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From Friday, Feb. 27 through Sunday March 1, the ETSU baseball team played a weekend series against the Quinnipiac Bobcats. This is the first time these two teams have played each other, and it was a battle to the very end.

Their first game at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27 started out hot for the Bobcats, scoring a run in the very first inning. While the Buccaneers couldn’t score in the first inning, they were able to push through and score two runs in the second, tying up the score. ETSU continued pushing forward, scoring another run in the third inning. With a score of 1-3, neither team was able to score in the fourth inning. The Buccaneers came back strong in the fifth, with another run scored. ETSU kept up their momentum in the sixth, scoring another two runs. ETSU kept up the pressure, scoring another run in the seventh inning. With one inning left to tie or win the game, Quinnipiac was able to score one more run in the eighth. With a final score of 2-8, the Buccaneers won their first game of the weekend series.

Their second game began at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, and competition was really starting to heat up. Neither team was able to score in the first four innings, a slow start for these players. Quinnipiac came back strong in the fifth and scored two runs, pushing them into the lead. They scored once again in the sixth, leaving the Buccaneers behind with a score of 3-0. ETSU got back on their feet in the eighth inning, scoring three runs back to back to tie the score. Neither team was willing to give up on the win, with no runs being scored in the ninth inning. When the Bobcats didn’t score in the top of the tenth, the Buccaneers knew this was their chance to win. With a strong swing by Jamie Palmese, Andrew Palmer was able to run for home base, ending this tight game with a score of 3-4.

Quinnipiac came out strong in the third game, scoring three runs in the first inning. No runs were scored until the fourth inning, when Griffin Sorrow scored a run for ETSU. A strong homer from Tristan Curless got ETSU another run in the fourth, tightening the score. More back and forth occurred between the two teams, both of them running for a few points, before ETSU soared in the seventh inning, scoring a total of eight runs. Another four runs in the eighth secured the Buccaneers victory, ending the weekend with a 5-16 win. 

The ETSU baseball team will be back for another weekend series on March 6-8, playing in Harrisonburg, Va. against James Madison University. 

For more information on ETSU baseball, you can go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the baseball tab.

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