Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Rider

Saturday, March 27

Lawrenceville, N.J. / Sonny Pittaro Field

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-6, 1-6

Rider

6-1, 6-1

Quinnipiac

Rider

3/27/2021 8:47:00 PM | Baseball

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Jimmy Hagen Pitches 6.1 Scoreless Innings in Game Two Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Quinnipiac baseball team split Saturday's doubleheader with Rider in New Jersey. The Broncs took the first game, 12-6, but the Bobcats answered back and took game two, 8-5.

Evan Vulgamore (Bow, New Hampshire) extended his hitting streak to 11 games as he went 2-for-3 in game one, but the streak was broken as he went hitless in the second game.

Michael Kohn (Rockville, Maryland) had a strong day at the plate as he went 1-for-3 in game one. He recorded two RBI's and worked a walk in the doubleheader opener. In the second game, Kohn went 3-for-5 including a ninth inning homer. In total, he had one RBI and came across to score twice in the Bobcats victory. His three hits is a new career high.

Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) also recorded three hits in the second game for the Bobcats. The graduate student had a home run and drove home four runs to lead Quinnipiac offensively.

Coming in in relief, Jimmy Hagen (Westfield, Massachusetts) was phenomenal for the Bobcats in their game two win. The sophomore pitched 6.1 innings of scoreless ball, picking up the first win of his career and only giving up five hits, walking one and striking out three.

The Bobcats trailed, 5-2 after three innings in the second game but got one run in the fourth and plated four in the sixth to take the lead, 7-5. Kohn's ninth inning home run gave the Bobcats an insurance run in the ninth.

In game one, the Bobcats tied the game at five after scoring three runs in the top of the third. The Broncs answered back with one of their own in the bottom half of the inning, and then Quinnipiac tied it up again with one run in the top of the fourth. After that Rider scored three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to take the win in the first game.

SCORE (GAME 1)
Quinnipiac 6, Rider 12

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-6) | Rider (6-1)

LOCATION
Sonny Pittaro Field | Lawrenceville, N.J.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
SECOND INNING

Vulgamore led off the inning with a single.
Ian Ostberg followed that off with a single of his own. Vulgamore advanced to third on a throwing error.
Sam LaChance laid down a squeeze bunt, scoring Vulgamore.
Kohn stepped up the plate and had an RBI groundout to tie the game at two.

THIRD INNING

Lutz earned a leadoff walk.
Andre Marrero homered to left field to cut the Rider lead to 5-4.
The Bobcats eventually loaded the bases, and Kohn drew a bases loaded walk to bring home Colton Bender to tie the game at five.

FOURTH INNING

With one man down, Lutz walked. Andre Marrero stepped up and singled, advancing Lutz to third.
After a Rider pitching change, Bender singled to score Lutz to tie the game at six.

SCORE (GAME 2)
Quinnipiac 8, Rider 5

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (2-6) | Rider (6-2)

LOCATION
Sonny Pittaro Field | Lawrenceville, N.J.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
SECOND INNING

With two outs, McGwire Tuffy walked. Lutz stepped up and homered over the right field wall to give Quinnipiac an early 2-0 lead.

FOURTH INNING

Sebastian Mueller hit a single through the left side. Tuffy then singled, advancing Mueller to third.
Lutz picked up his third RBI of the day as he singled scoring Mueller to cut the Rider lead to 5-3.

SIXTH INNING

Kohn singled to center field. LaChance then doubled down the left field line, advancing Kohn to third.
Tuffy reached on a fielding error, and Kohn scored to bring the Bobcats within one, 5-4.
Lutz then laid down a bunt and LaChance scored to tie the game at five.
Marrero then singled to right field, scoring Tuffy to give Quinnipiac the lead, 6-5.
Marrero advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt. Bender hit a single through the left side to score Marrero, giving the Bobcats a 7-5 lead.

NINTH INNING

Kohn hit a homer to right centerfield to give the Bobcats an insurance run, leading 8-5.

NOTES

Kohn finished the four game series with seven hits, having three on Friday and four on Saturday.
Marrero had three hits and three RBI's in the doubleheader.
Lutz recorded four RBI's in a game for the first time since March 31, 2018 against Saint Peter's.
Kohn set a new career high with three hits in game two of the doubleheader. His previous career high in a single game was two.
Hagen's 6.1 innings in game two was the longest outing of his career. His longest outing prior to today was 3.2 innings this season against Monmouth.
Tuffy recorded his first career hit and RBI in game two of the doubleheader.

UPCOMING GAMES

The Bobcats head to Niagara for four games on April 2 and 3. Both doubleheaders are scheduled to being at 12 p.m.
For more information on Quinnipiac baseball, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @TheQBaseball.