FIRST PITCH
Score: Jacksonville 3 | Queens 1
Records: Jacksonville (14-11 overall, 4-3 ASUN) | Queens (4-20 overall, 2-5 ASUN)
Location: John Sessions Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)
 
The Short Story:
Despite a season-high 7.1 innings pitched from right-hander Adrian Quezada, the Queens University of Charlotte baseball team dropped the series opener at Jacksonville on Friday night. The evening was highlighted by the starting pitchers as Quezada surrendered three runs while striking out a season-high seven Dolphins. On the other side, Jacksonville got a complete game from the Preseason ASUN Pitcher of the Year in Richard Long.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Jacksonville jumped on the visiting Royals in the bottom of the first inning as Jayden Bastian led off the game with a triple to left center. Josh Steidl would plate Bastian on a ground out to second base. With the bases clear and two outs, a one-out walk set up a Chandler Howard single to left center, putting runners on the corners. Cade Hentz flared a high fly ball into short right-center that managed to drop between three Royals to plate the second run of the inning.
-After being retired through the first four innings, the Royals cut the deficit in half in the top of the fifth inning. Nick Alderfer reached on a one-out throwing error by the Dolphins second baseman. Senior Tyler Peters capitalized on the miscue with a an RBI double into the left center gap to bring Alderfer around to score.
-The Dolphins responded immediately in the fifth inning as Jayden Bastian opened the frame with a single to left field. The leadoff man swiped second and advanced to third on an errant throw. The Dolphins executed as Jonah Shields delivered a sacrifice fly to right field to extend the Jacksonville lead back to 3-1.

BY THE NUMBERS
-Sophomore Jake Barbour extended his hitting streak to a season-long nine straight games with a 1-for-4 night. The Raleigh native roped his team-leading sixth double of the year.
-Charlotte native Nick Alderfer extended his hitting streak to four straight games with a 1-for-3 night at the plate.
-Tyler Peters turned in a 1-for-3 evening and ripped his first extra-base hit of the year.
-Jayden Bastian and Cade Hentz led the Jacksonville offense with two hit performances.
-The performance from Quezada marked the longest outing by a Royals starter this season. The Bronx, New York native lowered his ERA to 5.03 with the gem.
-Logan Schmitt made his sixth appearance of the season and picked up a key double play in the eighth inning to keep the Dolphins off the board.

NEXT UP
Queens and Jacksonville will return to the diamond tomorrow, March 29^th for a doubleheader. The afternoon will get underway at 3:00 p.m. from John Sessions Stadium before the series will wrap up at 7:00 p.m. The doubleheader is a switch from the original schedule due to inclement weather in the Jacksonville area on Sunday.

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