QU's Comeback Attempt Falls Short in Loss at St. John's, 7-4

Sunday, March 27

Queens, NY

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

5-14

St. John's

9-15

Quinnipiac

St. John's

Anthony Ambrosino Pitching at ECU in NCAA Tournament

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

QU's Comeback Attempt Falls Short in Loss at St. John's, 7-4

3/27/2022 4:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

QUEENS, N.Y. – Ian Ostberg led the offense with two RBIs for the second consecutive contest, but it wasn't enough as the Quinnipiac baseball team fell on the road against St. John's, 7-4, Sunday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium.

With the loss the Bobcats fell to 5-14 on the season, while the Red Storm improved to 9-15 on the campaign with the loss.

SCORE
St. John's 7, QU 4

HOW IT HAPPENED
After St. John's tallied a run in the bottom of the first, the Bobcats responded in the top of the second with a run of their own, courtesy of a solo homer from Michael Kohn to knot the contest at 1-1.

With runners on the corners and two outs in the third inning, Ian Ostberg came through with an RBI double down the right field line to score Jared Zimbardo from third to give QU a 2-1 lead. However St. John's responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the frame to take a 3-2 lead.

After Quinnipiac tied the game in the fifth off a sac-fly RBI from Ostberg, the Red Storm mustered three runs in the fifth to pull ahead 6-3. The Bobcats cut the deficit to two in the seventh after Zimbardo reached on a one-out double before Keegan O'Connor lined an RBI single to right to bring him home, bringing the score to 6-4.

St. John's added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth to extend its lead to 7-4, before going on to hold on for the three-run victory.

NEWS AND NOTES

Kohn went 1-for-3 with a homer and an RBI
Kohn has homered in three of Quinnipiac's last four games
Zimbardo went 2-for-4 with two doubles, and two runs scored
Ostberg went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs
Carter Poiry (0-1) got the start and took the no-decision after allowing three runs in three innings of work
Ryan Hutchinson (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing three runs in 1.2 innings of work
Anthony Ambrosino allowed no earned runs in 3.1 innings of relief
He tallied five strikeouts in the outing

NEXT ON TAP

The Bobcats will be back in action on Tuesday, March 29 when they travel to take on Rhode Island in Kingston
First pitch is set for 3 p.m. from Bill Beck Field

For more information on the Quinnipiac baseball team, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter, @TheQBaseball, and Instagram, @bobcatsbsb.