Tuesday's Baseball Game Moved to Hartford

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 37 Date \| Time	Massachusetts (16-20) at Hartford (13-26) Tuesday, April 30 \| 3 p.m.
Location	West Hartford, Conn. (Fiondella Field) \| Directions
Series History	Massachusetts leads, 24-11
Live Video	TBA
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics
Season Statistics	Massachusetts \| Hartford

The First Pitch
University of Massachusetts baseball heads down Interstate 91 to the University of Hartford for a Tues., April 30 non-conference game with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m. at Hartford's Fiondella Field. Tuesday's game was originally slated to be played in Amherst at Earl Lorden Field, but the contest changed venues in anticipation of inclement weather in the Pioneer Valley.

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Recap in a Minute
UMass has won four consecutive weekend series after taking two of three games at La Salle on Sat. and Sun., April 27-28. The Maroon and White split a doubleheader on Saturday, bouncing back to take the nightcap 9-6, before claiming the rubber game by a 5-2 margin in Philadelphia.

The Minutemen are 12-5 in their last 17 games, including a 7-3 clip in Atlantic 10 play. During that stretch, redshirt sophomore Anthony Videtto has produced a .349 batting average including five doubles, three home runs and 20 RBI. On the mound, sophomore Sean Harney is 3-1 with 3.09 ERA over 32 innings.

Record Watch
Senior right-hander Justin Lasko, who already holds the UMass career record for innings pitched (287.1), will also claim the top program mark with his 46th and next start on the mound. Lasko is currently tied with former Minuteman Jared Freni (2007-10) with 45 starts in Amherst. Additionally, the Stratford, Connecticut native is currently tied for third in career strikeouts (230) and needs only four Ks to match the first-place figure shared by Carl Boteze (1965-67) and Jeff Reardon (1974-77).

Academic and Athletic Ace
Lasko was honored on Wed., April 24 as UMass' 2019 Spring Male Scholar-Athlete. Lasko studies sport management where he has totaled a 3.59 GPA and a four-year ERA of 3.57. He is one of only two pitchers in the country this year to pitch two complete game shutouts, alongside West Virginia's Alek Manoah. The right-hander has been UMass' Friday night starter for the past three seasons.

Pass Go, Collect $200
UMass drew a season-high 13 walks in the win over Quinnipiac on Wed., April 24. All-time, that figure was tied for third-most in program history for a single game with the squad earning 14 and 15 free passes during two different games in the 2018 season.

New England Flavor
Those 13 walks have contributed to UMass' team on base percentage of .380 which ranks second in New England as well as fourth in the Atlantic 10. Amongst New England's Division I programs, only Bryant (.408) sits above the Minutemen while VCU (.404) is atop the A-10.

Spilling the Beans: Beanpot Leftovers
Senior Casey Aubin earned the win in the Beanpot Championship vs. Harvard on Wed., April 17, picking up the decision for the second straight game that UMass has played at Fenway Park. Aubin previously picked up the victory in relief, then as a sophomore, in the 2017 Consolation Game against Northeastern. The victory over Harvard gave the Minutemen their seventh Beanpot Championship in program history and first since 2012.

As a team, UMass' 18 hits in the title contest not only tied a season-high but also a Beanpot program record. Senior Ryan Lever's six at bats matched Mike Athas' 2003 program-best in the tournament, as did redshirt sophomore Connor Smith's three walks (Nik Campero, 2012).

Videtto at First
After a brief two-way stint in the 2018 season, redshirt sophomore Anthony Videtto has held down first base as well as the cleanup spot in all 36 games this year. Videtto, a native of Kingston, Massachusetts, checks in with a .313 batting average, second on the team, in part on the strength of nine doubles, three homers and 28 RBI. His on-base percentage of .451 sits only behind redshirt freshman Collin Shapiro.

Nine is Fine
UMass has had every member of its starting lineup, one through nine, record at least one hit on three different occasions this season. Most recently, the Maroon and White accomplished the feat at Fenway Park in the Beanpot Championship vs. Harvard (April 17), while also putting on a hit parade in the Saint Louis rubber game victory (April 7) as well as a win in the UT Rio Grande Valley finale (March 10).

Shapiro's Streak
Redshirt freshman Collin Shapiro reached base safely in 26 consecutive games to open the 2019 season. That is the longest streak since at least 1996 by a Minuteman beginning their first year of competition.

Shapiro, currently hitting .323 with six doubles, a home run and 20 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.

Lasko Snags A-10 Weekly Award
For his efforts at Navy on Sat., March 2, 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
A very special weekend awaits the Minutemen as the squad hosts Davidson for a three-game Atlantic 10 series from May 3-5. In conjunction with the three-game set, UMass will be welcoming back the 1969 squad which was led by the late legendary head coach Dick Bergquist and reached the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Additional details on the weekend will be announced in the coming days.

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Casey Aubin

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Ryan Lever

Collin Shapiro

Connor Smith

Anthony Videtto

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