University of Massachusets Athletics
Tuesday, May 3
Fairfield, Conn.
3 P.M.
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Fairfield
Photo by: Demetrius Kazanas
Baseball Begins Four-Game Road Stretch With Non-Conference Tilt At Fairfield
May 02, 2022 | Baseball
Minutemen take on Stags at Alumni Baseball Diamond on Tuesday, May 3, at 3:30 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 39 | Massachusetts (19-18-1) at Fairfield (24-16) |
| Date // Time | Tuesday, May 3 // 3:30 p.m. |
| Location | Fairfield, Conn. // Alumni Baseball Diamond |
| Series History | Massachusetts, 7-6 Last Meeting: George Mason, 11 (vs.) Massachusetts, 2 | April 29, 2018 |
| Stream | Stags Sports Network |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
| UMass Baseball | UMass Athletics | |
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Setting the Scene
The University of Massachusetts baseball team treks to Fairfield, Connecticut, on Tuesday, May 3, for a non-conference matchup against Fairfield University at Alumni Baseball Diamond. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m., on Stags Sports Network.
The Minutemen are 19-18-1 overall on the season, while Fairfield currently stands at 24-16 overall. The Stags are coming off an 11-6 road loss to Sacred Heart last Thursday.
Recap in a Minute
UMass fell 2-1 in the weekend series to George Mason, moving to 7-8 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Minutemen secured a 9-8 comeback victory in game one of the series.
In the first game, Massachusetts climbed back from a 7-2 deficit in the seventh and rallied from two runs down in the eighth to win. Cole Hebble, Kevin Skagerlind, Mike Gervasi and Steve Luttazi all led the way with two hits apiece, while four other Minutemen registered a hit, which included a double from Hebble and Will MacLean. Hebble recorded two of the team's nine runs to sit atop the leaderboard. Dylan Judd, MacLean and Luttazi totaled two RBIs each, and Skagerlind and Aidan Wilde both batted in one run.
Tucker Wittman got the win for UMass, allowing one run on one hit in one complete innings. Jack Pawloski earned his fourth save of the season, the most in one year in his career, pitching one inning, giving up two hits, walking one and striking out one.
All-Time vs. Fairfield
The Minutemen and Stags will meet for the 23rd time on Tuesday, as UMass holds a 15-7 advantage in the all-time series. The first meeting between the two teams was on March 28, 1972. Massachusetts came out on top, 2-1, on the day. UMass and Fairfield last met on May 14, 2019, with the Minutemen winning 6-3 over the Stags.
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 30 homeruns in 38 games, from 10 Minutemen. Drew DeMartino leads the team with seven, followed by MacLean, Gervasi and Luttazi with four. Hebble and Wilde tallied three each, while Nolan Tichy has two, and Judd, Skagerlind and Collin 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.
[Multi]ple Games
UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 105. Hebble leads with a production of 20, which included two five-plus hit contests, Skagerlind has 14, while Gervasi follows with 13 and Judd 10. Tichy and DeMartino recorded nine, as MacLean and Luttazi totaled eight, with Jacob Sloss registering five. Shapiro and Wilde have three multi-hit games.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 61 multi-RBI games, led by Gervasi and Judd with nine, including seven two-run contests, one three-RBI and one four-RBI games apiece. DeMartino and MacLean have contributed eight, with DeMartino bringing in five-plus runs one time and MacLean knocking in two runs six times. Tichy and Luttazi have totaled five, with Hebble, Skagerlind, Sloss all having four, and Wild with three multi-RBI games.
On A Roll…
The Minutemen have eight that are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Skagerlind and Shapiro sits atop the leaderboard on a five-game hitting streak, followed by MacLean with four. Chris Pearsons, Carter Hanson and Christian Walsh all have two, while Gervasi and DeMartino are on a one-game streak. MacLean had the longest streak with 12, followed by Skagerlind and Hebble with 11 and 10, respectively, before it came to an end.
Gervasi is also on a nine-game reached base streak, as Skagerlind and Shapiro have seven, followed by MacLean with four. Sloss has reached base three times in a row, with four other Minutemen reaching in two games. 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 travels to Davidson, North Carolina, for a three-game series with A-10 foe Davidson on Friday, May 6 through Sunday, May 8. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m., on Friday, while Saturday's contest begins at 2 p.m. The series finale is set for a 1 p.m. start on Sunday. All games will be streamed on ESPN+.
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