Baseball Downs #10 ECU, 5-4, for First NCAA Tournament Win

Saturday, June 1

Greenville, N.C. / Clark-LeClair Stadium

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

30-27

East Carolina

43-16

Quinnipiac

ECU

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

Baseball Downs #10 ECU, 5-4, for First NCAA Tournament Win

6/1/2019 9:29:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Scafariello Blasts Go-Ahead Two-Run Home Run in Top of the Seventh Inning

By: QU Athletic Communications

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – Liam Scafariello (Southington, Connecticut) drilled a no-doubt, two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Quinnipiac baseball team downed the No. 10 ECU Pirates, 5-4, Saturday night at Clark-LeClair Field.

The Bobcats' victory over the Pirates was their first-ever in the NCAA Tournament as they advanced on the winner's side of the bracket to face the regional's No. 3 seed Campbell Sunday at 4 p.m. Quinnipiac also set a program record for wins in a season as it earned its 30^th victory.

Scafariello went 1 for 3 with his clutch two-run home run in the seventh inning, just one inning after throwing ECU's potential go-ahead run at the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Evan Vulgamore (Bow, New Hampshire) went 2 for 3 with a first-inning home run and a triple to aid in the Bobcats offensive output and now has a team-high 53 RBIs this season.

Chris Enns (Canton, Connecticut) was spectacular on the mound for the Bobcats as he struck out six batters over 6 2/3 innings. After allowing two unearned runs in the bottom of the first inning, Enns settled in to shut down the Pirates before handing off the ball to Colin Donnelly (Flemington, New Jersey) from the bullpen to close it out.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 5, #10 ECU 4

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (30-27) | ECU (43-16)

LOCATION
Clark-LeClair Stadium | GREENVILLE, N.C.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
FIRST INNING

Andre Marrero doubled down the left field line on a full count with one out in the first inning and advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Ian Ostberg (Northampton, Massachusetts) grounded out to first base on a full count the next at-bat and scored Marrero from third to take a 1-0 lead.
In another three-ball count, Vulgamore blasted a home run deep to left field for an early 2-0 lead.

SECOND INNING

After ECU responded with two runs in the bottom of the first, the Bobcats answered right back with another in the top of the second to take a 3-2 lead.
Kevin Huscher (Middleboro, Massachusetts) led off the inning with a double and moved up to third on an Anthony Cruz (Burlington, Massachusetts) bunt single.
Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) pulled a double down the right field line to score Huscher and regain the lead.

SEVENTH INNING

Cruz led off the inning with a five-pitch walk to give the Bobcats a runner on base.
With a 3-0 count, Scafariello drilled a two-run home run into the parking lot well beyond the left field fence to take a 5-3 lead.

NOTES

The Bobcats earned their first NCAA Tournament victory in program history in just their second appearance.
Quinnipiac's NCAA Tournament win was just the 11^th in MAAC history and first since Siena beat Dallas Baptist in 2014.
Quinnipiac set the program record for wins in a season with its 30^th victory
The Bobcats have now won eight straight games
Enns picked up his seventh win of the season and allowed just one earned run in the victory to lower his ERA to 3.47.
He now has 77 strikeouts on the season, the fifth-most in a single-season in Division I program history and ninth-most all-time
Scafariello blasted his 14^th home run of the season, tied for the sixth-most in a single-season in program history
Vulgamore hit his ninth home run of the season, good for the 20^th of his career, and blasted a triple for a pair of extra-base hits
He also picked up an RBI to give him 53 on the season, the most on the team
All nine hitters in the Bobcats lineup had a base hit as the Bobcats outhit the Pirates, 10-9, in the win
Donnelly earned his first save of the season as he pitched 2 1/3 innings for the Bobcats and struck out three batters
His appearance was his 28^th of the season, the most by a pitcher in program history

UPCOMING GAME

The Bobcats will be the visiting team Sunday afternoon as they face the No. 3 regional seed Campbell in the winner's bracket.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Field.