Beanpot Championship at Fenway Park Highlights Midweek Slate

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 29 Date \| Time	Massachusetts (10-17) vs. UConn (23-13) Tues., April 16 \| 3 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. (Earl Lorden Field) \| Directions
Series History	UConn leads, 88-74-3
Live Video	None
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics
Season Statistics	Massachusetts \| UConn

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 30 Date \| Time	Massachusetts vs. Harvard (18-8) Wed., April 17 \| TBA (45 minutes after 2 p.m. Consolation ends)
Location	Boston, Mass. (Fenway Park) \| Directions
Series History	Harvard leads, 33-19
Tickets	Click Here \| Proceeds benefit Pete Frates #3 Fund
MBTA	Green Line: Take any train except the 'E' to Kenmore, OR take the 'D' to Fenway Commuter Rail: Take the Framingham/Worcester Line to Lansdowne
Live Video	ESPN+
Live Statistics	TBA
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics
Season Statistics	Massachusetts \| Harvard

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Beanpot Championship Tickets on Sale
Tickets are on sale for UMass' April 17 meeting with Harvard in the Beanpot Championship at Fenway Park. All tickets are general admission for the entire day and cost $10. Tickets may be purchased online by visiting redsox.com/beanpot or by calling the Boston Red Sox Ticket Office at (877) REDSOX-9. Net ticket proceeds will benefit the Pete Frates #3 Fund, named after the former Boston College outfielder and captain who was later diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Boston College and Northeastern will open the day with the consolation game at 2 p.m. with UMass-Harvard to follow approximately 45 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

Recap in a Minute
An upstart UMass squad has won six of its last eight games after taking two of three from George Washington (April 12-14) at Earl Lorden Field. An eight-run seventh inning broke a scoreless tie as the Minutemen claimed the opener by an 8-0 score before the bats came alive to pick up a 10-4 triumph in the middle game. In the finale, GW jumped out to a 4-0 lead before a two-run homer by senior Logan Greene initiated a rally effort that came up just short in a 4-2 setback.

Senior right-hander Justin Lasko was outstanding in the opener, going the distance for his second complete game shutout of the season, during which Lasko allowed only four hits and struck out seven. Greene hit .615 in the three-game set, going 8-for-13 in the three-game set while redshirt sophomore Anthony Videtto followed at .500 with each clubbing one home run.

The Shapiro Streak
Redshirt freshman Collin Shapiro had his 26-game streak reaching base safely end in the George Washington finale on Sun., April 14. Prior to that, the UMass left fielder had safely reached in every game to open the season, marking the longest such streak since at least 1996 by a Minuteman in his first year of competition.

Shapiro, currently hitting a team-best .320 with four doubles, a home run and 18 RBI, was tabbed Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week on April 8 after a .667 week that saw the Minutemen go 3-1. That stretch included a series win against Saint Louis that saw the Exeter, New Hampshire native finish a triple short of the cycle in the opener.

Nine is Fine
Every player in the Massachusetts starting lineup, one through nine, recorded at least one hit in the Saint Louis rubber game victory on Sun., April 7. Together, the squad churned out 17 runs on 18 hits, both season-highs.

This was the second time this season that the Minutemen accomplished such a feat, also doing so in a win at UT Rio Grande Valley on Sun., March 10.

Videtto at First
After a brief two-way stint in the 2018 season, Videtto has held down first base as well as the cleanup spot in all 27 games this year. Videtto, a native of Kingston, Massachusetts, checks in with a .305 batting average, second on the team, in part on the strength of six doubles and 14 RBI. He went 3-for-3 in the Dayton series finale on March 31 with two walks, two runs scored and one more driven in.

Lasko Tabbed Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week
For his efforts at Navy on Sat., March 2, senior Justin Lasko was named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week. The right-hander scattered five hits and struck out eight Midshipmen, three short of a career-high and lowering his ERA to 0.61. His outing capped a terrific doubleheader on the part of the UMass pitching staff, as Minuteman arms worked a total of 20 innings without surrendering a run.

On Deck
UMass has its bye week from Atlantic 10 play this weekend and travels to Maine for a four-game swing from April 19-21.

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