University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
4-15, 0-3
Saint Louis
15-10, 3-0
Offense Stymied As Baseball Drops Finale At Saint Louis
April 02, 2023 | Baseball
The Minutemen scored one run on four hits.
Will MacLean went 2-for-3 on the afternoon, including a double and a triple, while Zack Zaetta, Jacob Sloss, Justin Blumenthal and Logan Rooney all registered one hit apiece. Zaetta scored the lone run for the Minutemen, as Steve Luttazi drove in the run across the plate.
Zaetta led off the first inning for UMass with a single up the middle, before MacLean reached first after being walked, advancing Zaetta to second. A ground out by Nolan Tichy moved Zaetta and MacLean to third and second, respectively. Luttazi hit a sacrifice fly, with Zaetta tagging up and being sent home to give the Minutemen an early 1-0 lead.
The Billikens knotted up the contest at 1-1 on a RBI single up the middle in the second frame. Saint Louis claimed a 2-1 lead as a groundball allowed the runner on third to score. SLU plated five more runs in the second, pushing ahead, 7-1.
Saint Louis tallied another run in the fourth, before adding three more to move the total to 11-1 to win the finale and sweep the series over Massachusetts.
Jack Steele (0-1) had the loss for UMass, giving up seven runs on six hits in 1.2 innings of work. Owen Chaffin (3-1) recorded the win for Saint Louis, tossing five complete innings, allowing only one run on four hits, walking four and striking out one.
Massachusetts hosts Boston College at Earl Lorden Field on Tuesday, April 4, for the Opening Round of the Baseball Beanpot. The contest is slated for a 3 p.m. start on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CHAFFIN, O. (3-1)
L: Steele, Jack (1-0)
Batting:
2B: MacLean, Will 1 ; Blumenthal, Justin 1
3B: MacLean, Will 1
RBI: Luttazi, Steve 1
SF: Luttazi, Steve 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zaetta, Zack 1
HBP: Luttazi, Steve 1
Batting:
2B: REDDING, C. 1 ; SMITH, C. 3 ; MOORE, H. 1
RBI: CLOHISY, P. 2 ; FOGARTY, T. 1 ; SITZMAN, E. 1 ; POLK, S. 1 ; REDDING, C. 1 ; SMITH, C. 1 ; BERGMANN, C. 1 ; SWANGER, C. 1 ; CUSUMANO, D. 1 ; MOORE, H. 1
SH: PRESTON, K. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CLOHISY, P. 1 ; FOGARTY, T. 1 ; SITZMAN, E. 1 ; REDDING, C. 1 ; SMITH, C. 2 ; SWANGER, C. 1 ; CUSUMANO, D. 1 ; NEUWEG, A. 2 ; MOORE, H. 1
SB: CLOHISY, P. 1
HBP: CLOHISY, P. 1 ; SWANGER, C. 1 ; CUSUMANO, D. 1 ; NEUWEG, A. 1
