Parker Quinn’s bases-clearing double in the third inning helped charge the Hofstra baseball team past Manhattan College 15-4 Tuesday afternoon in Wappingers Falls, NY.
The victory extends the Pride’s win streak to four games, bringing them to 18-15 (7-8 CAA), and the 15-run barrage marks the highest scoring total this season.
Coming into Saturday’s matchup with the Elon University Phoenix, the Hofstra Pride baseball team was on a three-game losing streak, having not scored more than three runs in those games. Those offensive struggles continued on Saturday at Elon, as Hofstra dropped their fourth consecutive contest by a score of 6-3.
The Hofstra Pride baseball team clicked on all cylinders Friday afternoon at University Field, defeating the University of Delaware 9-0.
John Rooney took the mound and did not disappoint all of the scouts watching in the stands. The southpaw went for a complete game shutout, allowing just two hits while striking out 11 batters.
The Hofstra baseball team couldn’t keep Manhattan College off the basepaths on Wednesday afternoon, walking 14 batters and surrendering six runs in the third inning on the way to a 12-4 loss to the Jaspers on a rainy day at University Field.
Hofstra baseball dropped its rubber match against University at Albany, SUNY 6-4 on Sunday to lose the home-opening series.
“Definitely hate losing the tie-breaker game. It’s not a good way to go into CAA play,” said head coach John Russo. “It’s something we want to put pride into and win on Sundays.”
Hofstra baseball opened its 2018 season with a doubleheader at Lamar University, falling in both games 2-1 and 3-0 in Beaumont, TX.Both starting pitchers for the Pride, John Rooney and Matt Weissheier,...
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