Bobcats Knock Off Baseball

Saturday, March 18

Harley Park

2 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

10-11

Quinnipiac

7-9

Quinnipiac

USC Upstate

3/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats had three multi-run innings as they defeated USC Upstate 11-3 at Harley Park on Saturday afternoon.

Quinnipiac improves to 7-9 while Upstate drops to 10-11.

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 1^st – Brett Hawkins reached on a one-out walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored as a result of a Quinnipiac error.
Top 2^nd – Quinnipiac scored one run on a Spartan error and another on a Julius Saporito single.
Top 5^th – Saporito led off the inning with a double and scored on a Mike Palladino double.
Top 6^th – Quinnipiac plated three runs in the inning thanks to a Liam Scafariello solo home run and a Ryan Nelson two-run home run.
Top 7^th – Joseph Burns hit a solo home run to give Quinnipiac a 7-1 lead.
Bottom 7^th – Jake Bourke opened the inning with a walk and scored on a Hunter Gilbert single. Upstate added another run on a fielder's choice.
Top 9^th – Burns hit a three-run home run followed by a Brian Moskey solo home run.

Notables

Gilbert went 2-for-4 with a single and double to lead the Spartans.
Charlie Carpenter, Brendan Brundage, Drake Harris and Zach Krider each had a hit.
Burns went 2-for-5 with four RBI to lead the Bobcats.
Taylor Luciani (1-2) picked up the win as he allowed an unearned run on four this with a walk and five strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
Kevin Hickey (2-3) took the loss after he allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits with a walk and six strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
Each team committed three errors in the game.

Up Next

Upstate and Quinnipiac wrap up the three-game series tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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Box Score Recap History

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Taylor Luciani (1-2)

L: Hickey, Kevin (2-3)

Quinnipiac

Batting:

2B: Mike Palladino 1 ; Julius Saporito 1

3B: Liam Scafariello 1

HR: Joseph Burns 2 ; Liam Scafariello 1 ; Brian Moskey 1 ; Ryan Nelson 1

RBI: Mike Palladino 1 ; Joseph Burns 4 ; Liam Scafariello 1 ; Brian Moskey 1 ; Ryan Nelson 2 ; Julius Saporito 1

SH: Mike Palladino 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Matthew Batten 1 ; Joseph Burns 2 ; Liam Scafariello 1 ; Brian Moskey 2 ; Ryan Nelson 2 ; Evan Vulgamore 1 ; Julius Saporito 1 ; Andre Marrero 1