Bobcats Drop Series Opener at Marist, 17-10

Friday, April 8

Poughkeepsie, NY

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

6-17, 1-3

Marist

14-10, 4-3

Quinnipiac

Marist

Jared Zimbardo Leads Off Second vs. Siena

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

4/8/2022 7:43:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac baseball team saw four players tally two RBIs apiece as the Bobcats were downed by MAAC foe Marist on the road in the weekend series opener, 17-10, Friday afternoon at the McCannBaseball Field.

With the loss the Bobcats fell to 6-17 on the season and 1-3 in the MAAC, while the Red Foxes improved to 14-10 on the campaign with the win and 4-3 in the MAAC.

SCORE
Marist 17, QU 10

HOW IT HAPPENED
After falling behind 9-0 after the first inning, QU responded with a three spot in the following inning behind a two-run homer from Sam LaChance and a solo shot from Danny Melnick cut the deficit to 9-3.

Trailing 11-3 in the fourth, QU cut the deficit in half behind RBI doubles from Jared Zimbardo and Keegan O'Connor to bring the score to 11-6. The Bobcats added three more runs in the sixth behind an RBI double from Kyle Maves and RBI single from Ian Ostberg to trim the deficit to 11-9.

That would be as close as QU would cut it before Marist pulled away for the 17-10 victory.

NEWS AND NOTES

LaChance, Zimbardo, Ostberg and O'Connor led the offense with two hits and two RBIs apiece
O'Connor's two hits were both doubles
McGwire Tuffy went 3-for-3 with two runs scored in the loss
Brandyn Garcia (4-4) got the start and took the loss after allowing eight runs in the start

NEXT ON TAP

The Bobcats will be back in action on Saturday, April 9 when they continue their weekend series against Marist
First pitch from the McCann Baseball Field is set for 2:30 p.m.
For more information on the Quinnipiac baseball team, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter, @TheQBaseball, and Instagram, @bobcatsbsb.