Hartford Comes Back to Edge QU Baseball 12-11

Thursday, April 5

West Hartford, Conn. / Fiondella Field

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

11-15

Hartford

7-17

Quinnipiac

HARTFORD

Brian Moskey slides in with a run after an RBI double from Liam Scafariello

4/5/2018 6:15:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - The Quinnipiac baseball team built a 9-3 lead by the fifth inning, but Hartford used a five-run eighth inning to complete the comeback and take a 12-11 win over the Bobcats on Thursday afternoon at Fiondella Field.

SCORE
Hartford 12 // Quinnipiac 11

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (11-15) // Hartford (7-17)

LOCATION
Fiondella Field // West Hartford, Conn.

NOTES

The Bobcats took a 9-3 lead after a four-run fifth, which was keyed by a two-run double from senior designated hitter Julius Saporito (2-for-3, 4 RBI).
Saporito's double made the score 8-3, and freshman second baseman Ian Ostberg followed with an RBI single to push the lead to 9-3.
Senior first baseman Ben Gibson drove in the first run of the fifth with an RBI double.
Hartford chipped away at the lead with a run in the fifth and three in the sixth to close to within 9-7.
The Bobcats scored two unearned runs on a two-out error in the top of the eighth to seemingly take control of the game at 11-7, but Hartford responded with five runs in the bottom half to earn the win. Bryce Walker capped off the rally with a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded.
Gibson lined out for the second out of the ninth, and senior catcher Anthony Cruz followed with a walk. Pinch-hitter Kyle Horton followed with a sharp grounder up the middle, but the Hawks were able to get the forceout at second base to end the game.
The Bobcats went ahead 3-1 in the top of the second when Saporito hit a two-run homer to break a 1-1 tie.
Cruz had an RBI double to tie the score and Saporito followed with his first round-tripper of the year.
Sophomore third baseman Evan Vulgamore had hits in his first three at-bats, giving him hits in six straight plate appearances. He finished the final Saint Peter's game on Saturday with homers in his last three at-bats. Vulgamore finished 3-for-5, while Saporito, Ostberg, sophomore left fielder Andre Marrero and junior center fielder Brian Moskey each had two hits.
Quinnipiac played its 26th straight road game to start the season, going 11-15 in those games.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Drew Farkas (3-0)

L: Hamilton, Wyatt (0-2)

S: Seth Pinkerton (5)

Quinnipiac

Batting:

2B: Scafariello, Liam 1 ; Vulgamore, Evan 1 ; Gibson, Ben 1 ; Cruz, Anthony 1 ; Saporito, Julius 1

3B: Marrero, Andre 1

HR: Saporito, Julius 1

RBI: Marrero, Andre 1 ; Moskey, Brian 2 ; Scafariello, Liam 1 ; Gibson, Ben 1 ; Cruz, Anthony 1 ; Saporito, Julius 4 ; Ostberg, Ian 1

SH: Lutz, Dylan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Marrero, Andre 1 ; Moskey, Brian 1 ; Vulgamore, Evan 2 ; Gibson, Ben 1 ; Cruz, Anthony 2 ; Saporito, Julius 2 ; Kasperzyk, Derek 1 ; Ostberg, Ian 1