris Enns cracked the Bobcats' weekend rotation on Apr. 9 and has been dominant over the last month. Enns is 3-1 with a 1.46 ERA after holding the opposition to four earned runs in 24 2/3 innings in five starts. Enns has given up more than one earned run in one of those five outings while posting three game without an earned run allowed. Against Manhattan in his last outing, Enns held the Jaspers scoreless while scattering six hits over six innings.
For the year, Enns is 4-2 with a 2.25 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 44 innings pitched.
Taylor Luciani boasts a 3.35 ERA for the year and is 4-5 for the season. Against the MAAC, Luciani is 3-3 with a 4.03 ERA.
Robbie Hitt is 2-4 for the year with a 4.67 ERA in 54 innings pitched. Hitt's first win of the season came in a 2-0 decision at Marist in which he struck out seven and gave up four hits in six innings of work. He followed with seven strong innings against Saint Peter's in which he held the Peacocks scoreless on five hits while striking out five. He took a hard-luck loss against Canisius in which he held the Golden Griffins to two runs on four hits over seven innings while striking out a season-high eight batters. Hit is 2-3 against the MAAC.
Hitt leads Quinnipiac with 45 strikeouts in a team-leading 54 innings pitched.
Mike Davis has emerged as one of the top closers in the MAAC as his eight saves rank second in the conference and 49^th in the country. Davis has posted a 1.16 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings in 18 appearances.
Matthew Osieja stands a team-high 20 appearances this season, good for the ninth most in Quinnipiac's Division I history. Osieja hasn't given up a run in his last eight appearances.