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Friday, March 24
Wichita, Kan.
1 P.M.
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Baseball Hits The Road For Three-Game Series At Wichita State
March 23, 2023 | Baseball
Minutemen battle the Shockers in three-games series, beginning on Friday, March 24 at 1 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 13-15 | Massachusetts (3-9) at Wichita State (10-10) |
| Date // Time | Friday, March 24 // 1 p.m. Saturday, March 25 // 3 p.m. Sunday, March 26 // 2 p.m. |
| Location | Wichita, Kan. // Eck Stadium |
| Series History | First Meeting |
| Live Stats | StatBroadcast Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Stream | ESPN+ Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
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Setting the Scene
The University of Massachusetts baseball team heads to Wichita, Kansas, to face Wichita State University for a three-game series on Friday, March 24, through Sunday, March 26. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. on Friday, before a 3 p.m. start on Saturday. Sunday's series finale is slated for 2 p.m. All three contests will be streamed on ESPN+ from Eck Stadium.
The Minutemen moved to 3-9 on the season after dropping a pair of midweek contests.
Wichita State sits at 10-10 overall and is coming off a midweek 10-1 loss to No. 20 Oklahoma State on Wednesday at home.
Recap in a Minute
UMass fell in a close game at Holy Cross, 4-3, on Tuesday, before a 7-3 setback at UConn on Wednesday afternoon.
At Holy Cross, a late rally in the eighth was not enough, as the Minutemen secured two runs in the inning. Carter Hanson and Steve Luttazi led UMass with two hits apiece, as five other Minutemen contributed a hit on the evening. Kyle Hoog recorded a team-high two RBI on a double, while Luttazi added one. Will MacLean, Ryan Coleman and Chris Pearsons all crossed the plate for Massachusetts.
On Wednesday at UConn, UMass cut the deficit in half in the sixth inning with two runs at 6-3, but another run for the Huskies in the seventh frame extended their lead. Luttazi recorded a career-high three doubles, going for 3-for-4 on the day to lead the Minutemen. Luttazi also added a team best two runs and a RBI. Zack Zaetta registered two hits and a RBI, while Nolan Tichy and MacLean tallied one hit apiece. Tichy also had a RBI and a run.
All-Time vs. Wichita State
The Minutemen and Shockers will meet for the first time in program history.
It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied eight home runs in 12 games played, from seven Minutemen. Hanson leads the team with two, while Coleman, Mike Gervasi, Sam Hill, Luttazi, MacLean and Tichy have one each on the year.
Hanson recorded his first long ball of the year in the first game of the season at Navy, before adding another in the game three of the UNC Asheville series. Coleman garnered his first career homer in game one at UNC Asheville, while Hill registered his first home run in game three of at UNC Asheville. Luttazi and MacLean had their first of the season in the Navy series in game three and game two, respectively. Gervasi had his homer in game one of the Penn series, as Tichy garnered his first of the season in game three at Penn.
On A Roll…
Five Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Tichy sits atop the leaderboard with three, while Luttazi and MacLean follow with two. Zaetta and Jake Given have one game. Hanson holds the longest streak with six games, before it came to an end. Zaetta, Jacob Sloss, Gervasi and Luttazi all tallied four games each before those streaks came to an end.
Tichy is on a current three-game reached base streak, as MacLean and Luttazi have two each, followed by Zaetta, Pearsons and Given with one. MacLean holds the teams' longest streak with eight games, with Zaetta tallying seven, before those streaks came to an end.
[Multi]ple Games
UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 17. Zaetta and Luttazi lead with a production of four apiece, which included two three contests for Luttazi. Tichy follows with three, while Hanson and Gervasi tallied two multi-hit contests. Pearsons and Sloss all contributed one each to UMass' multi-hit total.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of nine multi-RBI games, led by Hanson with two, all being two-run contests. Seven Minutemen have tallied one multi-RBI game each, including a three-run contest from Sloss.
Meet the Minutemen
A solid mix of returners and newcomers compose the 2023 edition of the Minutemen as the squad begins its 140th season. Twenty-one members of the team are back from the 2022 campaign, while eight players join for their first season in Amherst, including nine freshman, one sophomore and four transfers.
Keeping it in the Family
The 2023 season marks the 57th straight campaign that Massachusetts baseball will have an alumnus of the Flagship campus as head coach. Sixth-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 returns to Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Mass., on Tuesday, March 28, for its home opener against UAlbany. The game is slated for 3 p.m. on ESPN+.
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