Baseball Falls in Extra Innings at Siena, 5-4

Saturday, April 20

Loudonville, N.Y. / Connors Park

2:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

16-22, 0

Siena

11-24, 0

Quinnipiac

Siena

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

4/20/2019 7:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Bobcats Now 8-4 in MAAC Play, Sit Fourth in League Standings

By: QU Athletic Communications

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac baseball team fell in a hard fought battle Saturday afternoon as the Siena Saints scored the walk-off victory in the bottom of the 13^th inning of the 5-4 decision at Connors Park.

Despite the loss, the Bobcats had solid pitching throughout the day Saturday as three pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts, led by starting pitcher Chris Enns (Canton, Connecticut) with eight over seven innings. Colin Donnelly (Flemington, New Jersey) and Andrew Workman (Pound Ridge, New York) each struck out four batters but Workman was saddled with the hard luck loss as Siena scored the winning run in the 13^th on a fielding error.

Both teams got off to quick starts in the first inning as the Bobcats scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning before the Saints answered with three in the bottom half. The teams settled down as Quinnipiac added single runs in the fourth and sixth innings before Siena answered with the tying run in the bottom of the sixth.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, Siena 5 (13 Innings)

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (16-22, 8-4 MAAC) | Siena (11-24, 6-9 MAAC)

LOCATION
Connors Park | Loudonville, N.Y.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
FIRST INNING

Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ontario) walked to lead off Saturday's game and stole second base to move into scoring position.
Bender singled to left field to score Maves and give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
With two outs in the inning, Ian Ostberg (Northampton, Massachusetts) singled down the left field line to move Bender up to second base.
Bender came around to score on a fielding error by Siena's second baseman to make it 2-0 Quinnipiac.

FOURTH INNING

After Siena scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, Quinnipiac responded with a run in the top of the fourth to tie the game, 3-3
The Bobcats loaded the bases with walks to Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado), Liam Scafariello (Southington, Connecticut) and Brian Moskey (Higganum, Connecticut)
After Moskey's two-out walk, Lutz came home to score on a wild pitch that tied up the game

SIXTH INNING

Ostberg singled through the left side on the first pitch of the inning and stole second in the next at bat for Lutz
Lutz moved Ostberg up to third with a sacrifice bunt before Scafariello brought him home with an RBI single to right field to give the Bobcats a 4-3 lead.

NOTES

Quinnipiac's 13-inning game was its longest since also going 13 innings, but in a seven inning game, vs. Iona on April 16, 2016
Ostberg tied for the team-lead with two hits as he went 2 for 6 and scored a run
He also stole a base for his 14^th of the season and has hit safely in eight of the last nine games
Bender recorded an RBI single and scored a run as he has hit safely in three straight games
Scafariello reached base twice with an RBI single and a walk to give him 17 RBIs this season
Maves extended his hitting streak to five games with a pair of singles
He also scored a run to increase his total to 26 on the season, second on the team, and stole his team-leading 15^th base of the season
Enns pitched seven innings for the third time this season as he allowed run runs on six hits with an impressive eight strikeouts
He recorded at least one strikeout in every inning, and had a pair of strikeouts in the sixth
Donnelly was solid in 2.2 innings of relief of Enns as he scattered three hits as he tied his season-high with four strikeouts
Workman continues to be remarkable out of the bullpen as he pitched three innings of relief and struck out four batters, allowing just one unearned run in the hard-luck loss
He has allowed just one earned run in his past 23 innings pitched and owns an impressive 1.45 ERA.

UPCOMING GAME

The Bobcats have a pair of midweek games on the docket this week as Quinnipiac is set to host Hartford on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the QU Baseball Field before traveling to UMass on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. first pitch at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.