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Irizarry Homers in Loss to Marist
4/11/2026 4:02:00 PM | Baseball
Poughkeepsie, New York – The Quinnipiac Bobcats dropped their fourth series of the season, falling in game two to the Marist Red Foxes, 9-2, on Saturday afternoon in Poughkeepsie. With the loss, the Bobcats will fall to 13-19 overall and 6-8 in conference play.
SCORE
Marist 9, Quinnipiac 2
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (13-19, 6-8 MAAC) | Marist (13-19, 13-4 MAAC)
Winning Pitcher – Tyler Hartley (4-2)
Losing Pitcher – Andrew Rubayo (1-3)
Save – Caleb Kempler (3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
After shutting down the Bobcats in the opening inning, the Red Foxes scored four in their half of the first inning to take a 4-0 lead. Marist scored four runs on three hits and left two on base in the opening inning.
The Bobcats got a run back in the second inning as Chase Camac singled home Peyton Vancas to get the Bobcats on the board. Marist responded in their half of the inning with a run to make it a 5-1 game.
The game remained 5-1 until the fifth inning, when the Red Foxes put up three more runs to make it 8-1 through five innings of play.
Marist made it a 9-1 game in the sixth inning as Noel Rivera scored on a balk.
In the ninth inning, Alex Irizarry hit a solo home run to make it a 9-2 game, but the Red Foxes closed out the ninth to secure the series victory.
NEWS AND NOTES
ON DECK
SCORE
Marist 9, Quinnipiac 2
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (13-19, 6-8 MAAC) | Marist (13-19, 13-4 MAAC)
Winning Pitcher – Tyler Hartley (4-2)
Losing Pitcher – Andrew Rubayo (1-3)
Save – Caleb Kempler (3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
After shutting down the Bobcats in the opening inning, the Red Foxes scored four in their half of the first inning to take a 4-0 lead. Marist scored four runs on three hits and left two on base in the opening inning.
The Bobcats got a run back in the second inning as Chase Camac singled home Peyton Vancas to get the Bobcats on the board. Marist responded in their half of the inning with a run to make it a 5-1 game.
The game remained 5-1 until the fifth inning, when the Red Foxes put up three more runs to make it 8-1 through five innings of play.
Marist made it a 9-1 game in the sixth inning as Noel Rivera scored on a balk.
In the ninth inning, Alex Irizarry hit a solo home run to make it a 9-2 game, but the Red Foxes closed out the ninth to secure the series victory.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Five different Bobcats recorded hits in the loss to the Red Foxes. Four of the Bobcats recorded multiple hits in the effort.
- Alex Irizarry went 3-for-4 at the dish and hit his fourth home run of the season, which ranks second on the team.
- Irizarry also drove in his 23rd RBI of the season, which ranks first on the team.
- Caden Williamson extended his on-base streak to 21 as he went 2-for-5 at the plate. Williamson is now hitting .328 in his first collegiate season.
- Peyton Vancas picked up two hits in the loss, raising his season average to .260. Vancas has recorded multiple hits in six contests this season.
- Chase Camac went 2-for-4 at the plate and raised his average to .224 in his first season in Hamden.
- Camac drove in a run in the effort, his 13th of the season.
- Andrew Rubayo went four innings, allowing six earned runs on six hits and striking out six in his eighth start of the season.
- Mike Poncini went four innings in relief and allowed one run on four hits, and struck out three.
ON DECK
- Quinnipiac and Marist will close out the series on Sunday, April 12th, with the first pitch slated for noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tyler Hartley (4-2)
L: Rubayo, Andrew (3-1)
S: Caleb Kempler (3)

Batting:
HR: Irizarry, Alex 1
RBI: Irizarry, Alex 1 ; Camac, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Irizarry, Alex 1 ; Vancas, Peyton 1
HBP: Smith, Christian 2

Batting:
RBI: Noel Rivera 1 ; Nathan Lincoln 1 ; Kyle Pollack 1 ; Scott Esposito 1 ; Connor Lawrence 2 ; Luke Monico 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TJ Baer 1 ; AJ Brotz 1 ; Noel Rivera 4 ; Nathan Lincoln 2 ; Kyle Pollack 1
SB: Noel Rivera 1
CS: Nathan Lincoln 1
HBP: TJ Baer 1 ; Connor Lawrence 1
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