Massachusetts Baseball Prepares For Two Midweek Contests At UMass Lowell, Home Against Stonehill

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 41	Massachusetts (11-29) at UMass Lowell (16-28)
Date // Time	Tuesday, May 9 // 6 p.m.
Location	Lowell, Mass. // LeLacheur Park
Series History	UMass Lowell, 3-1 Last Meeting: Massachusetts, 11 (vs) UMass Lowell, 4 \| April 13, 2022
Live Stats	LiveStats
Stream	AmericaEast.tv
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
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University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 42	Massachusetts (11-29) vs. Stonehill (10-31)
Date // Time	Wednesday, May 10 // 4 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. // Earl Lorden Field
Series History	First Meeting
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Stream	ESPN+
Twitter	@UMassBaseball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachReynolds25
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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball heads to LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Mass., on Tuesday, May 9 to take on UMass Lowell at 6 p.m., before hosting Stonehill College at Earl Lorden Field on Wednesday, May 10, for a 4 p.m. contest.

The Minutemen moved to 11-29 on the season and 4-14 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, after falling 2-1 in the three-game series to Rhode Island weekend.

UMass Lowell sits at 16-28 overall and is coming off a weekend sweep over its America East rival NJIT, while Stonehill holds a 10-31 overall record after winning one-of-three weekend games against its Northeast Conference opponent Wagner.

Recap in a Minute
UMass secured an 8-7 extra inning victory in game two of the three-game series with Rhode Island on Saturday but dropped game one and the series finale.

During Saturday's game, Kevin Skagerlind's RBI sacrifice fly drove in Chris Pearsons from scoring position in the bottom of the 10th to aid the Minutemen to their win. Will MacLean led the way, going 3-for-4 on the day, including his fifth home run of the season, with two runs and two RBI. Nolan Tichy, Justin Blumenthal and Pearsons all tallied two hits, as Skagerlind, Michael Toth and Carter Hanson registered one hit each. Pearsons had a team high three RBI, with Tichy driving in two, as both Pearsons and Tichy recorded doubles. Skagerlind also contributed two runs, while four Minutemen added one run apiece.

Mike Jensen earned the win on the mound for UMass, pitching two complete innings, and allowing three runs on as many hits, one walk and striking out one.

All-Time vs. UMass Lowell
The Minutemen and River Hawks will meet for the fifth time in program history, with UMass Lowell having a 3-1 advantage in the series. The two teams first met back on May 11, 2016, when UMass Lowell defeated Massachusetts, 7-3. The two teams met last season on April 13, with the UMass picking up its first ever victory over the UMass Lowell, 11-4.

All-Time vs. Stonehill
The Minutemen and Skyhawks will meet for the first time in program history on Wednesday.

It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 28 homeruns in 40 games played, from 10 Minutemen. Tichy leads the production with nine, followed closely by Hanson and MacLean with five. Steve Luttazi recorded three, so far, while Zack Zaetta, Mike Gervasi, Sam Hill, Toth, Ryan Coleman and 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.

On A Roll…
Eight Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Tichy and Blumenthal sit atop the leaderboard with 10, followed by Pearsons with five games. MacLean has four, while Toth and Skagerlind are on a three-game streak. Hanson and Luttazi hold a two and one-contest streak, respectively.

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 10, currently.

MacLean is on a current 24-game reached base streak, as Tichy follows with 11. Blumenthal recorded 10 straight games with a reached base streak, while Pearsons has six. Zaetta has five games, with Skagerlind and Hill recording four each. Toth and Hanson also have three games apiece, and Luttazi and Jack Peters are both on a one-game reached base streak.

MacLean holds the teams' longest streak with a total of 24 games. Luttazi (15) and Zaetta's (13) consecutive game totals are the teams' second and third longest, respectively, with MacLean holding 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 85. MacLean leads the production with 14, which included three three-hit contests. Tichy and Luttazi both follow with 13 apiece, including two four-hit contests each from Tichy and Luttazi. Hanson and Zaetta registered 10 and nine, respectively, including a four-hit contest from Zaetta. Blumenthal totaled seven, while Hill and Toth have five contests each. Skagerlind and Gervasi tallied three apiece, and Pearsons and Jacob Sloss contributed one each to UMass' multi-hit total.

Massachusetts has also contributed a total of 46 multi-RBI games, led by Tichy with 10, including a five-plus RBI game. Hanson and Luttazi follow with six each, which include a three-run contest each for the two Minutemen. MacLean has four, as Skagerlind, Gervasi and Toth all have three. Zaetta, Hill, Pearsons and Blumenthal all garnered two multi-RBI contests, including a four RBI game for Pearsons. Kyle Hoog, Sloss and Jake Given have tallied one game each, with a three-run contest from both Sloss.

Weekly Honors
After a stellar performance through five games last week, 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 its road slate with a trip to Bronx, N.Y., to face A-10 foe Fordham for a three-game series on Friday, May 12 through Sunday, May 14. Friday's contest will begin at 3 p.m., before a 1 p.m. first pitch on Saturday. Sunday's finale is set for 12 p.m. on ESPN+.

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