Baseball Welcomes Hartford, Travels To Siena For A Pair Of Midweek Contests

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 35	Massachusetts (17-16-1) vs. Hartford (6-27)
Date // Time	Tuesday, April 26 // 3 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. // Earl Lorden Field
Series History	Massachusetts, 24-12 Last Meeting: Hartford, 5 (vs.) Massachusetts, 4 (10 inn.) \| April 30, 2019
Live Statistics	LiveStats
Stream	ESPN+
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 36	Massachusetts (17-16-1) at Siena (9-26)
Date // Time	Wednesday, April 27 // 3 p.m.
Location	Loudonville, N.Y. // Connors Park
Series History	Massachusetts, 16-14 Last Meeting: Siena, 5 (at) Massachusetts, 1 \| April 18, 2018
Live Statistics	LiveStats
Stream	Siena All-Access
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
Instagram	UMass Baseball \| UMass Athletics

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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball welcomes the University of Hartford on Tuesday, April 26, at the Earl Lorden Field at 3 p.m. on ESPN+, before traveling to Loudonville, New York, to take on Siena College on Wednesday, April 27.

The Minutemen moved to 17-16-1 on the season and 6-6 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, after a weekend series sweep that went Dayton's way.

Hartford holds a 6-27 record and are coming off a 1-2 weekend series loss with UAlbany at home, faltering to the Great Danes 7-5 on Sunday. Siena currently sits at 9-26 and are also coming off a 1-2 loss in the weekend series at Niagara, falling in game two and three.

Recap in a Minute
Dayton swept the series over UMass last weekend, winning 13-2, 12-3 and 13-9, in game one, two and three, respectively.

In game three, Cole Hebble tallied four hits, while Jacob Sloss totaled three hits, to lead the Minutemen. Kevin Skagerlind, Mike Gervasi, Dylan Judd and Nolan Tichy all had two hits apiece, as well, on the afternoon. Sloss registered three RBIs, followed by Gervasi with two and Aidna Wilde with one on his solo home run. Hebble, Tichy and Wilde put up two runs on the day, as Skagerlind, Judd and Sloss added one run each.

All-Time vs. Hartford
The Minutemen and Hawks will meet for the 37th time in program history, with UMass holding a 24-12 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams first met on April 10, 1986 for a doubleheader. Massachusetts claimed both games with a 14-9 win and a 6-1 victory. UMass and Hartford last met on April 30, 2019, when the Hawks earned the 5-4 triumph in 10 innings.

UMass last defeated Hartford 11-4 on May 1, 2018.

All-Time vs. Siena
The Minutemen and Saints are meeting for the 31st time on Wednesday, as UMass has the advantage in the all-time series, 16-14. Siena won 3-1 at a neutral site in the teams' first meeting on April 1, 1978. The two programs' last meeting was on April 18, 2018, when Siena came away with a 5-1 triumph.

The Minutemen's last victory over the Saints was on April 7, 2015, winning 6-5 on the road.

Meet the Minutemen
A solid mix of returners and newcomers compose the 2022 edition of the Minutemen as the squad begins its 139th season. Twenty-seven members of the team are back from the 2021 campaign, while eight players join for their first season in Amherst, including five freshman and three transfers.

It's Going, Going, and It's Gone
The Minutemen have tallied 29 homeruns in 34 games, from nine Minutemen. Drew DeMartino leads the team with seven, followed by Will MacLean, Gervasi and Steve Luttazi with four. Hebble and Wilde tallied three each, while Tichy has two, and Judd and Skagerlind also have one home run apiece.

Luttazi had a stellar first game with two home runs including a grand slam, before earning one in game three at Fairleigh Dickinson, while DeMartino recorded a two-run homer in game one at Fairleigh Dickinson, before adding solo home runs in both game two at Fairleigh Dickinson and the second game at Towson. DeMartino added two long balls in game one versus Saint Joseph's, as well.

[Multi]ple Games
UMass had a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have a total of 95 multi-hit performances. Hebble leads with a production of 19, which included two five-plus hit contests, and Skagerlind has 12, while Gervasi follows with 11. Tichy, Judd and DeMartino registered nine, as MacLean recorded eight apiece. Luttazi has totaled six with Sloss and Wilde accumulating five and three, respectively.

Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 55 multi-RBI games, led by Gervasi with nine, including seven two-run contests, one three-RBI and one four-RBI games. DeMartino has contributed eight, bringing in five runs one time, three runs twice and two five times. Judd has seven, while MacLean and Tichy have six and five, respectively. Hebble, Skagerlind, Sloss and Luttazi all have four RBI contests.

On A Roll…
The Minutemen have 13 that are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Tichy, DeMartino, and Luttazi sity atop the leaderboard on a five-game hitting streak, followed by Gervasi with three and Wilde, Sloss, Collin Shapiro, Chris Pearsons and Christian Walsh with two. Four other players have a one-game hitting streak. MacLean and Skagerlind rode the longest streaks with 12 and 11 games, respectively, before they came to an end.

DeMartino and Tichy are also on an 18-game reached base streak, as Wilde and Luttazi have six, followed by Gervasi with five games. Shapiro has reached base four times, while Skagerlind has reached three times. Hebble had the longest reached base streak with 18, before it came to an end, and now he currently has a streak of two. Skagerlind also had the longest streak of 18, as well, before it came to an end.

Keeping it in the Family
The 2022 season marks the 56th straight campaign that Massachusetts baseball will have an alumnus of the Flagship campus as head coach. Fifth-year skipper Matt Reynolds is a double graduate (2005, '10G), and was preceded by fellow alumni Mike Stone '82 (1988-2017) and Dick Bergquist '57 (1967-87).

This is the second longest active streak across Division I baseball. Only BYU (62 consecutive seasons) has been led by an alum of its campus for a longer period.

On Deck
Massachusetts hosts A-10 foe George Mason for three-games on Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1, at the Earl. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. on Friday to kick off the series.

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