Vulgamore Homers, Baseball Falls to Bryant in Midweek Action

Wednesday, April 17

Hamden, Conn.

3:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

15-20

Bryant

25-12

Bryant

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

Vulgamore Homers, Baseball Falls to Bryant in Midweek Action

4/17/2019 7:50:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Bobcats Drop Wednesday's Game, 14-5, Return to MAAC Play on Friday

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Evan Vulgamore (Bow, New Hampshire) hit a first-inning home run to take an early lead but the Quinnipiac baseball team could not keep up with the Bryant Bulldogs Wednesday with a 14-5 loss in non-conference play.

Vulgamore's home run extended his hitting streak and games with an RBI streak to eight games, with the latter good for the longest on the team this season while the former is the third longest for the Bobcats.

Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ontario) led off the game with a bunt single, his first of three hits in the game and came home to score on the Vulgamore two-run blast that gave the Bobcats a 2-1 lead over the Bulldogs.

Bryant scored nine runs in the first four innings but Quinnipiac remained in striking distance for much of the game as Blake DeCarr (Foxboro, Massachusetts) settled things down until the beginning of the eighth inning. He struck out eight batters in 4.2 innings pitched despite the Bulldogs really pulling away in the eighth inning.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 5, Bryant 14

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (15-20) | Bryant (25-12)

LOCATION
QU Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
FIRST INNING

Maves reached on a bunt single to lead off the game and moved up to second base on a throwing error by the Bryant starting pitcher.
The error did not matter; however, as Vulgamore followed with a home run to deep left centerfield to take a 2-1 lead.

THIRD INNING

The Bobcats stopped a stretch of three straight runs from the Bulldogs to cut their lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the third.
Maves reached on an infield single and advanced to second as Vulgamore was hit by a pitch.
After a wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, Bender lifted a sacrifice fly down the right field line that easily scored Maves from third.

FOURTH INNING

Bryant scored five runs in the top of the inning before Quinnipiac got one back in the bottom half
Ian Ostberg (Northampton, Massachusetts) singled up the middle to lead off the inning and went first-to-third on a single through the right side from Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado)
Anthony Cruz (Burlington, Massachusetts) laid down a safety squeeze that scored Ostberg to cut the Bryant lead to 9-4.

SIXTH INNING

The Bulldogs added another run in the top of the sixth before the Bobcats answered in the bottom half to make it 10-5.
Andre Marrero (West Springfield, Massachusetts) led off the inning with a double to left centerfield and advanced to third on a groundout from Ostberg
Lutz drilled a ball up the middle that was snagged by Bryant's shortstop Jimmy Titus, but Lutz reached safely on the infield single that scored Marrero.

NOTES

Vulgamore's home run was his fourth of the season as he extended his hit streak to eight games, tied for the second-longest hitting streak of his career after a 12-game hitting streak to open the 2018 season
He also has an RBI in eight straight games, the longest streak of his career
Maves went 3 for 4 for his second straight three hit game as he tallied all singles for the Bobcats
He also came home to score a pair of runs to give him eight runs scored in the last three games
After recording 3 straight hits to start the game, Maves had reached base safely in eight consecutive plate appearances dating back to the start of Tuesday's game vs. Yale
Marrero doubled for the fifth time this season and came around to score his 27^th run, good for the most on the team
Lutz also tallied multiple hits for a second straight game as he went 2 for 4 with a pair of singles and drove in an RBI
He now has seven games with two or more hits this season
DeCarr was solid out of the bullpen for much of his relief appearance, striking out a career-high eight batters in his 4.2 innings
He struck out two batters each in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings

UPCOMING GAME

The Bobcats are scheduled to return to MAAC play this weekend with a three-game series in Loudonville, New York, against the Siena Saints
First pitch of Friday's doubleheader is scheduled for 12 p.m. before the two teams will play a single game on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.