Bender Tallies Pair of Hits, Baseball Comes Up Short at UTSA

Sunday, February 16

San Antonio, Texas / Roadrunner Field

11:00 AM ET / 10:00 AM CT

Quinnipiac University

0-3

UTSA

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Quinnipiac

UTSA Roadrunners

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

Bender Tallies Pair of Hits, Baseball Comes Up Short at UTSA

2/16/2020 2:12:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Baseball Drops Final Game of Three-Game Series in San Antonio, 13-3

By: QU Athletic Communications

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Colton Bender (Lebanon, Connecticut) went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles, a run and an RBI but the Quinnipiac baseball team came up short for the third straight game in a 13-3 loss in seven innings at UTSA Sunday.

Quinnipiac put up a fight early, pulling within a run to cut into UTSA's early 3-0 lead after the first inning but the Roadrunners bats could not be silenced as they scored 10 runs in the first three innings.

Bender scored on a sacrifice fly before Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) scored on an errant throw back to the pitcher in the second but the Bobcats could not put another run across until Bender's RBI single scored Andre Marrero (West Springfield, Massachusetts) in the sixth inning.

Dakota Herman (Oxnard, California) provided two scoreless innings of relief in his Quinnipiac debut but the Bobcats could no capitalize before three unearned runs scored in the bottom of the sixth for the Roadrunners.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, UTSA 13

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-3) | UTSA (3-0)

LOCATION
Roadrunner Field | San Antonio, Texas

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
SECOND INNING

Bender reached on a throwing error by the UTSA shortstop on the first pitch he saw and moved up to second base on a single down the right field line from Lutz
Kyle Horton (Monroe, Connecticut) laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to advance both runners into scoring position before Michael Kohn (Rockville, Maryland) lifted a sacrifice fly to left centerfield to score Bender and advance Lutz
During the next at-bat, UTSA's catcher had an errant throw back to the pitcher which allowed Lutz to score and pull the Bobcats within a run, 3-2

SIXTH INNING

Marrero led off with a single on a 1-0 count and stole second to put himself into scoring position
With two outs in the inning, Bender singled to left field to score Marrero and cut the Roadrunners lead to seven.
After back-to-back walks to Lutz and Horton loaded the bases, UTSA changed pitchers to get out of the inning.

NOTES

Bender recorded his first two-hit game of the season with his first pair of hits
He also scored a run and drove in his first RBI
Marrero singled, stole a base and scored a run for the first time this season and has now reached base three times after a pair of walks in the season-opener
Lutz reached base twice once again as he singled, walked and scored a run Sunday
He has drawn a walk in three straight games
Kohn also picked up his first RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly
Herman struck out a batter in two scoreless inning in his first appearance as a Bobcats
Kevin Seitter (Ridgewood, New Jersey) made his collegiate debut with an inning pitched in the sixth

UPCOMING GAMES

Quinnipiac travels to Harrisonburg, Virginia, next weekend for a four-game series at James Madison
The Bobcats and Dukes kick off the series Friday at 3 p.m. followed by a doubleheader beginning at Noon on Saturday and the series finale set for 1 p.m. next Sunday.
For more information on Quinnipiac baseball, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @TheQBaseball.