Quincy, Ill. - The Quincy University baseball team concluded the series against William Jewell College on Sunday afternoon (Apr. 18). The Hawks swept the weekend with a 14-11 win against the Cardinals in the series finale. It was QU's 13th straight win.
Once again, the Cardinals came out as the aggressors and scored three runs in the top of the first to build a 3-0 lead. The Hawks got some of those runs back in the bottom of the first and scored two runs after both Lance Logsdon and Michael Nielsen grounded out up the middle with runners on third to make it 3-2.
William Jewell kept things going in the top of the second and hit a two-run home run followed by an RBI double, an RBI single, and a two-RBI double to extend their lead to a whopping 9-2 score. Joe Roscetti opened the bottom of the inning with a solo home run for the Hawks to give the Hawks a little bit of life back.
After a shut down top of the third, Quincy once again came out strong with the bats as Dayson Croes led off with a double down the left-field line. He was later brought to the plate by an RBI single from Nielsen, 9-4.
The Hawks again for the fourth consecutive time attacked in the bottom of the fourth when Cole Evans and Jacob Kalusniak opened up with a single each and then were followed by a three-run bomb to center field by Dayson Croes. This cut the Cardinal lead to 9-7.
Quincy started things again in the bottom of the fifth when Gino D'Alessio hit a double to the right field wall. He was sent to home plate after Roscetti hit a ball to the right center gap for the second double in the inning and made it 9-8. The Cardinals changed pitchers to face Cole Evans, but after taking a quick look at the scouting report proceeded to hit a nuke over the center field fence to give QU a 10-9 lead.
Kalusniak brought one more in for the Hawks in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single to right for Quincy's ninth unanswered run to make it 11-9. The Cardinals weren't done yet and tied the game right after in the top of the eighth behind an RBI single and a sacrifice fly. The score was notched, 11-11.
The Hawks came back in the bottom of the eighth and scored one after a hit-by-pitch to D'Alessio with the bases loaded and no outs while Roscetti and Boynton brought one each with sacrifice flies to extend the QU lead to 14-11. The Cardinals were retired in the top of the ninth in eight pitches as Sam Stephens got his second save of the year. The Hawks won 14-11 to capture their 13th straight victory.
Stat Leaders
Dayson Croes - 3-5, double, HR, 3 RBIs
Joe Roscetti - 2-4, double, HR, 3 RBIs
Cole Evans - 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs
Sam Stephens - SV (2)
Next Game
The Hawks will welcome Rockhurst University for a four game series starting Friday afternoon (Apr. 23) at 3:00 P.M. It will be QU's final home weekend series of 2021.
