UConn baseball falls to Quinnipiac, 8-3
Days after returning home from their 5-4 West Coast road trip and sweeping a double header on the final day, a single swing of the bat in the top of the third inning did the Huskies in as they lost to Quinnipiac in Storrs, 8-3. With a pair of free base runners on via a walk and an error, Alex Irizarry powered a shot towards right field. With fans allowed to sit in the grass for the first time this season, the ball landed in front of a grouping of lawn chairs for a three-run home run.
The shot gave the Bobcats (8-14) a 3-0 lead, one they would never relinquish as they went on to take down the Huskies (12-14). “It’s a shame,” Penders said. ”We tend to play our best baseball at Elliot Ballpark.
Today was a little bit of what we’ve seen periodically throughout the season, away from home, too, is [that] we have some abysmal baseball. ” Huskies starter Austion Trumpour wasn’t long for this game after the long ball. The graduate student, making his first start as a Husky, surrendered three runs, two earned, over 3.
2 innings. The Huskies got one back in the fourth after Cam Righi snuck a wormburner past diving second baseman Kyle Garbowski for a base hit and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Nater Wachter floated a liner into left field to bring him home.
That was all the Huskies could muster against Joseph Hiller, who came into the day with a 9. 00 ERA through five appearances. The rookie, making his first career start, largely shut down the Huskies lineup around Wachter’s run-scoring hit.
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