
QU Splits Doubleheader With Radford
2/23/2025 1:41:00 AM | Baseball
SCORE
Game One – Radford 13, Quinnipiac 5
Game Two – Quinnipiac 8, Radford 7
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE
Quinnipiac got on the board in the top of the first inning, but Radford struck for four runs in the bottom half to take the lead.
The Highlanders extended their lead to four with an RBI double in the bottom of the second inning. Radford built on their lead with a five-run third inning.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Bobcats struck for three runs to make it a 10-4 ballgame. Sebastian Mueller drove home Sean McCulloch with a double to right field. After a lineout from CJ Willis, Christian Smith delivered with a two-run single to left field.
Sean McCulloch made it a five-run game as he brought home Johnny Knox on a groundout to second. Radford responded in the seventh inning with three runs, two on a single and one on a fielder's choice.
GAME TWO
The Bobcats got going in the first inning as Sebastian Mueller fouled out to right field to score Sean McCulloch's for the game's first run.
Quinnipiac added on the next inning with three runs to make it a 4-0 game. James Marino came through with a two-run double and Sean McCulloch followed up with an RBI single.
Radford got a run back on a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth. Quinnipiac would answer right back in the next half-inning. Sebastian Mueller launched a solo home run, his second of the year and CJ Willis scored on a wild pitch to give the Bobcats a 6-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Highlanders got another run back to make it a 6-2 game. The Bobcats would respond once again in the next half-inning. Sean McCulloch brought home Jackson Bryan with an RBI triple to make it 7-2 and Kyle Garbowski added on with an RBI single, making it a six-run game.
Radford would respond with five unanswered runs, but Ryan Hutchinson would get a game-ending double play in the ninth inning as Quinnipiac sealed the 8-7 win.
ON DECK
- The Bobcats will be back in action tomorrow, Feb. 23rd as they close out the three-game series at Radford. First pitch is scheduled for 1 PM.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Poncini, Mike (1-0)
L: Raymond Ladd (0-1)
S: Hutchinson, Ryan (1)

Batting:
2B: Smith, Christian 1 ; Marino, James 1
3B: McCulloch, Sean 1
HR: Mueller, Sebastian 1
RBI: McCulloch, Sean 2 ; Garbowski, Kyle 1 ; Mueller, Sebastian 2 ; Marino, James 2
SF: Mueller, Sebastian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McCulloch, Sean 2 ; Mueller, Sebastian 1 ; Willis, CJ 1 ; Smith, Christian 1 ; Irizarry, Alex 1 ; Knox, Johnny 1 ; Bryan, Jack 1
SB: McCulloch, Sean 1 ; Willis, CJ 2
HBP: Mueller, Sebastian 1 ; Willis, CJ 1

Batting:
2B: Jhonkeanu Perez 1 ; James Ward 1
3B: Hunter Keen 1 ; C. Richardson 1
HR: Tyler Kehoe 2
RBI: Hunter Keen 1 ; James Ward 3 ; Tyler Kehoe 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Jhonkeanu Perez 1 ; Hunter Keen 1 ; Breckin Nace 1 ; James Ward 1 ; Tyler Kehoe 2 ; Eli Hudgins 1
HBP: Jhonkeanu Perez 1 ; Breckin Nace 1 ; James Ward 1 ; Mason Self 1