Baseball Comes Up Short in Extra Inning Pitchers' Duel, 1-0

Friday, February 21

Harrisonburg, Va. / Veterans Memorial Park

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-4

James Madison

2-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Quinnipiac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
James Madison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

Baseball Comes Up Short in Extra Inning Pitchers' Duel, 1-0

2/21/2020 7:52:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Nicolosi Pitches Seven Shutout Innings, Seaburg Records First Career Three-Hit Game

By: QU Athletic Communications

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Quinnipiac baseball was dealt a hard luck loss Friday afternoon as the Bobcats dropped its series-opener at James Madison in 10 innings, 1-0, as the Dukes walked off after nine-and-a-half scoreless innings of baseball.

The pitching staffs for both teams were dominant all game long as the Bobcats' pitchers had scattered five hits through nine innings while the Dukes scattered six. Braydon Seaburg (Stratford, Connecticut) was the lone offensive bright spot for the Bobcats as he recorded three of the six hits Friday for the first hits of his collegiate career.

Christian Nicolosi (Stony Point, New York) was stellar in his second start of the season as he pitched seven scoreless innings in the longest start of his career as he scattered four hits and struck out five batters.

Nicolosi escaped two jams in the first two innings without allowing a run, starting in the first as he got Josh Jones to ground into a double play to Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ontario) at second to end the inning.

In the second inning, Nicolosi hit a pair of batters to open the inning and they moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt with one out but Nicolosi got the next two batters to ground out and strand the baserunners.

Quinnipiac had one of its best scoring chances in the top of the sixth inning as Seaburg reached on a fielding error and advanced to third on an Andre Marrero (West Springfield, Massachusetts) single to center field. Marrero stole second to put two runners in scoring position but the Bobcats couldn't bring them home.

James Madison brought home the game's lone run with two outs in the bottom of the 10^th inning as Nick Zona reached on a slow chopper to second base and Chase DeLauter drove him home with a single to left centerfield off Connor Mahoney (North Salem, New York).

SCORE
Quinnipiac 0, James Madison 1 (10 Innings)

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-4) | James Madison (2-3)

LOCATION
Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park | Harrisonburg, Va.

NOTES

Nicolosi struck out five batters for the second straight start as he pitched a career-high seven innings in his longest scoreless start of his career.
He lowered his ERA to 0.79 on the season and has allowed just eight total hits.
Mahoney was dominant in relief despite taking the loss as DeLauter's single was the only hard-hit ball off the lefthander.
Mahoney pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief and recorded three strikeouts as part of a stretch where he retired the first eight batters he faced.
He now has five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings this season in two appearances.
Seaburg was stellar at the plate Friday afternoon as he went 3 for 4 with three singles and reached base in all four plate appearances as he reached on an error in his lone hit.
Seaburg recorded his first career hit with an infield single in the third inning and Friday was his first career three-hit game.
Evan Vulgamore (Bow, New Hampshire) also reached base safely three times as he singled and walked twice.
Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) recorded his first extra-base hit of the season with a double.
Marrero singled while his stolen base was his second of the season.

UPCOMING GAMES

Originally scheduled for a doubleheader Saturday, Quinnipiac and James Madison will now play a single game with first pitch set for 1 p.m.
Arthur Correira (0-1) is slated to pitch for the Bobcats against Justin Showalter (1-0, 2.25 ERA)
For more information on Quinnipiac baseball, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @TheQBaseball.