University of Massachusets Athletics
Friday, April 21
Philadelphia, Pa.
3 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
at
Saint Joseph's
Baseball Set For A-10 Weekend Series At Saint Joseph's
April 20, 2023 | Baseball
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 29-31 | Massachusetts (6-22, 1-8 Atlantic 10) at Saint Joseph's (12-19, 4-5 Atlantic 10) |
| Date // Time | Friday, April 21 // 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22 // 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23 // 1 p.m. |
| Location | Philadelphia, Penn. // Smithson Field |
| Series History | Massachusetts, 71-37 Last Meeting: Saint Joseph's, 16 (at) Massachusetts, 13 | April 2, 2022 |
| Live Stats | LiveStats |
| Stream | ESPN+ Friday | Sunday |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball hits the road for a three-game Atlantic 10 Conference series at Saint Joseph's University on Friday, April 21 through Sunday, April 23, at Smithson Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Friday's contest is set for a 3 p.m. start, while Saturday will begin at 2 p.m. The first pitch for the series finale on Sunday is slated for 1 p.m. Both Friday and Sunday's contests will be streamed on ESPN+.
The Minutemen are 6-22 overall on the season, including 1-8 in the A-10 Conference. Saint Joseph's holds a 12-19 record and a 4-5 record in the league. The Hawks are coming off a three-game series with Saint Louis, where SJU was swept on the weekend.
Recap in a Minute
Massachusetts used a ninth inning rally to edge out Sacred Heart for the 10-8 win on Wednesday afternoon in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Zack Zaetta led UMass, going 4-for-5 on the day, and added two RBI, a run and a stolen base. Five Minutemen tallied two hits apiece, including one double each from Will MacLean and Sam Hill. Along with Zaetta, MacLean registered two RBI, while Steve Luttazi had a team-high two runs. Nolan Tichy had one hit and was one of four Minutemen with a RBI.
Renn Lints earned the win for Massachusetts, allowing three runs on four hits and one walk in one complete inning. Max LeBlanc received the first save of his collegiate career, walking only one batter and striking out two in one inning of work.
All-Time vs. Saint Joseph's
The Minutemen are ahead in the all-time series with the Hawks, 71-37, as the two teams will meet for the 109th time on Friday. UMass and SJU first met for a doubleheader on April 7, 1984. Saint Joseph's came away with two victories on the day, winning 5-4 and 7-4. The two programs played last season for three games, where UMass grabbed a 2-1 series win, taking game one and two of the weekend series. The last meeting was the second contest of a doubleheader on April 2, 2022, when the SJU claimed a 16-13 victory on the day.
Massachusetts two wins last season came in game one on April 1 with a final score of 23-7 and in game two on April 2, as UMass eked out the 13-12 triumph.
It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 17 homeruns in 28 games played, from seven Minutemen. Hanson leads the production with five, followed closely by Tichy with four. MacLean and Luttazi recorded three and two, respectively, so far, while Mike Gervasi, Hill and Ryan Coleman have one apiece.
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 first homer in game one of the Penn series, as Tichy garnered his first of the season in game three at Penn.
On A Roll…
Eight Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. MacLean and Hanson sit atop the leaderboard with nine each, while Tichy and Kevin Skagerlind have three games apiece. Zaetta, Hill, Mike Gervasi and Justin Blumenthal are riding a one-contest streak.
MacLean is on a current 12-game reached base streak, as Hanson follows with nine. Luttazi recorded six straight games with a reached base streak, while Zaetta, Skagerlind and Tichy have three each. Hill, Gervasi and Blumenthal all have one game with a reached base streak. Zaetta holds the teams' longest streak with a total of 13 games, before that came to an end. MacLean (12) and Tichy's (10) consecutive game totals are the teams' second and third longest, respectively, with MacLean's being the longest current streak.
[Multi]ple Games
UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 55. Luttazi leads the production with 11, which included three three-hit contests and one four hit game. Zaetta and MacLean follow with nine apiece, as Hanson registered eight. Tichy totaled five, including two four-hit contests. Gervasi and Michael Toth tallied three apiece, while Hill and Skagerlind tallied two each. Chris Pearsons, Jacob Sloss and Blumenthal all contributed one each to UMass' multi-hit total.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 28 multi-RBI games, led by Hanson with six. Tichy and Luttazi followed with four apiece, including one three-run contest from Luttazi. Gervasi and MacLean have three, while both Zaetta and Skagerlind have garnered two multi-RBI contests. Four other Minutemen have tallied one game each, with 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 on Tuesday, April 25 to host Hartford at 3 p.m. on ESPN+.
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