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Bobcats Open Series at Rider With 10-4 Win
3/14/2025 10:12:00 PM | Baseball
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The bats were hot for the Quinnipiac Bobcats as they defeated the Rider Broncs 10-4 in the opening game of the series on Friday, March 14th at Sonny Pittaro Field.
SCORE
Quinnipiac 10, Rider 4
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (9-6-1, 4-0 MAAC) | Rider (8-4, 3-1 MAAC)
Winning Pitcher – Nick Balcom (1-2)
Losing Pitcher – PJ Craig (1-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Quinnipiac got going early in this one as they struck for two runs in the opening inning. Kyle Garbowski singled home Sean McCulloch with the game's first run. Later in the inning, CJ Willis reached on a fielder's choice, which allowed Garbowski to score, making it 2-0 Bobcats.
A two-run home run from the bat of Christian Smith in the third inning doubled the Bobcats lead to four. The following inning saw Johnny Knox hit his first home run as a Bobcat to make it a 5-0 lead for the Bobcats.
In the fifth inning, Christian Smith stepped up with a runner on and repeated his earlier at-bat, hitting a two-run homer. With the Bobcats leading 7-0 after the fifth inning, they looked to add more.
Alex Irizarry did just that, homering to right field to bring home two more runs for the Bobcats. Kyle Garbowski brought home Gabe Wright with a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning to put the Bobcats up ten.
The Broncs scored four in the ninth inning, but it wasn't enough as the Bobcats held on to defeat the Rider Broncs in the opening game of the series.
NEWS AND NOTES
SCORE
Quinnipiac 10, Rider 4
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (9-6-1, 4-0 MAAC) | Rider (8-4, 3-1 MAAC)
Winning Pitcher – Nick Balcom (1-2)
Losing Pitcher – PJ Craig (1-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Quinnipiac got going early in this one as they struck for two runs in the opening inning. Kyle Garbowski singled home Sean McCulloch with the game's first run. Later in the inning, CJ Willis reached on a fielder's choice, which allowed Garbowski to score, making it 2-0 Bobcats.
A two-run home run from the bat of Christian Smith in the third inning doubled the Bobcats lead to four. The following inning saw Johnny Knox hit his first home run as a Bobcat to make it a 5-0 lead for the Bobcats.
In the fifth inning, Christian Smith stepped up with a runner on and repeated his earlier at-bat, hitting a two-run homer. With the Bobcats leading 7-0 after the fifth inning, they looked to add more.
Alex Irizarry did just that, homering to right field to bring home two more runs for the Bobcats. Kyle Garbowski brought home Gabe Wright with a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning to put the Bobcats up ten.
The Broncs scored four in the ninth inning, but it wasn't enough as the Bobcats held on to defeat the Rider Broncs in the opening game of the series.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Seven of the nine starters recorded at least one hit in the series opener at Rider.
- Christian Smith picked up two hits to extend his hit streak to fourteen games.
- Smith hit two home runs in the win over the Broncs, his third multi-home run game of the season and second straight two-homer game.
- Sebastian Mueller recorded a hit and pushed his hitting streak to 16 games, recording a hit in every game so far this season.
- Johnny Knox hit his first home run as a Bobcat in the win over Rider.
- Quinnipiac put up multiple first-inning runs for the seventh time this season. QU's record in those games is 6-1.
- Quinnipiac scored double-digit runs for the eighth time this season and recorded double-digit hits for the eleventh time.
- The win extends Quinnipiac's win streak to five straight.
- The Bobcats will look to clinch a series win over the Rider Broncs tomorrow, March 15th. First pitch from Sonny Pittaro Field is slated for 1 PM.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Balcom, Nick (1-2)
L: Craig, P. (1-2)
Batting:
2B: McCulloch, Sean 1 ; Garbowski, Kyle 1
HR: Smith, Christian 2 ; Knox, Johnny 1 ; Irizarry, Alex 1
RBI: Garbowski, Kyle 2 ; Smith, Christian 4 ; Knox, Johnny 1 ; Irizarry, Alex 2
SF: Garbowski, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McCulloch, Sean 1 ; Garbowski, Kyle 1 ; Mueller, Sebastian 2 ; Smith, Christian 2 ; Knox, Johnny 2 ; Irizarry, Alex 1 ; Wright, Gabe 1
SB: McCulloch, Sean 1 ; Knox, Johnny 1
HBP: Mueller, Sebastian 1
Batting:
2B: Hartmann, E. 1
RBI: Hartmann, E. 1 ; Neri, K. 2 ; Magoulic, C. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hartmann, E. 1 ; Tiroly, J. 1 ; Puvel, G. 1 ; Gallagher, W 1
HBP: Shuhet, N. 1
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RBI
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