Tuesday, May 3
Kingston, RI
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
University of Rhode Island
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QU Heads to URI for Midweek Tuesday Matchup
5/2/2022 11:41:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (13-25, 4-8 MAAC) vs. Rhode Island Rams (14-29, 9-6 A-10)
Date: Tuesday, May 3
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Bill Beck Field
All-Time Series: 2-17 (Lost last meeting: 5-4, March 26, 2019)
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to action on Tuesday with a non-conference matchup on the road at URI. First pitch from Bill Beck Field is set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
Date: Tuesday, May 3
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Bill Beck Field
All-Time Series: 2-17 (Lost last meeting: 5-4, March 26, 2019)
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to action on Tuesday with a non-conference matchup on the road at URI. First pitch from Bill Beck Field is set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
- QU returns to action after taking two of three games this past weekend
- The Bobcats took the first two contests, 9-7 and 11-1, before falling in the finale, 11-8
- The Rams enter the contest at 14-29 on the season and 9-6 in Atlantic 10 contests
- URI is 7-8 in home contests
- The Rams are 6-4 in their last 10 games
- Addison Kopack boasts a .336 batting average, along with 11 homers and 40 RBIs on the season
- Anthony DePino contributes 13 homers and 26 RBIs on the campaign
- Tuesday's contest against URI will mark the 20th game between the two programs
- The Rams hold a 17-2 record over the Bobcats and held a 14-game winning streak spanning from 2001-2015
- The last time the two sides faced off, URI came away with a 5-4 win over QU at the QU Baseball Stadium on March 26, 2019
- Andre Marrero led the offense with two hits and two RBIs in the contest
- QU baseball head coach John Delaney announced a new team member, signing six-year-old Cameron Wilson through Team IMPACT in a press conference held in the Mount Carmel Campus Rec Center on Feb. 12
- He will participate in many activities with the baseball team over the next two years, including games, practices, and other team events
- Ian Ostberg made his return to the QU lineup on March 22 against Yale and is batting .326 with four homers, eight doubles and 24 RBIs in 23 games
- Over his last 13 games, Ostberg is batting .333 with four homers, three doubles and 15 RBIs
- He went 2-for-4 against Hartford on April 12, adding a double, two walks and three RBI's in the walk-off victory over the Hawks
- He followed with a solo homer in the opening game of the weekend series vs. Monmouth on April 14
- Ostberg went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs in Quinnipiac's win over the Hawks on April 15
- He closed the series with a three-hit performance in the series finale, driving in two runs in the process
- Kyle Maves is batting .262 on the season with 38 hits, 35 runs scored, seven doubles and three triples
- He leads the team in runs scored (35), walks (27), steals (19) and triples (3)
- Maves is tied for fourth on the team in hits (38)
- Jared Zimbardo returned to Hamden for his sophomore campaign and has been lighting it up at the plate
- Boasting a .299 batting average, Zimbardo has notched 38 hits on the campaign
- In his last 13 games, Zimbardo has tallied 13 hits, including four homers and 11 RBIs
- Zimbardo tallied three hits and hit a walk-off single to lead the Bobcats past Bryant in extra innings on April 27
- Michael Kohn has erupted at the plate over his last 12 games
- In his last 12 games, Kohn has tallied 11 hits, including four homers and 12 RBIs
- Kohn homered in three consecutive games played during the stretch
- Kohn blasted a three-run homer in Quinnipiac's 8-5 victory over St. John's on March 25
- Kohn's seven homers on the season ranks second on the team
- A transfer from SUNY Cortland, Anthony Donofrio took no time at all to adjust to find his fit in the Bobcats' lineup
- Donofrio is batting .305, boasting 40 hits and 27 runs scored on the season as well
- Donofrio is betting .346 over his last 13 games
- In the opening weekend at Saint Joseph's, Donofrio batted .462 with six hits, five RBIs and two stolen bases
- In just his second game in a Bobcats' uniform, Donofrio went 4-for-4 from the plate with two runs scored vs. Saint Joseph's on Feb. 19
- He followed that performance with two hits and four RBIs in an 18-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 20
- Donofrio went 4-for-5 against Monmouth on April 16
- Danny Melnick boasts a .346 batting average on the season
- Melnick leads the team in batting average (.346), hits (44), doubles (14), homers (8) and RBIs (25)
- Over his last 13 games Melnick is batting .481 (25-for-52) with 21 runs scored, eight doubles, five homers and 11 RBIs
- Melnick led the offense in the opening series at Saint Joseph's, batting .600 with six hits, four runs scored and four RBIs in just two games played
- Melnick went 3-for-5 with a double, a run scored and two RBI against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 19
- He followed that performance with three hits, a homer, three runs scored and four RBIs in an 18-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 20
- Melnick posted two doubles, two RBIs and five runs scored in a 9-8 win over Hartford in 11 innings on April 12
- Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
- Garcia is 4-6 on the season and boasts 69 strikeouts in 57.1 innings pitched
- Garcia has earned a win in four of his last nine starts, with his most recent win coming in a 5-2 victory over Canisius
- In the start, Garcia struck out nine and allowed just one earned run in the victory
- Prior to that, he earned a win in QU's 8-4 victory over St. John's on March 25
- In that contest he tossed six scoreless innings and struck out five en route to his third win of the season
- Garcia earned a win in QU's 6-5 victory over George Mason on March 11
- He logged seven innings and struck out 10 in the start
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, May 6 when QU travels to take on Saint Peter's to open its three-game road series
- First pitch is set for 3 p.m. from Jaroschak Field
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