University of Massachusets Athletics
Friday, May 13
Amherst, Mass.
3 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
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VCU
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Massachusetts to recognize 18-man senior class prior to Sunday's contest.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 43-45 | Massachusetts (20-21-1, 7-11 Atlantic 10) vs. VCU (29-18, 13-5 Atlantic 10) |
| Date // Time | Friday, May 13 // 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14 // 1 p.m. Sunday, May 15 // 12 p.m. |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. // Earl Lorden Field |
| Series History | VCU, 4-10 Last Meeting: VCU, 3 (vs) Massachusetts, 1 | March 24, 2019 |
| Live Stats | SideArm Stats |
| Stream | ESPN+ Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
| UMass Baseball | UMass Athletics | |
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Parking Advisory
With Commencement weekend, spectators are advised to park in Lot 12 and Lot 25 for our weekend series against VCU. Click here for parking map.
Setting the Scene
After five days away from competition, the University of Massachusetts baseball team prepares for a three-game Atlantic 10 series against VCU at Earl Lorden Field on Friday, May 13 through Sunday, May 15. First pitch in the series opener is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, ahead of a 1 p.m. start on Saturday. The series will conclude at 12 p.m. on Sunday. All three contests will be streamed on ESPN+.
Prior to Sunday's series finale, the program will recognize its 18-man senior class, which includes Matt Aronson, Zach Clevenger, Tyler Dalton, Drew DeMartino, Kevin Dow, Cole Hebble, Jared Henry, Dylan Judd, Scott LeSieur, Daniel Livnat, Steve Luttazi, Jack Pawloski, Michael Rounds, Collin Shapiro, Jack Steele, Christian Walsh, Aidan Wilde and Tucker Wittman.
The Minutemen are 20-21-1 overall on the season and 7-11 in the A-10, while VCU currently stands at 29-18 overall, including 1305 in the league. The Rams are coming off a midweek 8-2 victory on the road at Old Dominion.
Recap in a Minute
UMass dropped 0-3 in the weekend road series at Davidson last week. In game one last Friday, the Minutemen rallied in the seventh and eighth, but fell short as the Wildcats went on to win 5-3.
All-Time vs. VCU
The Minutemen and Rams will meet for the 15th time in program history, with VCU holding a 10-4 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams first met on March 18, 1979, where VCU came out on top, 5-4. The last meeting occurred on March 24, 2019, when the Rams won 3-1 over UMass.
Massachusetts' last victory against VCU was on March 27, 2015. The Minutemen took game two of the doubleheader, 3-2, on the day.
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 36 homeruns in 42 games, from 10 Minutemen, including a season-high four homers on the road at Fairfield on May 3. DeMartino leads the team with eight, followed by Will MacLean, Mike Gervasi and Wilde with five. Hebble, and Luttazi tallied four each, while Nolan Tichy has two, and Judd, Kevin Skagerlind and Shapiro 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 and one against Sacred Heart, 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, before posting a two-run shot in game two vs. Fordham and a solo homer in the second contest at Rhode Island.
Hebble, MacLean and Gervasi contributed two-run shots all in the Fairfield contest.
[Multi]ple Games
UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 113. Hebble leads with a production of 21, which included two five-plus hit contests, Skagerlind and Gervasi have 14, while Tichy, Judd and DeMartino follow with 10. MacLean and Luttazi recorded nine and eight, respectively, with Jacob Sloss registering five. Wilde has accumulated four and Shapiro has tallied three.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 64 multi-RBI games, led by Gervasi with 10, including eight two-run contests, one three-RBI and one four-RBI games, and Judd and MacLean with nine. DeMartino has contributed eight, with DeMartino bringing in five-plus runs one time. Tichy, Hebble and Luttazi have totaled five, with Skagerlind and Sloss both having four, and Wilde with three multi-RBI games.
On A Roll…
The Minutemen have five that are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Shapiro sits atop the leaderboard on a nine-game hitting streak, followed by Hebble, Chirs Pearsons and Walsh with two, and Wilde with one. MacLean had the longest streak with 12, followed by Skagerlind and Hebble with 11 and 10, respectively, before it came to an end.
Shapiro is also on a 11-game reached base streak, as Hebble has five, followed by Pearsons and Walsh with two. Six other Minutemen have reached base in one contest. Tichy had the longest streak at 21, with DeMartino, Hebble and Skagerlind all following behind, reaching base 18 times, but those streaks came to 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 closes out its home schedule with a midweek contest against Quinnipiac on Tuesday, May 17, at 1 p.m., on ESPN+.
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