Quinnipiac University
1-2
Saint Joseph's
2-1
Bobcats' Offense Explodes for 18 runs in Win Over Saint Joseph's
2/20/2022 5:18:00 PM | Baseball
Donofrio and Melnick led the way with four RBIs apiece, while Kyle Maves and Sam LaChance added two RBI apiece as well in the victory.
The Bobcats improved to 1-2 on the 2022 campaign with the win, while the Hawks fell to 2-1 with the loss.
SCORE
Quinnipiac 18, Saint Joseph's 8
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-2) | Saint Joseph's (2-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bobcats struck first for four runs in the opening frame, all with two outs in the inning. With one out in the inning, Kyle Maves drilled a double to right and stole third during the following at-bat. With two outs in the frame, Keegan O'Connor singled to the left side to put the Bobcats ahead 1-0. After McGwire Tuffy was hit by a pitch, Sam LaChance lined a two-run double to right to extend the Bobcats' lead to 3-0. Danny Melnick immediately followed with an RBI single to wrap the four-run frame for Quinnipiac.
The Hawks responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, however, Maves hit an RBI sac-fly to center to give the Bobcats a 5-1 lead. After Saint Joseph's posted three runs in the second, QU responded with four of its own in the third. With the bases loaded, Tuffy and LaChance scored on back-to-back wild pitches to give QU a 7-4 lead. Julian Uejima followed by reaching on a fielder's choice, allowing Melnick to score to increase the Bobcats' lead to four. Sebastian Mueller stepped to the plate and lined an RBI single to right to give QU a 9-4 advantage.
With Quinnipiac leading 9-5 entering the fourth, Melnick pushed the lead to 12-5 behind his three-run homer to left. Tuffy launched his own solo shot in the sixth to extend the Bobcat lead to 13-7 before QU eventually held on for the 18-8 victory.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Donofrio went 2-for-6 with a double four RBIs
- Melnick went 3-for-5 with a homer, four RBIs and three runs scored
- Maves went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs
- LaChance went 2-for-4 with four runs scored and two RBI
- McGwire tallied three hits of his own, including a solo homer and four runs scored
- Tate Copeland got the start and took a no-decision after giving up four earned runs and striking out five in two innings of action
- Jimmy Hagan earned the victory after tossing two innings of relief, allowing just two runs
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 25 when they open a three-game series on the road against No. 10 NC State
- Friday's game is set for a 3 p.m. start, with Saturday and Sunday's contests beginning at noon each day
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hagan, Jimmy (1-0)
L: BASARAB, Ryan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Donofrio, Anthony 1 ; Maves, Kyle 1 ; LaChance, Sam 1
HR: Tuffy, McGwire 1 ; Melnick, Danny 1
RBI: Donofrio, Anthony 4 ; Maves, Kyle 1 ; DeRosa, Matt 1 ; Mueller, Sebastian 1 ; O'Connor, Keegan 1 ; Tuffy, McGwire 1 ; LaChance, Sam 2 ; Melnick, Danny 4 ; Uejima, Julian 1
SF: Maves, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Maves, Kyle 1 ; O'Connor, Keegan 1 ; Tuffy, McGwire 4 ; LaChance, Sam 4 ; Melnick, Danny 3 ; McDermott, Andrew 2 ; Uejima, Julian 3
SB: Maves, Kyle 1 ; Mueller, Sebastian 1 ; McDermott, Andrew 1
HBP: Mueller, Sebastian 2 ; Tuffy, McGwire 1 ; Uejima, Julian 1
Batting:
2B: COSSETTI, Andrew 1 ; TRIGIANI, Luca 2
HR: THOMAS, Nate 1 ; CAVANAUGH, Tim 1
RBI: COSSETTI, Andrew 2 ; THOMAS, Nate 1 ; HUETH, Brendan 2 ; DRAPEAU, Brandon 1 ; KOKOL, Paul 1 ; CAVANAUGH, Tim 1
SF: KOKOL, Paul 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CALLAHAN, Brett 2 ; COSSETTI, Andrew 1 ; ARTZ, Jake 1 ; THOMAS, Nate 2 ; CAVANAUGH, Tim 1 ; TRIGIANI, Luca 1
SB: CALLAHAN, Brett 2
HBP: THOMAS, Nate 2 ; DRAPEAU, Brandon 1
