Bobcats Erupt for 11 Runs in Game Two Win Over Siena

Friday, April 9

Hamden, Conn.

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

2-13, 2-13

Siena

4-9, 4-9

Siena

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

Bobcats Erupt for 11 Runs in Game Two Win Over Siena

4/9/2021 9:05:00 PM | Baseball

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Baseball Scores 17 Runs in Doubleheader Split with Saints Friday

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Andre Marrero (West Springfield, Massachusetts) and Ian Ostberg (Northampton, Massachusetts) each hit a home run and had four hits Friday afternoon to lead Quinnipiac baseball to an 11-1 victory in Game Two and split Friday's doubleheader with the Siena Saints.

Quinnipiac snapped a seven-game losing streak with its win in Game Two as the bats came alive.

After scoring six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of game one's doubleheader, trying to come back from a 10-0 deficit to the Saints, the Bobcats torched Siena for 11 runs in the second game.

Marrero set the tone early with a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the first inning before the floodgates opened in the second. Two runs scored on a Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) infield single before Lutz came around to score on a Marrero single and centerfielder fielder error.

Ostberg then brought Marrero home to score on a single to right field and Colton Bender (Lebanon, Connecticut) drove home Ostberg with a double off the centerfield wall.

Marrero singled and Danny Melnick (Hamilton, New Jersey) came around to score on a throwing error from the centerfielder before Ostberg launched a home run deep to right field to make it a 10-0 game in game two.

Michael Kohn (Rockville, Maryland) finished the game in the bottom of the eighth inning when he came home to score on a wild pitch.

Both Quinnipiac starters had excellent starts in Friday's doubleheader, highlighted by Kevin Seitter (Ridgewood, New Jersey) pitching a career-high seven innings and striking out 11 batters. He did not allow a hit until there were two outs in the fifth inning, and allowed just one run on three hits in the entire game.

Brandyn Garcia (Granby, Connecticut) struck out nine batters in game one for the Bobcats in five innings of work, but took the loss allowing four runs on eight hits.

SCORE (GAME 1)
Quinnipiac 6, Siena 10

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (2-13) | Siena (4-9)

LOCATION
Bobcat Field | Hamden, Conn.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
SEVENTH INNING

Trailing 10-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Bender doubled off the right centerfield fence before Sebastian Mueller (Pottersville, New Jersey) followed with a double of his own off the right center field fence to score Bender and get on the board.
After a four-pitch walk to Kohn, Sam LaChance (Dover, New Hampshire) pulled a double to left centerfield that score Mueller and with runners on second and third, Jared Zimbardo (Middlesex, New Jersey) doubled to left centerfield to score Kohn.
With runners on second and third again, Ostberg singled up the middle to score both Zimbardo and LaChance, while a fielding error by the centerfielder allowed Ostberg to go all the way to third where he later scored on a sacrifice fly from Marrero.

SCORE (GAME 2)
Quinnipiac 11, Siena 1

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (3-13) | Siena (4-10)

LOCATION
Bobcat Field | Hamden, Conn.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
FIRST INNING

Marrero carried the momentum over from the end of game one and launched the fourth pitch of the game over the right field fence to take a 1-0 lead on his fourth home run of the season.

SECOND INNING

Kohn and LaChance each walked to lead off the second inning and moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Melnick.
Lutz reached on an infield single to first that scored Kohn, and LaChance came around to score from second on the throw back to the bag to make it 3-0.
Marrero singled to center field but the ball bounced passed the fielder, allowing Lutz to score from first and Marrero to make his way up to third.
Ostberg followed with a single to right field to score Marrero and take a 5-0 lead.
After stealing first and an Evan Vulgamore (Bow, New Hampshire) hit by pitch, Bender doubled off the centerfield fence to score Ostberg and make it 6-0.

THIRD INNING

Melnick singled down the third base line with one out in the inning and moved up to second on a Lutz single through the right side.
Marrero dropped a bloop single into shallow centerfield that would have loaded the bases, but an errant throw allowed Melnick to score and everyone else to move into scoring position.
On the very next pitch, Ostberg launched his first home run of the season deep over the right field wall to take a 10-0 lead over Siena.

EIGHTH INNING

Kohn singled to right field and moved up to second on a Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ontario) bunt single.
After Melnick walked, Kohn came home to score on a wild pitch that ended the game due to the 10-run mercy rule after the seventh inning.

NOTES

Seitter was on fire in the best start of his career as he struck out a career-high 11 batters and pitched a career-high seven innings.
He did not allow a hit in game two until the fifth inning, and allowed just one run on three hits to earn his first career win.
Marrero went 4 for 5 in game to record his third career four-hit game and first since May 17, 2019, against Manhattan
He hit his fourth home run of the season and came around to score three runs in game two, and had two RBIs in the doubleheader
Marrero moved into a tie for 10^th in Division I program history with Mickey Amanti '11 with 119 runs scored
Ostberg had four hits in the doubleheader and launched his first home run of the season
His three-hit game in game two was his second of the season while his four-RBIs was his most in a game since April 7, 2019.
Bender also had four hits in the doubleheader as he went a combined 4 for 7, picking up a single, double and run scored in game one and single, double, walk and RBI in game two.
He now has three straight two-hit games, and 17 hits on the season for a .321 batting average to go with 10 runs and 10 RBIs.
Mueller extended his hitting streak to four games in game one as he went 2 for 3 with another double, RBI and run scored before he was held hitless in game two.
Lutz also picked up another two-hit game for the Bobcats along with a run and RBI in game two.
Melnick record his second career multi-hit game with a pair of singles in game two, along with a pair of walks, and scored a run.
Despite taking the loss in game one, Garcia struck out a career-high nine batters as he pitched into the sixth inning for the third time this season.
He now leads the MAAC with 27 strikeouts

UPCOMING GAMES

The Bobcats and Saints will meet for another doubleheader Saturday beginning at 12 p.m. at Bobcat Field with all the action streaming on gobobcats.com.
For more information on Quinnipiac baseball, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @TheQBaseball.