FIRST PITCH
Score: Davidson 8 | Queens 3
Records: Davidson (15-15 overall, 6-6 A10) | Queens (8-24 overall, 4-9 ASUN)
Location: The Stick (Charlotte, N.C.)
THE SHORT STORY A six-run top of the second inning proved to be the difference for Davidson University Tuesday night, as Queens University of Charlotte baseball was unable to rally in an 8-3 non-conference loss. The Royals out-scored the Wildcats, 3-2, in other innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Queens leadoff hitter
Hunter Huneycutt capitalized on a full-count, leadoff walk by stealing second and third base to set up the Royals' first run of the game.
Grayson Childers' followed with a 3-2 RBI single to third to plate the early go-ahead run, 1-0. However, that was the only Queens offense in the first frame, leaving the bases loaded.
- After a three-up, three-down top of the first, Davidson placed its first eight batters on base in the top of the second inning. Two bases-loaded free passes and a Matthew Vannoy grand slam gave the Wildcats a 6-1 lead through two innings.
- The Wildcats added another run in the top of the third, but Queens answered with a two-run bottom half of the inning.
Thomas Mathay doubled through the right side to score
Anibal Rivera, and later scored on a two-out single by
Bradley Brown.
- Davidson added an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Queens out-hit Davidson, 6-5.
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Anibal Rivera hit 2-for-3 to lead the Queens offense.
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Grayson Childers,
Thomas Mathay and
Bradley Brown each had one hit and one RBI in the game.
- Middle reliever
Jack Clevidence struck out seven and retired 11 of the 13 batters he faced in 3.2 innings in the sixth innings.
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Davin Pollard struck out five in two scoreless innings, pitching the fourth and fifth innings.
- Royals' starter
Johnny Joseph (0-1) recorded the loss, allowing four runs off one hit and three walks in one-plus inning of work.
- Will Marenghi improved to 4-0 on the season for the Wildcats, pitching 2.2 innings of relief. He struck out two, allowed two hits and two runs.
- The two teams combined to throw 11 pitchers in the midweek, non-conference game.
- Queens stole six bases in the game for the third time this season, pushing its season total to 51, the fourth-most in its D1 era.
NEXT UP
Queens will return to Florida for a three-game, ASUN conference weekend series at Stetson University. The series will begin with a pair of night games against the Hatters at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12, before concluding Sunday, April 13 at 1 p.m. Fans can catch all the action on ESPN+.
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