Baseball Travels To Norfolk State, UMES For Two Midweek Contests

University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 15	Massachusetts (3-11) at Norfolk State (7-11)
Date // Time	Tuesday, March 19 // 3 p.m.
Location	Norfolk, Va. // Marty L. Miller Field
Series History	First Meeting
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
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University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes
Game 16	Massachusetts (3-11) at UMES (0-14)
Date // Time	Wednesday, March 20 // 3 p.m.
Location	Salisbury, Md. // Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex
Series History	First Meeting
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball sets for two midweek contests this week, visiting Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday, March 19 to face Norfolk State at 3 p.m., before heading to Salisbury, Maryland, to take on University of Maryland Eastern Shore at 3 p.m.

UMass moved to 3-11 on the season after falling 3-0 in the three-game series at Citadel last weekend.

Norfolk State sits at 7-11 overall and is coming off a 3-0 weekend sweep of UMES, while UMES holds a 0-14 record after falling to Norfolk State in all three games.

UMES takes on UMBC on Tuesday, prior to Wednesday's game.

All-Time vs. Norfolk State
The Minutemen and Spartans will meet for the first time in program history on Tuesday.

All-Time vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
The Minutemen and Hawks meet Wednesday for the first time in program history.

It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 12 home runs in 14 games played from six Minutemen. Mike Gervasi and Jack Beverly lead the team with three each, while Carter Hanson and Nolan Tichy follow with two on the year. Austin Burgess and Justin Blumenthal all recorded one homer on the season.

Gervasi registered his first long ball of the year in the first game of the season against Bucknell, before hitting his second and third in back-to-back games. He had his second homer in game three of the Bucknell series, before hitting his third in game one at No. 13 Virginia. Hanson had a home run as well in game one of the Bucknell series and tallied his second in the game two 10-5 win at No. 13 Virginia. Tichy recorded his lone homer in the final game against Bucknell.

Burgess had his first home run of the year in game two at Elon, while Beverly and Blumenthal hit their first in game three at Elon. Beverly's homer marked the first of his career.

On A Roll…
Five Minutemen are riding a current hitting streak, so far this season. Matt Travisano sits on top of the leaderboard with 13 games, followed by Hanson with six. Beverly is on a two-game streak, while Tichy and Braden Sullivan are on a one-game streak.

Hanson leads the team with a 14-game reached base streak, the longest for the Minutemen, and Skagerlind and Travisano are on a 13-game reached base streak. Burgess and Tichy follow behind with five, as Sullivan is on a four-game streak. Beverly and Sam Hill are on a two-game reached base streak, and Blumenthal currently is on a one-game streak.

[Multi]ple Games
In 14 games, UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 33. Travisano leads the production with seven, which included one four-hit game and three-hit contest, while Beverly has had six games and Skagerlind has five. Two players have had three multi-hit contests, with Hanson and Gervasi, recording three hits in one game. Tichy and Blumenthal totaled two multi-hit games, while five Minutemen have one game, as Toth put together a four-hit performance in one contest.

Massachusetts also contributed a total of 23 multi-RBI games, led by Hanson and Beverly with five, including a three RBI contest for Hanson and two three RBI games for Beverly. Burgess and Gervasi have three multi-RBI contest, with Burgess having one three RBI game and Gervasi having on four-RBI game, so far, this season. Tichy has had two multi-RBI games, while five players have registered one multi-RBI game, including Skagerlind, Sullivan, Travisano and Jake Given with three RBI in one game.

Meet the Minutemen
A solid mix of returners and newcomers compose the 2024 edition of the Minutemen as the squad begins its 141st season. Nineteen members of the team are back from the 2023 campaign, while 16 players join for their first season in Amherst, including eight freshman and eight transfers.

Keeping it in the Family
The 2024 season marks the 58th straight campaign that Massachusetts baseball will have an alumnus of the Flagship campus as head coach. Seventh-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 wraps up its spring break trip with a three-game series at Seton Hall in South Orange, New Jersey, on Friday, March 22, through Sunday, March 24. Friday's contest begins at 4 p.m., while first pitch on Saturday is set for 1 p.m. Sunday's series finale is slated for 12 p.m., and all three games will be streamed on FloBaseball.

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