Twelve straight losses for Quinnipiac baseball

Twelve straight losses for Quinnipiac baseball

By Thomas Albanese, QBSN Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac baseball team suffered its 12th straight loss to the University of Connecticut by a final score of 12-7 at the home Monday afternoon.

Quinnipiac’s offensive attack was led by Scott Donaghue (Marlboro, N.J.) who went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and scored two runs and Kyle Nisson (Wallingford, Conn.) going 3-for-5 with two runs batted in and touched home plate once as well.

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The Connecticut Huskies held an early 2-1 advantage over the Bobcats, but two homeruns by junior LJ Mazzilli (Greenwich, Conn.) and freshman Jon Testani (Monroe, Conn.) gave Connecticut a 5-1 lead over the Bobcats moving into the bottom of the third inning.

The Bobcats kept fighting back for the next two innings against Connecticut’s starting pitcher, Jared Dettmann (Somerset, Wis.). They cut the Huskie’s lead to 5-4 thanks to Zak Palmer’s (Mahway, N.J.) RBI double, and another double and a long homerun ball off the bat of Donaghue, which was the first of his young college career.

From there, Connecticut ran away from the Bobcats, scoring six runs in the top of the sixth inning. After three consecutive singles to open the inning, walks were issued by Quinnipiac’s George Dummar (Branford, Conn.) to junior Billy Ferriter and senior Tim Martin, giving the Huskies a 7-4 lead. The big blow came from sophomore Tom Verdi who delivered a three-run double that later gave the University of Connecticut a strong 11-4 lead.

“We got ourselves into trouble in the sixth inning when they got two hits, and that was when we brought Dummar into the game, which was a very tough situation for him,” said Gooley.

In the bottom of the sixth, Nisson responded with an RBI single, which scored Jesse Ullrich (Orange, Conn.), pulling Quinnipiac to 11-5. Connecticut came back at the Bobcats with a run in the top of the seventh inning on a RBI single to centerfield off the bat of Ferriter.  The Bobcats earned two more runs on a Mike Blumenthal (Dix Hills, N.Y.) single to bring the score to 12-7 where it would stay.

Because of Quinnipiac loss, Dan Gooley remains stuck on career victory 499 as a manager.

The Bobcats will try to write Gooley into history again when they return to action on Tuesday, April 10 as they host the University of Rhode Island Rams in another non-conference match-up at 3 p.m.