University of Massachusets Athletics
Tuesday, May 16
Amherst, Mass.
4 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
vs
Fairfield
Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS
Massachusetts Baseball Begins Final Homestand Tuesday Against Fairfield
May 15, 2023 | Baseball
Minutemen and Stags square off at 4 p.m. at Earl Lorden Field on ESPN+.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 46 | Massachusetts (13-32) vs. Fairfield (30-16) |
| Date // Time | Tuesday, May 16 // 4 p.m. |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. // Earl Lorden Field |
| Series History | Massachusetts, 16-7 Last Meeting: Massachusetts, 10 (at) Fairfield, 7 | May 3, 2022 |
| Live Stats | StatBroadcast |
| Stream | ESPN+ |
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Setting the Scene
With the road schedule in the books, University of Massachusetts baseball caps the 2023 regular season with its final four games at Earl Lorden Field. The stretch begins with a non-conference tilt against Fairfield University on Tuesday, May 16, with first pitch at 4 p.m.
UMass holds a 13-32 overall record, while Fairfield sits at 30-16 overall, and are coming off a 2-1 series win with Marist last weekend.
Recap in a Minute
UMass dropped the Atlantic 10 series, 2-1, to Fordham, as the Minutemen earned a 9-3 victory in game one last Friday, before falling in games two and three.
On Friday, Nolan Tichy, Will MacLean and Justin Blumenthal led the way with three hits apiece, while Michael Toth also had a multi-hit day with two, while five Minutemen registered one hit each. Kevin Skagerlind and MacLean scored two runs apiece with five other Minutemen contributing to Massachusetts' total. Tichy and Steve Luttazi both recorded three RBI, followed by Carter Hanson and Sam Hill with two and one, respectively.
Tichy clubbed his 11th homer of the season, tying for ninth in program history in home runs in a single season. MacLean hit his third triple of the year to lead the team, while Hill leads the team in doubles, registering his ninth of the season on the afternoon.
On the mound, Sam Belliveau (2-1) picked up his second winning decision of the year for UMass, pitching a career-best six innings. He allowed no runs, five hits one walk and dealt three strikeouts, facing 22 batters. Renn Lints earned his first collegiate save, giving up three runs on five hits and struck out one in three complete innings.
All-Time vs. Fairfield
The Minutemen hold a 16-7 advantage in the all-time series with the Stags, as the two teams prepare to meet for the 24th time in program history. The two programs first met on March 28, 1972, with UMass coming out on top 2-1 on the day. Massachusetts and Fairfield last met last season on May 3 on the road. The Minutemen defeated the Stags, 10-7, on the afternoon.
It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 32 homeruns in 45 games played, from 10 Minutemen. Tichy leads the production with 11, followed closely by Hanson and MacLean with six. Luttazi recorded three, so far, while Zack Zaetta, Mike Gervasi, Hill, Toth, Ryan Coleman and Chris Pearsons 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.
Zaetta registered his first homer in game one at Saint Joseph's, with Toth recording the first of his career at Quinnipiac. Pearsons had his first long ball of the season in game three against Rhode Island, recording the first grand slam of his career.
Tichy clubbed a career high two homers against Siena on April 26, and his 11 long balls this season tie him for ninth in the program's single-season home runs record.
On A Roll…
Eight Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Tichy and Blumenthal sit atop the leaderboard with 15, followed by MacLean with nine. Pearsons and Luttazi both have five games, while Skagerlind holds a four-contest streak. Hill and Jacob Sloss are on a one-game streak.
MacLean had a 16-game streak, which was the team's longest, before it came to an end. Tichy and Blumenthal hold the second longest at 15, currently.
MacLean is on a current 29-game reached base streak, as Tichy follows with 16. Blumenthal recorded 15 straight games with a reached base streak, while Hill and Hanson have nine and eight, respectively. Toth is on a seven-game streak, with Pearsons recording six. Zaetta and Luttazi also have five games apiece, and Skagerlind has one. Sloss has a reached base streak of one.
MacLean holds the teams' longest streak with a total of 29 games. Tichy's (16) streak is the second longest, while both Blumenthal (15) holds the team's third longest streak. MacLean holds the longest current streak, followed by Tichy.
[Multi]ple Games
UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 99. MacLean leads the production with 17, which included five three-hit contests. Tichy and Luttazi both follow with 15 and 14, respectively, including two four-hit contests each from Tichy and Luttazi. Hanson registered 11, while Zaetta and Blumenthal have nine, including a four-hit contest from each Minutemen. Toth totaled six, as Hill has five. Skagerlind and Gervasi tallied four apiece, and Pearsons tallied two. Jack Peters, Sloss and Jake Given contributed one each to UMass' multi-hit total.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 53 multi-RBI games, led by Tichy with 12, including a five-plus RBI game. Hanson and Luttazi follow with seven each, which include a three-run contest each for the two Minutemen. MacLean has five, as Skagerlind, Blumenthal, Gervasi and Toth all have three. Zaetta, Hill and Pearsons all garnered two multi-RBI contests, including a four RBI game for Pearsons. Peters, Kyle Hoog, Sloss and Given have tallied one game each, with a three-run contest from both Sloss and Peters.
Weekly Honors
After a stellar performance through five games, Tichy tabbed the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on May 1, while also selected as one of 15 College Baseball News National Players of the Week.
Tichy posted a slash line of .591/.583/1.136 on a 4-1 week for the Minutemen. The junior tallied 13 hits in 22 at bats, including four home runs, 13 RBI, five runs, a walk and three stolen bases on the week. In the field, he totaled four putouts. Against Hartford (4/25), he went 3-for-5 with one homer and added two RBI and two runs on the day. Tichy's career day vs. Siena (4/26) saw a career-best two home runs, going 3-for-4 overall, and a career high six RBI, while registering two runs, a walk and a stolen base. In the weekend series at St. Bonaventure, he recorded two RBI and a career-high matching two stolen bases in game one, and went 3-for-4, which included his eighth home run of the season, with two RBI and a run during game three.
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 concludes the regular season with a three-game A-10 series with Dayton on Thursday, May 18 through Saturday, May 20. Both Thursday and Friday's contests are set for a 1 p.m. start, while Sunday is slated for a 12 p.m. first pitch. All games will be streamed on ESPN+, and on Sunday, UMass will honor its 16-member senior class.
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