Baseball Falls in Finale at Mississippi State, 8-4

Sunday, March 8

Starkville, Miss. / Dudy Noble Field

2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT

Quinnipiac University

1-11

Mississippi State

10-4

Quinnipiac

Mississippi State

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

3/8/2020 6:31:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Kohn Doubles Twice, Drives in Two RBI for Fourth Inning Lead but Bobcats Come Up Short

By: QU Athletic Communications

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Quinnipiac baseball team took an early lead over the No. 12 Mississippi State Bulldogs Sunday afternoon but the Bobcats fell in the final game of their three-game series, 8-4, at Dudy Noble Field.

Michael Kohn (Rockville, Maryland) went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs to lead the Bobcats at the plate Sunday. Kohn put the Bobcats on top in the top of the fourth inning with a two-run double that scored Dylan Lutz (Denver, Colorado) and Andre Marrero (West Springfield, Massachusetts).

Sunday was the second straight game the Bobcats held a lead over the nationally-ranked Bulldogs.

After five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning from Mississippi State, Quinnipiac tried to mount a comeback in the top of the seventh with a two-out RBI single from Evan Vulgamore (Bow, New Hampshire) to score Braydon Seaburg (Stratford, Connecticut) but the three-run deficit is the closest the Bobcats would get.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, Mississippi State 8

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-11) | Mississippi State (10-4)

LOCATION
Dudy Noble Field | Starkville, Miss.

QUINNIPIAC SCORING PLAYS
THIRD INNING

Kyle Horton (Monroe, Connecticut) was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt.
Kyle Maves (Burlington, Ontario) reached on a bunt single in front of the plate that moved Horton up to third before Horton came home to score on a wild pitch to cut Mississippi State's lead in half.

FOURTH INNING

Lutz led off the inning with a double to right center field and moved up to third on a wild pitch.
After Marrero walked and moved up to second on a wild pitch, Kohn ripped his second double of the game down the right field line to score Lutz and Marrero easily and take a 3-2 lead on the Bulldogs

SEVENTH INNING

With two outs in the inning, Seaburg singled to right field and advanced as Maves drew a four-pitch walk
On an 0-1 count, Vulgamore singled up the middle to score Seaburg and pull the Bobcats within three, 7-4.

NOTES

Kohn extended his hitting streak to six games with his pair of doubles against Mississippi State as he went 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
Kohn has recorded an extra-base hit in all six games.
Lutz also doubled for the Bobcats and came around to score a run for the Bobcats.
Seaburg went 1 for 3 with a single and scored a run, and also laid down a sacrifice bunt earlier in the game.
Vulgamore recorded an RBI single to move into a tie with Colton Bender (Lebanon, Connecticut) for the team-lead with eight RBIs and has posted a hit in six of his last seven games.
Horton was hit by a pitch and scored a run for the Bobcats while Marrero walked and scored.

UPCOMING GAMES

The Bobcats are off Monday and travel east to prepare for a pair of midweek contests at Furman on Tuesday and at Kennesaw State on Wednesday.
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