QU drops second game of doubleheader to FDU

QU drops second game of doubleheader to FDU

By Giovanni Mio, QBSN Staff Writer

Fairleigh Dickinson senior pitcher Mike Eliasen threw eight innings of two-run ball, as the Quinnipiac Bobcats fell to the Knights 11-2 in the second game of a Saturday’s doubleheader.  The Bobcats dropped the first game in a 5-3 contest.

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Eliasen only gave up four hits and struck out three for the Knights (7-11, 4-4 NEC). After the win, he’s 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA this season.

“He’s a competitive kid,” said head coach Dan “Skip” Gooley. “When you get a positional player to play three games and goes eight innings plus, you got to tip your hat to the kid.”

Gooley is still looking for his 500^th career win as a manager. He’ll try to get the win when the Bobcats travel to Fairfield to play against the Stags on Tuesday, March 27 at 3 p.m.

 “I haven’t felt any pressure from it,” said Gooley. “I’ve been coaching since 1971. It’s always about the next pitch, next day for me…Burt Kahn once said some you win, some you lose, and some you get rained out, but you dress for them all and that’s what it’s really all about.”

Quinnipiac’s (3-15, 2-6 NEC) two runs came in the eighth inning, scored by junior Jesse Ullrich (Orange, Conn.) and freshman Vincent Guglietti (East Haven, Conn.).

Sophomore pitcher Nick Fabrizio (Peabody, Mass.) started for Quinnipiac and gave up three earned runs in three innings while striking out four. He falls to 0-3 on the season with a 7.98 ERA.

 “Baseball is a game of jacks,” said Gooley. “We relieve heavily on our pitching side of the house.”

Five Knights received two hits in the game, including freshman Ryan MacDonald, who leads the team with a .500 average.