HAMDEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Quinnipiac defeated Rider 9-4 on Friday, May 8, in the first game of a Metro Atlantic doubleheader at Quinnipiac Baseball Field. The Bobcats improved to 23-25, while the Broncs fell to 26-17.

Rider scored four runs in the top of the third. Charley Magoulick singled through the left side, driving in two runs. Quinnipiac answered in the bottom half when Christian Smith homered to right, scoring two, and Chase Camac followed with a two-run single to tie the game. Rider regained the lead in the fourth on Eliot Medlock’s solo homer and a sacrifice fly by E. Hartmann.

Quinnipiac took control in the fourth on Kyle Garbowski’s sacrifice fly. The Bobcats added three runs in the sixth, highlighted by Alex Irizarry’s RBI single, and two more in the seventh on an error and a wild pitch. Mike Poncini earned the win, pitching five innings, allowing two hits and no earned runs while striking out two. Garbowski went 3 for 3 with an RBI. Chris Montone tossed two scoreless innings for Rider.