HAMDEN, Conn. – The Yale baseball team dropped a non-conference matchup to Quinnipiac on Tuesday afternoon in Hamden, Conn. Despite a ninth-inning rally, the Bobcats fended off the Bulldogs, 5-4.
With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 20-14-1 overall. Yale dropped to 20-11 overall.
Key Performer
- Kaiden Dossa went 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI for the Bulldogs.
Scoring Summary
- Top 2nd | Hayden Sobecki singled to right to score Jack Dauer and put the Bulldogs on the board. 1-0 YALE
- Bottom 2nd | Quinnipiac tied the game on a solo home run by Sebastian Mueller. 1-1
- Top 3rd | Jake Williams hit a sac fly to give the Bulldogs the lead. 2-1 YALE
- Bottom 4th | The Bobcats scored three runs in the fourth to retake the lead. 4-2 QU
- Bottom 5th | Quinnipiac added another run to extend its lead. 5-2 QU
- Top 9th | Jeff Pierantoni and Dossa added RBI in the ninth to cut into Quinnipiac's advantage. But the Bulldogs would leave the tying run on base. 5-4 QU
Game Notes
- Yale and Quinnipiac played to a 1-1 record against each other this season. The Bulldogs topped the Bobcats 8-2 at Bush Field on March 19.
- Yale dropped to 12-7 in non-conference games.
- Dossa has reached base in 26 consecutive games. He leads the team with 11 multi-hit games this season.
- Pierantoni extended his hit streak to five games. He is hitting .462 during that span.
- Mick Kelley started on the mound for the Bulldogs, tossing 2.0 innings. He was followed out of the bullpen by DJ Peterson, Ethan Lewis, Teo Spadaccini, and Alex Hwang.
Up Next
The Bulldogs will travel to Penn for an Ivy League series against the Quakers, beginning on Saturday, April 19.
