QU Baseball Edged 7-5 at Rhode Island

Tuesday, March 27

Kingston, R.I. / Bill Beck Field

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-13

Rhode Island

6-17

Quinnipiac

Rhode Island

3/27/2018 6:55:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

KINGSTON, Rhode Island - The Quinnipiac baseball team fell to the University of Rhode Island on Tuesday afternoon, 7-5. The Bobcats outhit the Rams, 11-9, with senior Anthony Cruz and sophomores Andre Marrero and Evan Vulgamore each picking up a multi-hit game. Freshman Robert Lewis got the start on the hill for Quinnipiac, pitching four innings.

SCORE
Rhode Island 7 // Quinnipiac 5

RECORD
Rhode Island (6-17, 0-3 A-10) // Quinnipiac (8-13, 0-0 MAAC)

LOCATION
Bill Beck Field // Kingston, RI

NOTES

The Bobcats took the lead in the top of the second inning, when Anthony Cruz smacked a single, scoring Evan Vulgamore.
Vulgamore started the two-out rally by reaching on an error, senior Ben Gibson would rsend Vulgamore to third with a single through the right side, before Cruz had his RBI single.
After Rhode Island tied it in the bottom half, Quinnipiac would take a 3-1 lead in the top of the next frame.
Sophomore Dylan Lutz started the inning with a two-bagger to the left-center field gap. He would score on a Brian Moskey squeeze bunt.
Sophomore Andre Marrero would also send one to left center and pick up two bases, and Liam Scafariello drove him in with a one-out single to left field.
With the score tied 3-3, Moskey got things going again in the top of the fifth, with a one-out single to left field, which would be followed by a Marrero single.
With two outs in the inning, after both runners had advanced to scoring position via stolen base, freshman Colton Bender was able to lay down a bunt and beat it out for an RBI, with Marrero also coming home on a throwing error for a 5-3 lead.
Freshman Robert Lewis threw four complete innings, allowing four runs on six hits and picking up a pair of strikeouts on the day.
Senior Wyatt Hamilton worked well out of the pen, allowing no runs and allowing only two baserunners in two innings of work.
Rhode Island trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh, but loaded the bases with nobody out and was able to push three runners across to take the lead for good.
The game marked the 21st straight road contest for the Bobcats to start the season.