Morehead, Ky. -- A day after piling up 22 runs on 15 hits, the Morehead State baseball team could manage just seven hits as the Eagles fell to Quinnipiac 11-3 Saturday afternoon at Allen Field.
Quinnipiac (4-5) got two runs in each of the first, fourth and fifth innings. The Bobcats were led offensively by first baseman Kyle Garbowski who collected four hits in five at-bats.
Morehead State (5-4) broke through in the bottom of the sixth inning. Shortstop
Andy Cisneros led off with a walk and advanced to second on a one-out passed ball. First baseman
Alex Kean singled to right center, the throw back into the infield was wild, and Cisneros scored while Kean advanced to second. Right fielder
JJ Dutton singled to left center, advancing Kean to third base and took second base on the throw into the infield. MSU center fielder
Hayden Robbins then drove a two-RBI single up the middle to pull the Eagles to within four at 7-3.
A single run in the eighth and three more in the top of the ninth sealed the victory for QU.
Andrew Rubayo (1-0) got the win for Quinnipiac.
Kamden Hawks (0-1) took the loss for MSU.
The two teams will wrap up the series Sunday at Allen Field. The game time has been moved back an hour to 1:00 p.m. ET.
NOTABLE
- Quinnipiac left 14 runners on base; Morehead State stranded 13.
- MSU got two hits each from Robbins, Kean and Dutton. Robbins leads the team hitting .368.
- All seven of MSU's hits were singles.
- With his single today, Hunter Thomas ran his hitting streak to four games. He's hit safely in eight of the Eagles' nine games. He is second on the club hitting .342.
- Thomas leads the Ohio Valley Conference with six home runs and 20 runs batted in.
- Catcher Caden Sheridan threw out two base stealers in the game, giving him eight on the season. He's allowed only five stolen bases this season.
