Bats Propel Baseball to 12-8 Win Over Yale

Tuesday, April 16

Hamden, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

15-19

Yale

11-21

Yale

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

4/16/2019 7:54:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Bobcats Earn First Home Win vs. Bulldogs Since 2006

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ontario) reached base in all five plate appearances, scoring four times, and Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) had three hits including his first home run of the season Wednesday as the Quinnipiac baseball team overcame an early deficit to beat Yale, 12-8.

The Bobcats trailed 5-0 after the first inning-and-a-half but were unphased as they scored eight unanswered runs in three innings to take an 8-5 lead.

Reliver Matthew Draper (Lowell, Massachusetts) played a key role in the comeback as he settled in on the mound in four innings of work, including striking out the side in the third inning. Quinnipiac's bullpen allowed just one earned in 7.1 innings of work Wednesday.

After Yale tied the game in the top of the sixth inning, Quinnipiac answered once again in the bottom half to take the lead for good before adding three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take a 12-8 lead. The Bulldogs drew a lead-off walk in the ninth inning, but Cole Shelton lined into a double play to Ian Ostberg (Northampton, Massachusetts) to end any ninth inning threat before Andrew Workman (Pound Ridge, New York) struck out the final batter of the game for his fourth save.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 12, Yale 8

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (15-19) | Yale (11-21)

LOCATION
QU Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
SECOND INNING

After five runs for Yale in the first two innings, the Bobcats answered back with two in the bottom of the second inning
Ostberg singled to left field and moved up to second on a single to left from Lutz
Michael Kohn (Rockville, Maryland) ripped a single to right centerfield that scored Ostberg and moved Lutz up to third base
One pitch later, Derek Kasperzyk (Killingworth, Connecticut) laid down a safety squeeze to score Lutz from third

THIRD INNING

Maves led off the inning with his first of two doubles in the game and later advanced to third on a single from Bender up the middle with one out
Maves came home to score on a wild pitch that moved Bender up to second base
Bender then came home to score on a double down the left field line from Marrero to pull the Bobcats within a run
Marrero moved up to third on a groundout from Ostberg before scoring on a passed ball by Yale
On a full count, Lutz ripped his first home run of the season to take a 6-5 lead

FOURTH INNING

The Bobcats tacked on two more runs to take an 8-5 lead in the bottom of the inning
Kasperzyk led off the inning with a double down the right field line and moved up to third on a Kevin Huscher (Middleboro, Massachusetts) sacrifice bunt before scoring on a wild pitch
Maves drew his first walk of the game and advanced to second on a wild pitch
Bender followed up with another RBI as he singled to score Maves

SIXTH INNING

Yale tied the game in the top of the sixth inning but Quinnipiac took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth with a 9-8 lead
Maves doubled to deep left centerfield for his second of the game
In the next at bat, Maves moved up to third on a Vulgamore groundout but came home to score as the Yale first baseman tried to throw out Maves at third base but threw the ball away

EIGHTH INNING

The Bobcats added three key insurance runs in the eighth inning
Kohn reached on a fielding error and was pinch-run for by Anthony Cruz (Burlington, Massachusetts)
Pinch-hitter Brian Moskey (Higganum, Connecticut) sacrificed Cruz to second to put a runner in scoring position
After an out and a Maves intentional walk, Vulgamore blasted a double to the centerfield wall that scored both runners and gained a three-run lead
Bender then poked a single through the right side of the infield and Vulgamore slid around a tag at the plate to give the Bobcats a 12-8 lead

NOTES

Quinnipiac's win vs. Yale was its first in Hamden since April 6, 2006
Every starting position player had at least one hit in the victory
Maves reached base in all five plate appearances as he recorded three hits and a pair of walks in addition to scoring a single-game career-high four runs
His three-hit game was his second of the season while he drew a pair of walks for the fourth time
Lutz tallied his first three-hit game of the season, including his first home run of the season
He is now the ninth different Bobcat with a home run this season
Bender recorded a trio of hits for his second straight multi-hit game and drove in two RBIs in the victory
He also caught a runner stealing third base for his seventh caught runner of the season
Vulgamore had a key eighth inning double to extend his hitting streak to seven games in addition to his seven-game RBI streak
His double was his 12^th of the season, good for a career-high
Ostberg now has a hit in five straight games as he recorded his second straight multi-hit game as well as second straight game with a double and a run scored
Workman pitched 1.1 innings to earn his fourth save of the season in addition to extending his streak of innings without allowing an earned run to 22 innings in his last 12 appearances
Draper was stellar out of the bullpen as he pitched a career-high four innings and tied his career-high with three strikeouts as he stuck out the side in the third inning
Donnelly picked up another strikeout in 1.1 innings of work in relief of Draper