University of Massachusets Athletics
Thursday, May 18
Amherst, Mass.
1 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
vs
Dayton
Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS
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| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 47-49 | Massachusetts (13-33, 5-16 Atlantic 10) vs. Dayton (22-31, 13-8 Atlantic 10) |
| Date // Time | Thursday, May 18 // 1 p.m. Friday, May 19 // 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20 // 1 p.m. |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. // Earl Lorden Field |
| Series History | Dayton, 24-20 Last Meeting: Dayton, 13 (vs) Massachusetts, 9 | April 24, 2022 |
| Live Stats | StatBroadcast Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| Stream | ESPN+ Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| @UMassBaseball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachReynolds25 | |
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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball team prepares for a three-game Atlantic 10 series against University of Dayton at Earl Lorden Field on Thursday, may 18 through Sunday, May 20, to close out the regular season. First pitch in the series opener is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Thursday, ahead of a 1 p.m. start on Friday. The series finale is set for 12 p.m. on Saturday. All three contests will be streamed on ESPN+.
Prior to Saturday's series finale, the program will recognize Blake Bennett, Ryan Coleman, Tyler Dalton, Charlie Devin, Mike Gervasi, Jake Given, Zack Given, Jackson Harrigan, Cole Koeppel, Scott LeSieur, Daniel Livnat, Steve Luttazi, Jack Pawloski, Chris Pearsons, Taylor Perrett and Jack Steele.
The Minutemen are 13-33 overall on the season and 5-16 in the A-10, while Dayton currently stands at 22-31 overall, including 13-8 in the league. The Flyers are coming off a weekend series sweep over A-10 rival St. Bonaventure.
Recap in a Minute
UMass was edged out by Fairfield on Tuesday afternoon, 10-9, at Earl Lorden.
Justin Blumenthal led the team with two hits and two RBI, while Kevin Skagerlind, Luttazi and Carter Hanson had one hit apiece. Hanson also tallied two RBI with Will MacLean, Nolan Tichy and Luttazi following with one each. Skagerlind and Tichy each scored two runs for UMass, as five Minutemen contributed a run to the total.
All-Time vs. Dayton
The Minutemen and Flyers will meet for the 45th time in program history, with Dayton holds a 24-20 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams first met on April 6, 1997, where UMass came out on top, 14-6. The two programs last met on April 24, 2022, as the Flyers defeated the Minutemen 13-9.
Massachusetts last win against Dayton came on March 31, 2019, on the road, securing a 9-2 victory.
It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 32 homeruns in 46 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…
Six Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Blumenthal sits atop the leaderboard with 16, followed by Luttazi with six. Pearsons and Skagerlind both have five games and Hill and Jacob Sloss are on a one-game streak.
Blumenthal's 16-game current streak is the team's longest, while MacLean also held a 16-game streak before it came to an end. Tichy held the second longest at 15, before that came to an end.
MacLean is on a current 30-game reached base streak, as Blumenthal follows with 16. Hill recorded 10 straight games with a reached base streak, while Hanson has nine. Luttazi and Pearsons are each on a six-game streak, with Zack Zaetta recording five. Sloss, Jack Peters and Jake Given all have a one-game reached base streak.
MacLean holds the teams' longest streak with a total of 30 games. Both Tichy and Blumenthal's 16-game streak is the second longest, while Hill (10) holds the team's third longest streak. MacLean holds the longest current streak, followed by Blumenthal.
[Multi]ple Games
UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 100. 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 Blumenthal and Zaetta have 10 and nine, respectively, 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. Peters, Sloss and Given contributed one each to UMass' multi-hit total.
Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 55 multi-RBI games, led by Tichy with 12, including a five-plus RBI game. Hanson and Luttazi follow with eight and seven, respectively, which includes a three-run contest each for the two Minutemen. MacLean has five, Blumenthal has four, and Skagerlind, 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.
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