University of Massachusets Athletics
Friday, April 29
Amherst, Mass.
3 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
vs
George Mason
Photo by: Reese Maple - UMass Athletics
Baseball Set For A-10 Weekend Series Against George Mason
April 28, 2022 | Baseball
Minutemen take on Patriots for three games beginning on Friday, April 29.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 36-38 | Massachusetts (18-16-1, 6-6 Atlantic 10) vs. George Mason (14-25, 6-6 Atlantic 10) |
| Date // Time | Friday, April 29 // 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30 // 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1 // 12 p.m. |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. // Earl Lorden Field |
| Series History | Massachusetts, 7-6 Last Meeting: George Mason, 11 (vs.) Massachusetts, 2 | April 29, 2018 |
| Live Statistics | LiveStats |
| Stream | ESPN+ |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
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Setting the Scene
The University of Massachusetts baseball team hosts George Mason University for a three-game Atlantic 10 Conference series on Friday, April 29, through Sunday, May 1, at Earl Lorden Field. Friday's contest is set for a 3 p.m. start, while Saturday will begin at 1 p.m. The first pitch for the series finale on Sunday is slated for 12 p.m.
The Minutemen are 18-16-1 overall on the season, including 6-6 in the A-10 Conference. George Mason holds a 14-25 record and a 6-6 record in the conference. The Patriots are coming off a midweek 17-7 loss at Virginia on Wednesday.
Recap in a Minute
UMass edged out Siena on Wednesday, 15-14 on the road in Loudonville, N.Y. Four Minutemen earned career bests, while two recorded season-highs in the victory.
Dylan Judd led the team, hitting a career best five hits in five at bats, and contributed a season-high four RBIs and had one run. Will MacLean sat atop the leaderboard with his career-high four runs, as Kevin Skagerlind followed with a career best of three. Both MacLean and Skagerlind tallied on hit apiece, while MacLean had two RBIs. Carter Hanson totaled two hits and two runs, marking career-highs for both categories, while Steve Luttazi also had two hits and Mike Gervasi aided in the win with two runs of his own. Skagerlind, Judd, Aidan Wilde and Lutazzi all recorded a double, and Wilde batted in a season best three runs.
Tucker Wittman picked up the triumph on the bump for UMass, as he allowed no runs on two hits, walked one and struck out one, in two innings of work. Matt Aronson earned the first save of his career, pitching 1.2 frames, while also allowing no runs on two hits and dealing four strikeouts, matching his career-high.
All-Time vs. George Mason
The Minutemen hold a slight 7-6 advantage over the Patriots in the all-time series, as the two teams will meet on Friday for the 14th time. The programs first met on March 16, 2009, in Fairfax, Virginia, where George Mason came out on top, 3-1. On April 29, 2018, the Patriots defeated UMass 11-2, in the programs' last meeting.
Massachusetts picked up a 1-0 win on April 28, 2018, on the road over George Mason.
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 35 games, from nine Minutemen. Drew DeMartino leads the team with seven, followed by MacLean Gervasi and Luttazi with four. Cole Hebble and Wilde tallied three each, while Nolan 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 98 multi-hit performances. Hebble leads with a production of 19, which included two five-plus hit contests, Skagerlind has 12, while Gervasi follows with 11 and Judd 10. Tichy and DeMartino recorded nine, as MacLean totaled six, with Luttazi registering seven. Jacob Sloss and Wilde have five and three multi-hit games, respectively.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 58 multi-RBI games, led by Gervasi with nine, including seven two-run contests, one three-RBI and one four-RBI games. DeMartino and Judd have contributed eight, with DeMartino bringing in five runs one time and Judd knocking in two runs six times. MacLean has totaled seven, while Tichy has five, with Hebble, Skagerlind, Sloss and Luttazi all having four.
On A Roll…
The Minutemen have 12 that are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Luttazi sits atop the leaderboard on a six-game hitting streak, followed by DeMartino with five. Gervasi and Wilde registered a four-game and three-game streak, respectively, while five Minutemen are on a two-game streak. MacLean had the longest streak with 12, followed by Skagerlind with 11, before it came to an end.
Tichy is also on a 19-game reached base streak, as DeMartino has 18, followed by Wilde and Luttazi with seven. Gervasi has reached base six times, with both Skagerlind and Collin Shapiro reaching four times. As Tichy leadswith the longest streak, with DeMartino following behind, having a current 18 reached base streak, Hebble and Skagerlind also tallied the second longest streak of reaching base in 18 games, but those streaks came to end for both Minutemen.
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 treks to Fairfield, Connecticut, on Tuesday, May 3, for a match up with Fairfield. First pitch will be streamed on Stags Sports Network at 3:30 p.m.
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