Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BOONE, N.C. — Despite getting 15 strikeouts from its starting pitchers, Appalachian State University baseball dropped both ends of a doubleheader against Quinnipiac on Sunday at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium. Appalachian State lost the opener, 7-2, and fell in the nightcap, 3-2.

Appalachian State starting pitcher Colin Schmid struck out seven over six innings in the opener and Sean Mason fanned eight of the 18 batters he faced in a spot start in the nightcap.

Schmid was outdueled in the opener by Quinnipiac's Justin Thomas. Although he only struck out three, QU's crafty senior southpaw did not allow a hit until the sixth and surrendered just two runs (one earned) over seven innings of work. In all, Appalachian managed only three hits in the ballgame — two against Thomas and one against reliever Wyatt Hamilton, who tossed two scoreless innings to close out the win.

Quinnipiac's strong showing on the mound was complemented by its 13-hit offensive outburst in the opener. Matthew Batten led the way, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Thanks in large part to Mason's four shutout innings, Appalachian State (1-7) took a 2-0 lead into the sixth inning of the nightcap. However, Quinnipiac (3-1) knotted the score at 2-2 when App State senior reliever Caleb McCann walked the only two batters he faced with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth. An inning later, QU's Ryan Nelson scored what proved to be the winning run on a squeeze bunt by Brian Moskey.

The Mountaineers had opportunities to tie it in each of the final three innings but went 0-for-5 with runners on base over the last three stanzas. Appalachian was just 2-for-16 with runners on base for the ballgame.  

Freshmen Tanner Mann-Fix and Beau Myers led App State with two hits apiece in the nightcap. Myers and Tyler Stroup drove in the Mountaineers' only runs in the first inning.

Mann-Fix went 3-for-8 with two triples over the course of the doubleheader and continues to lead the club with a .444 batting average.

Appalachian State returns to action on Tuesday at North Carolina Central. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. in Durham, N.C.