QU baseball and FDU split doubleheader

QU baseball and FDU split doubleheader

By Marty Joseph, QBSN Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac baseball team split Friday’s doubleheader dropping the first game, 8-4 followed by an 11-4 win against Fairleigh Dickinson. Senior Gabe Guerino (Milford, Conn.) drove in five runs in game two of the afternoon, going 3-for-3 with a homerun. Spencer Kane (Wolcott, Conn.) improved to 2-2 on the season, giving up four runs on eight hits over seven innings.

The Bobcats (3-13, 2-4 NEC) jumped out to a 4-0 lead scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kyle Nisson (Wallingford, Conn.), Zak Palmer (Mahwah, N.J.) and Guerino all drove in runs in the inning.

courtesy: quinnipiacbobcats.com

The Knights (5-11-1, 2-4 NEC) were able to tie the game up at 4-4, but Kane finished the game strong only allowing three base runners over the final four innings. With Kane silencing the bats of the Knights, the Bobcats jumped on FDU’s pitching and pulled away on the scoreboard.

Neil Mammele (Madison, Conn.) was 2-for-3 on the afternoon highlighted by an RBI triple in the third inning to drive in Guerino.

Guerino’s homerun came in the fourth inning and was the first homerun of the season for the Bobcats. The three-run homerun was followed by a sacrifice fly from Chris Calderi (Plainview, N.Y.) to put the Bobcats up 9-4.

The Bobcats added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth with RBIs from Guerino and Brian Ruditys (Brookwyn, Pa.). 

Quinnipiac and Fairleigh Dickinson are right back at it tomorrow afternoon with another doubleheader. A seven-inning game will take place at 1 p.m. followed by a nine-inning game starting a half an hour after the completion of the first game at the Quinnipiac Baseball Field in Hamden, Conn.