Tuesday, March 22
New Haven, CT
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Yale
Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN
QU Heads to Yale for Tuesday Matchup
3/21/2022 11:43:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-11, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Yale Bulldogs (7-6, 0-0 Ivy)
Date: Tuesday, March 22
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: George H.W. Bush '48 Field
All-Time Series: 5-7 (Won last meeting, 12-8, April 16, 2019)
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to Connecticut for a midweek road contest with in-state rival Yale on Tuesday. First pitch from George H.W. Bush '48 Field is set for 3 p.m. on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
Date: Tuesday, March 22
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: George H.W. Bush '48 Field
All-Time Series: 5-7 (Won last meeting, 12-8, April 16, 2019)
Watch | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to Connecticut for a midweek road contest with in-state rival Yale on Tuesday. First pitch from George H.W. Bush '48 Field is set for 3 p.m. on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
- The Bobcats return to action after falling in three straight contests at VCU this past weekend
- QU fell in the series-opener 8-2, before dropping the final two contests 14-4 and 16-7
- The Bulldogs enter the contest at 7-6 on the season
- Yale enters the series winners in five of its last seven contests
- The Bulldogs dropped two of its three games in its series at California Baptist
- Jimmy Chatfield leads the offense with a .312 batting average, three homers and 16 RBIs
- Tuesday marks the 13th meeting between the two programs
- Yale owns a 7-5 record against Quinnipiac
- The Bulldogs have won four of the last five contests over the Bobcats
- QU came away with a 12-8 victory over Yale in their last meeting on April 16, 2019
- Evan Vulgamore and Colton Bender led the offense with two RBIs apiece in the win
- QU baseball head coach John Delaney announced a new team member, signing six-year-old Cameron Wilson through Team IMPACT in a press conference held in the Mount Carmel Campus Rec Center on Feb. 12
- He will participate in many activities with the baseball team over the next two years, including games, practices, and other team events
- Quinnipiac's leading returning hitter, Ian Ostberg, tallied 23 hits last season and tallied 14 runs
- Ostberg registered multiple hits in four games last season, including three hits in two contests
- A member of the 2019 All-MAAC First Team, Ostberg recorded just one error in 46 chances last season
- He led the Bobcats with five stolen bases in 2021
- Went 3 for 4 with a three-run home run and finished with four RBIs, two runs scored and two stolen bases in an 11-1 win vs. Siena on April 9
- Kyle Maves returns for his senior campaign after batting a career-high .271 in 21 games last season
- Recorded 16 hits with three doubles, nine runs scored, six RBIs and four stolen bases in 2021
- Maves is batting .365 on the season with 19 hits and 12 runs scored
- He leads the team in batting average (.365), runs scored (12), walks (9), steals (8), triples (2), OPS (.934), slugging-percentage (.481) and on-base percentage (.453)
- Sebastian Mueller returns for his sophomore campaign after finishing sixth on the team in hits (20)
- Tied for third on the team with two home runs last season
- Recorded three doubles and two home runs along with nine RBIs and nine runs scored
- Mueller boasts a .238 batting average with a homer and eight RBIs on the short campaign
- In the opening weekend at Saint Joseph's, Mueller batted .308 with four hits and five RBIs
- A transfer from SUNY Cortland, Anthony Donofrio took no time at all to adjust to find his fit in the Bobcats' lineup
- Donofrio is batting .328 and is tops on the team in hits (20), runs scored (12) and doubles (4)
- In the opening weekend at Saint Joseph's, Donofrio batted .462 with six hits, five RBIs and two stolen bases
- In just his second game in a Bobcats' uniform, Donofrio went 4-for-4 from the plate with two runs scored vs. Saint Joseph's on Feb. 19
- He followed that performance with two hits and four RBIs in an 18-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 20
- Junior Danny Melnick got off to a hot start to open the season
- He boasts a .264 batting average on the season
- Melnick leads the team in homers (2), RBIs (12) and doubles (4)
- Melnick led the offense in the opening series at Saint Joseph's, batting .600 with six hits, four runs scored and four RBIs in just two games played
- Melnick went 3-for-5 with a double, a run scored and two RBI against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 19
- He followed that performance with three hits, a homer, three runs scored and four RBIs in an 18-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 20
- Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
- Garcia is 2-3 on the season and boasts 32 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched
- Garcias has earned a win in two of his last three starts, with his most recent win coming in a 6-5 victory over George Mason on March 11
- He logged seven innings and struck out 10 in the appearance
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, March 25 when they travel to take St. John's to open a three-game set in Queens
- First pitch is set for 3 p.m. on ESPN3 from Jack Kaiser Stadium
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